For several years, I wrote a weekly devotion for professional coaches, scouts, executives and athletes. I once wrote a devotion entitled, “Throw Your Heart Across the Bar!” In short, the devotion was about a trapeze coach who taught one of his fearful students that if he would throw his heart across the bar, then his body would naturally follow.

During the Super Bowl XLII contest held between the New England Patriots and New York Giants in 2008, Tom Brady’s Patriots were 18-0 and a twelve point favorite over Eli Manning’s Giants. In what could be considered as the best ending in Super Bowl history, the Giants shocked the world by winning 17-14. Manning was named game MVP.

During the post-game interview on national television, a reporter asked wide receiver Plaxico Burress to share what attributed to the win. He answered, “Coach just told us to throw our hearts across the bar and that’s what we did. We threw our hearts across the bar!” Continue Reading…