PG Blog: Pondering Heart vs. Talent

Posted on | January 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

So as I am winding down the bowl season, and watching some NFL games that I really don’t care that much about, I find myself compelled by the dilemna…what is more important talent or heart? Now don’t get me wrong..I understand that I could have all the heart in the world…but there are somethings that I just can’t do. However, let us assume that I MIGHT be able to do something, although clearly am not the most talented person doing that. Can heart make me more valuable than someone else with more talent? There was a really good example on display during the Patriots game today, and gives me my example: Wes Welker vs. Randy Moss. Randy is clearly a far superior wide receiver based purely on physical ability. However, I don’t think anyone would question who has more heart. Wes Welker, when he was injured on the first drive of the game, was obviously devastated, and virtually inconsolable. He clearly demonstrates that you can become a valuable member of any team when you supplement what natural ability you have with a tremendous dose of heart. He is at least as valuable to his team as Moss, because while your teammates can’t mimic your natural ability, they can certainly try to keep up with you in the heart department. Heart inspires those around you to check their egos. Heart makes your team willing to tolerate a lesser level of natural ability that you may posess. I think the professional athlete that is clearly all heart is an endangered species. Can you name many players that are all heart? This is not to say that superior athletes can’t also be all heart! Imagine if Randy Moss had the heart that Welker has! Anyway…I was just thinkin’…so figured I would share – PGB

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One Response to “PG Blog: Pondering Heart vs. Talent”

Terrill
January 5th, 2010 @ 09:52

I think you are right Bryan, heart can be that thing that sets you above others. While it can’t make you superman, it can make up for a lot of faults. How many times does the super athlete fail at something due to lack of execution? Having heart means you want something really bad… when you have that, you try harder. When you try harder, you concentrate on the task at hand which means execution. I will take the good player with heart over the super player with a bad attitude every time. – PGT