To reiterate what I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I have been thinking a lot about John Madden these days.
These days...
“Well, I’ll keep on movin’, movin’ on —- Things are bound to be improving these days
One of these days —- These days I’ll sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten —- my friend
Don’t confront me with my failures —-I had not forgotten them”
(Jackson Browne, 1973)
The best gift that John Madden gave me during the summer of 1993, other than the five glorious hours I spent with him in his NYC abode at The Dakota, was a signed copy of his “Man to Man Football” that he used as a teaching guide whenever he gave coaching clinics.