“This was a very inspirational and motivational event,” said Tait Cruse, managing partner of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - The Texas Financial Group, presenting sponsor of the event. “I’m glad I brought my nine-year-old son Carson with me. It’s important for him to see there are successful athletes and businessmen who have their priorities and values straight.”
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was awarded the 2011 AIA Bart Starr Award for outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community. NFL players from around the League vote on the Bart Starr Award at the same time they cast their Pro Bowl ballots.
“Adversity is in everyone’s life,” said Brees. “As athletes, it might be an injury. For someone else, it might be their job or the economy. Adversity is there to mold you and strengthen you to become who you’re meant to be. Overcoming adversity teaches you to turn a negative into a positive. And that’s how you succeed.”
Former Green Bay Packers greats Bart Starr and Donny Anderson joined former Dallas Cowboys legends Bob Lilly, Lee Roy Jordan and Rayfield Wright to re-live the 1967 NFL Championship Game between the Cowboys and Packers, dubbed the “Ice Bowl.” Despite icy roads and freezing temperatures, more than 2,400 people attended the 2011 Super Bowl Breakfast, an NFL sanctioned event hosted by Athletes in Action. The signature event has taken place in the game's host city every year since 1988, drawing sellout crowds to hear from some of the game’s biggest names.
More at http://www.superbowlbreakfast.com.
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