I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
Interpretation
The pain of losing a child is incomparable to any achievement or success one may experience in life.
This quote by Ara Parseghian highlights the profound emotional depths that come with the loss of a child, suggesting that even the greatest successes in life, such as accomplishments in sports, pale in comparison to the grief and sorrow of such a devastating experience. It speaks to the universal truth that family and loved ones are what truly matter, emphasizing the importance of connections over achievements.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech at a charity event raising awareness for child loss.
The game is not won by a pep talk on Saturday. It's won by preparation of your club from Monday until game time. If they're not ready on Saturday, you're not going to get them ready by trying to inspire them with a dog-eat-dog sermon on that day.
With my family, I'm trying to raise them to have respect for all people and make friends around the world and feel at home with the world and really live a truly global life because I think it's what forms them and it's really important to me.
My mother told me once that she had her talk with God whenever she started a new sweater: 'Please don't take me in the middle of the sweater.' And as soon as she finished knitting a sweater, and it was blocked and put together, she already had the wool to start the next sweater so that nothing bad would happen.
If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I’d have to say, don’t neglect your family. Politics is important, sitting at the head table is glamorous. Traveling around the world, trying to do something for world peace was wonderful. But family and friends and faith are what really matter in life. And I know that. I see it so clearly now.
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.
To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
I mean, it's like we all get our raw materials from our families―but it's up to us whether we build bridges or bombs.
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