A story about Bear Bryant, his famous South Central Bell commerical, and its impact on a boy he never met.
It's amazing how the words of a man you never met can haunt you. I never met legendary Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, more affectionately known around these parts as "Coach Bryant." I never even shared the earth with him. He died a decade before I was born.
And yet, I'm constantly haunted by 13 words from a commercial that aired back in the 1970s.