Quote:http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1541835



There is guilt, too. Irvin flashed back to the 1997 season, when the Cowboys finished 6-10.


“I remember sitting on the field. We were losing the last game of the season to the Giants and I just cried,” Irvin said. “I couldn’t let it go. No matter what, I couldn’t turn it around and I couldn’t get the guys going."


So, what is Eli Manning really feeling?


The football media offers no clarity. It carries his clichés and speculates on moves needed to be made next season. Eli would never give up, never let Coughlin’s words go in one ear and out the other, right?

 

 

Irving crying that he lost and the season is gone is one thing.

 

Warner and (potentially) Eli giving up on his team is another thing.  

 

I'm assuming you've played team sports.  There were tourneys I went into on by Basketball team where the tourney was done, and I cried about it as well.  But there was never a time I took the court, even in that last so called worthless game where I didn't want to win.  I just don't understand the statements Warner made.  Who-ever "Warner" was.  But if it was a statement from Kurt Warner, that guy is a loser and doesn't ever deserve to be in the HOF.

 

Heart and Pride is born from failure.  Joy and Happiness (in sports of course) comes from finding your failures and overcoming them.  When you give up, you're not failing, YOU ARE GIVING UP.  Big difference.  

 

If you can't give it your all when you know all is lost, what are you?  You're a loser.  Sorry, coming from how I learned to play team sports, that just how I feel.

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