You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.
Bill CowherRead
Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family. Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters Meagan, Lauren and Lindsay. They will miss their mother dearly.
Interpretation
This quote highlights Kaye's pivotal role in her family's life and the deep affection they shared.
Bill Cowher's quote reflects on the immense love and support that Kaye provided to her family, emphasizing her role not just as a partner but as the cornerstone of their lives. Her dedication to being present at crucial moments—from sports to parenting—underscores the impact of her love and involvement, especially for their daughters who will feel her absence profoundly.
In practice
During a family gathering, I shared how Kaye's love was the foundation upon which our family thrived.
You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.
We all understand football is entertainment. And people like high-scoring games. But you still have to play defense to win championships.
Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl, they remember who won a Super Bowl.
There's so much more involved with the game than just sitting there, looking at the numbers and saying, 'OK, these are my percentages, then I'm going to do it this way,' because that one time it doesn't work could cost your team a football game, and that's the thing a head coach has to live with, not the professor.
Going back to being a head coach entails a full-time commitment to that job and I would not go into it for any amount of money and do it halfway. It would be a total commitment, not part-time.
To be recognized for making the contributions I did, along with the others who are part of the Hall of Honor, it really is humbling. Particularly when you grow up in Pittsburgh and know what the Steelers mean to the city. To me, as a little boy growing up watching the Steelers, this means a lot to me. It's special.
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness. Sometimes I seem to myself, in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings, a monster of selfishness and intolerance.
The horrors of war, pale beside the loss of a mother
The minute my child was born, I was reborn as a feminist. It's so incredible what women can do... birthing naturally, as most women do around the globe, is a superhuman act. You leave behind the comforts of being human and plunge back into being an animal.
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.
We support each other in the Coppola family. We love the idea of everyone getting his place in the sun.
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