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Seahawks’ Richard Sherman is Much More Than Just Talk
Great New York Times piece detailing Sherman's journey from Compton, CA....to Stanford and to the NFL.
Seahawks Richard Sherman is Much More Than Just Talk
By BEN SHPIGELJAN. 25, 2014
COMPTON, Calif. Darryl Smith was dividing the pizzas among the boys track and field athletes of Dominguez High School when he first heard the voice he would never forget. It belonged to this scrawny, knock-kneed eighth grader who had tagged along with his older brother, who was eating all the slices and dominating all the conversations and somehow, it seemed, doing both at once.
I didnt know if he was a good student or anything else, Smith said. All I knew was that he talked a lot. A lot.
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Smiths introduction to that younger brother, Richard Sherman, was not unlike a majority of the nations. His outburst on live television last Sunday, minutes after he made a critical defensive play that launched the Seattle Seahawks into Super Bowl XLVIII, catapulted him, at least for a few news cycles, into a realm of renown reserved for presidents and reality TV stars. Anyone interested in listening to Sherman explain his emotions, and himself, could have turned on CNN, which broadcast his Wednesday news conference live.
That Sherman has achieved this level of celebrity surprises few among his friends and family. That he is recognized less for his All-Pro cornerback skills than his swagger and his dreadlocks matters not. His older brother, Branton, said it was destined to happen because Sherman believes that he can create his own reality through visualization. Whatever he wants, whatever he needs if he envisions it happening, it will.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/sports/football/seahawks-richard-sherman-is-much-more-than-just-talk.html?_r=0
By BEN SHPIGELJAN. 25, 2014
COMPTON, Calif. Darryl Smith was dividing the pizzas among the boys track and field athletes of Dominguez High School when he first heard the voice he would never forget. It belonged to this scrawny, knock-kneed eighth grader who had tagged along with his older brother, who was eating all the slices and dominating all the conversations and somehow, it seemed, doing both at once.
I didnt know if he was a good student or anything else, Smith said. All I knew was that he talked a lot. A lot.
Related Coverage
Smiths introduction to that younger brother, Richard Sherman, was not unlike a majority of the nations. His outburst on live television last Sunday, minutes after he made a critical defensive play that launched the Seattle Seahawks into Super Bowl XLVIII, catapulted him, at least for a few news cycles, into a realm of renown reserved for presidents and reality TV stars. Anyone interested in listening to Sherman explain his emotions, and himself, could have turned on CNN, which broadcast his Wednesday news conference live.
That Sherman has achieved this level of celebrity surprises few among his friends and family. That he is recognized less for his All-Pro cornerback skills than his swagger and his dreadlocks matters not. His older brother, Branton, said it was destined to happen because Sherman believes that he can create his own reality through visualization. Whatever he wants, whatever he needs if he envisions it happening, it will.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/sports/football/seahawks-richard-sherman-is-much-more-than-just-talk.html?_r=0
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Seahawks’ Richard Sherman is Much More Than Just Talk (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2014
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MADem
(135,425 posts)1. He didn't really sound very "swagger-y" to me.
If you listened carefully, he sounded like someone who WANTED to sound like he had some swagger going on, but he just didn't quite have the bluster down.
He sounded like someone who was excited, imitating a tough guy....!
I don't understand why people are getting so excited about this--it was kinda funny, is all. After all, his team won. Ya usually don't have a need to prove anything when you've proven the key point on the field of play!
rurallib
(62,406 posts)2. used to work with a lot of "reality through visualization" folks
Never knew what they might do. One thing for sure they seldom thought about anyone but themselves in their visualization.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)3. Go Hawks!
Sherman is one of the best, if not the best, in the league.