On Sunday evening, Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid and his wife Tammy Reid conducted a virtual fireside chat for the Latter-day Saints of Greater Kansas City. During the chat, they talked about faith, family and a whole lot of football. You can watch the full discussion with Andy & Tammy here.
Here’s a look at just a few of the things we learned from the discussion:
What football means to Andy Reid
Andy Reid started off with a unique analogy between himself and his desk, he specifically talked about longevity and what has kept him going for so long. The first “leg” of his journey was football. He talked about what football means to him and what it has taught him throughout the years.
“Football has been there since I was born,” Reid explained. “My brother was a football player. I was 10 years younger than him, so when I was born, he was playing. When he left High School, I was eight and now I started playing and then I’ve kept going. I’m doing what I’ve done since I’ve known what a ball is. I love football, I love everything about it. I just think that it’s a microcosm of life. It teaches you so many great values, it teaches you how to work hard. It teaches you what a team is, what teammates are, and how to get along with other individuals in great times and in adverse times. It teaches you honesty — I mean if you’re going to hang with the guys you’ve got to be honest because these guys can read right through you and do it in a heartbeat. It’s a humbling sport — You can be high and then it’ll knock you down if you get too high. You can be too low and then it’s going to crunch you and keep you down. But then it also teaches you that if you get knocked down to come back up, learn from the mistake that got you knocked down, but come back with even more clarity and the reasons why you might’ve been knocked down.”
The final three legs for Reid included his wife Tammy (companionship), Faith and Family. Football also served as a lead-in for the Reid’s to talk about their faith and how it helped them get through many trials personally and professionally.