I put on the boxing gloves a few times in high school. I was never in a fist fight though. I got into few wrestling matches on the playground as a kid. Once a bully chased me. I was faster and quicker. I let him almost catch me. Then I stopped and stuck out my leg. He went sprawling in the playground dust. I ran to the aid of a teacher.

The recent national championship college football game and the upcoming Super Bowl are arenas where one team tries to prove they are the greatest. What is true greatness? Is it being happy, rich, famous, high-ranking, or CEO?

Armchair coaching is easy. You can call the plays after the play has run. In the real world, the plays are called in real time, in person, and before the play succeeds or fails.

Driving east on Interstate 30 to get to Memphis, you must cross the mighty Mississippi River. I have driven across that bridge many times as perhaps you have too. I did not build it. Thankfully someone else did the construction. I did not stop every time I crossed it to examine the infrastructure. I simply drove across.