Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
Easy choice for me.
Three Super Bowl Championships and an amazing 12-1 record in the NFL playoffs, you have to go with the champion.
After all, he knows the secret.
But here comes Manning.
A very pedestrian sub .500 record in the playoffs, a loser to Brady on more than one occasion.
Some said Manning might never make it to the Super Bowl and win.
He was the Charles Barkley of football.
A great player, but one who by his talents alone, could not elevate his team to win a championship.
On Sunday, January 21, 2007, Peyton finally rid his closet of those ghosts.
He proved once and for all, that he knows the same secret coveted by Brady for all these years and championships.
These two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks know the same secret I teach athletes in all sports.
I call it Movies of the Mind.
Some people just refer to it as the formula or the secret.
It is the talent that an athlete, such as a quarterback has where they have the ability to see the future before the future arrives.
If you watched Peyton play in this instant classic game of the ages on Sunday, you must realize that his heady throws and pinpoint control wasn’t born from talent only.
Many quarterbacks have talent, especially to secure a starting job in the NFL.
And as legendary NFL character, Jerry Glanville liked to point out the NFL stands for NOT FOR LONG, if you can’t cut it on Sundays.
This past season, you need only locate Drew Bledsoe and Jake Plummer to answer that question.
But back to Peyton.
Manning has one last date on his calendar to solidify his spot as one of the all time great QB’s who also led his team to a Super Bowl championship.
Surely, he can’t lose to a Bear team led by Rex Grossman who not only doesn’t own the secret of champions, he doesn’t even know the location of the theater.
But they don’t play games on paper, they play them on the field.
In this case, Miami Florida in two weeks.
When you watch Manning play in this game, see for yourself the difference between a quarterback who knows what is happening in the present and what will happen in the future versus a very ordinary quarterback who often appears to wonder what is happening.
My movie tells me it will be Manning and the Colts and it won’t be close.
But what do I know?
I only teach the power of the movie.
A power previously acquired by Brady and now shared by Manning.
But never by Rex Grossman.
An you can take that to the bank.
And take in a movie on your way.
Steve Tarde teaches athletes, entrepreneurs and others the life changing power of MOVIES.
Contact him at stevetarde@yahoo.com
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