Bill Curry | 2x Super Bowl Champion, Coach, Speaker, & Author
Episode 99: Bill Curry | 2x Super Bowl Champion, Coach, Speaker, & Author
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Rich Take On Sports
Show Notes:
- Rich Spotlight: Bill Curry
- Continues to focus on working out each day even after 5 shoulder surgeries through his career
- Hated football and went out for football only because that’s how you got a date and was scared of football and wanted to quit
- Had 2 goals in life at 12-years old:
- Marry Carolyn Newton
- Pitch for the NY Yankees
- Fell in love with football while playing for Don Shula at the age of 25
- Became to obsessive about football and it impacted his personal life
- Every QB that he ever played with required the snap a different way
- Selfishly enjoyed playing more than coaching but loved all of the players he coached and still hears from players today
- Regrets not spending enough time with his family during his playing and coaching days
- 11 years with ESPN – 20 games per year and he and Carolyn have been involved with over 700 football games together
- Didn’t like Lombardi as a player and regretted ever saying that and asked his forgiveness while Vince was on his death bed
- Words of Wisdom from Bill Curry:
- “Love God with all your mind, all your heart, all your strength, and all your soul.”
- “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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About the author, Richmond Weaver
Richmond, a graduate of Clemson University has been involved with sports for most of his life and developed a passion for basketball and sports at an early age. He currently lives in Greenville, SC with his wife Karen, founder of Upstate Esthetics and their three kids.