There is a really nice little article by Steve Young in this quarters BYU magazine, that I thought I'd share:

THE PERSPECTIVE OF A 6-FOOT QUARTERBACK
http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=3122

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I'm only 6 feet tall. My football card says 6-foot-2, and in shoes I really am 6-2, but it was a dream to be 6-2 because "6-foot" and "quarterback" don't go together well in the NFL because everybody else is 6-5, 6-6, 6-7. Many times I would drop back to pass, look for Jerry Rice, and see nothing but bodies in front of me. So I would start to run around to get visibility. And then, inevitably, I would be tackled and sacked for a loss. And the coach would say, "Steve, Jerry Rice was open. You were protected. Why didn't you throw the ball?"

"Couldn't see him."

And then the great comment back: "You'd better start seeing him."
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We are all 6-foot quarterbacks, throwing physically blind but spiritually by faith. And we are asked to do it with stiff opposition.

When we talk about opposition, trust me: I get the idea. In football, I faced the most highly skilled athletes in the world, singularly focused and highly paid to do one thing: put me on my back, fast. I came to recognize that my greatest opposition provided the most growth as a player.

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Some might bristle that he is essentially using football experiences as parables, but personally I enjoyed it very much.