JAMES HARRISON OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS RECENTLY FORCED HIS TWO
YOUNG BOYS TO RETURN TROPHIES THEY RECEIVED FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN SOMETHING THAT THEY DID IN SCHOOL.
APPARENTLY
HE WAS UPSET BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WIN THE TROPHIES BECAUSE
THEY WON FIRST OR SECOND OR THIRD PLACE, THEY JUST GOT THE
TROPHIES FOR PARTICIPATING, AND HE THINKS THAT THIS IS A REALLY
BIG ISSUE IN SOCIETY TODAY.
HE ACTUALLY POSTED ABOUT THIS ON
INSTAGRAM.
HE SAYS, "I CAME HOME TO FIND OUT THAT MY BOYS
RECEIVED TWO TROPHIES FOR NOTHING, PARTICIPATION TROPHIES.
WHILE I AM VERY PROUD OF MY BOYS AND I WILL ENCOURAGE THEM
UNTIL THEY DIE, THESE TROPHIES WILL BE GIVEN BACK UNTIL THEY
EARN A REAL TROPHY.
I'M SORRY I'M NOT SORRY FOR BELIEVING THAT
EVERYTHING IN LIFE SHOULD BE EARNED, AND I'M NOT GOING TO
RAISE TWO BOYS INTO MEN BY MAKING THEM BELIEVE THAT THEY
ARE ENTITLED TO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE THEY TRIED THEIR BEST.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOUR BEST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AND IT SHOULD
DRIVE YOU TO WANT TO BE BETTER, NOT CRY AND WHINE UNTIL
UNTIL SOMEBODY GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO
SHUT YOU UP AND
KEEP YOU HAPPY.
#HARRISONFAMILYVALUES."
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>> HE IS A LEGENDARY WINNER.
PROBABLY THE GREATEST PLAY IN
SUPER BOWL HISTORY, HIS RETURN INTERCEPTION THAT CAUSED
STEELERS TO WIN.
AS YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, GIVE IT TO ME
AGAIN.
THIS IS ONE BAD MOTHER FUCKER.
LOVE THIS GUY, LOVE HIM.
YOU CAN TELL I AM A STEELERS FAN.
ON THE ONE HAND, I'M
THINKING HALLELUJAH.
WE ALL SHOWED UP, THE OTHER DAY IíM AT
PRESCHOOL FOR MY KIDS, WE DID A
RACE WHERE THE DAD, AND IN THIS CASE WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER, A TRICYCLE RACE, AND ME AND MY DAUGHTER GOT
ANNIHILATED.
WE CAME IN LIKE EIGHT OR TWELFTH PLACE.
I WANT TO BRAG AND SAY WE WON, NOT THE CASE.
WAS IT MY DAUGHTER?
NO,
IT WAS ME, I WAS THE ONE MAKING THE TRICYCLE GO.
AND AT THE END
THEY WERE LIKE, FIRST PLACE GOES TO BOB.
IíM LIKE, I THOUGHT BOB
FINISHED SEVENTH.
FIRST PLACE GOES TO SUZY.
EVERYBODY GOT
FIRST PLACE, INCLUDING US.
I
WANTED TO VOMIT ON THE AWARD.
TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH.
WE WENT
HOME AND WE BURNED IT.
NO.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT IT DID THOUGH?
IT MADE MY DAUGHTER HAPPY,
BECAUSE SHE IS TWO.
AND FOR MY SON, HE GETS PARTICIPATION
TROPHIES, AND HE IS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND HE IS SUPER HAPPY AND
HE SHOWS EVERYBODY HIS METAL.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
BREAK
THEM?
RIGHT?
AM I GOING TO BE LIKE JAMES HARRISON.
UNTIL YOU RETURN AT INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN, IT'S NOT
GOOD ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S WHAT OUR PARENTS WOULD HAVE DONE.
>> NO QUESTION.
MY DAD, LITERALLY, IF I GOT A
100% ON THE EXAM HE WOULD SAY, WHAT, THERE WAS NO EXTRA CREDIT?
>> I HAD A VERY SIMILAR UPBRINGING, WHERE I HAD TO
HAVE PERFECT SCORES IN EVERYTHING.
PARTICIPATION TROPHIES, I FEEL LIKE MY MOTHER WOULD LAUGH
AT THAT.
I KNOW WHAT THIS TYPE OF PARENTING IS LIKE.
>> SO, AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT READY TO BREAK THE BACK OF MY
CHILDREN, AND BURN THEIR PARTICIPATION TROPHIES IN FRONT
OF THEM, RIGHT?
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I PLAYED TIC-TAC-TOE LAST
NIGHT WITH MY SON AND I BEAT HIM, AND RUBBED IT IN HIS
FACE.
BECAUSE WHEN HE BEATS ME FOR REAL, HE'S GOING TO FEEL
GREAT.
AND SOME DAY I'M GOING TO
TURN AROUND AND SAY, IT'S TIME
TO START PUTTING THE
PARTICIPATION TROPHIES ASIDE.
LET'S KEEP IT REAL, YOU LOST,
SON, AND IT'S OKAY, THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
AND I TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT ALL THE
TIME NOW.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, GIVING IT EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE GOT.
WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT PRACTICE, AND TRYING HARD,
AND WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO WIN.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO
THAT WITHOUT BEING A MANIAC, BUT IT IS OKAY FOR A FIVE-YEAR-OLD
TO FEEL GOOD THAT HE GOT A MEDAL OR A TROPHY.
A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD,
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD, NO.
THEN, IF MY FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD SON OR
DAUGHTER COMES HOME, DAD I WON, WHAT DID YOU WIN?
I
ìPARTICIPATED.î JESUS ALMIGHTY.
>> I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM MAKING THEM
RETURN THE TROPHIES, I THINK IT IS FINE.
I FEEL LIKE I SURVIVED
THAT KIND OF CHILDHOOD, AND IT
DID MAKE ME STRONGER.
IT HELPS IN MY CAREER, HONESTLY.
>> KASPARIAN FAMILY VALUES.
>> I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FIRST.
HOWEVER, THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT SHOWING UP.
ONCE YOU GET OUT THERE AND YOU ARE IN THE REAL WORLD, I
WOULD SAY EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE BATTLE IS JUST SHOWING UP.
>> I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT UNTIL I WAS PARTICIPATING MORE IN THE
WORKFORCE, AND IN REAL LIFE, AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S AMAZING HOW
MANY PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH IN THAT,
BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, MY SON GO TO
SOCCER PRACTICE, AND SOMETIMES HE WANDERS OFF AND GETS ORANGES
IN THE MIDDLE OF PRACTICE.
HE STILL GETS A PARTICIPATION
TROPHY, IT IS KIND OF BULLSHIT.
>> I LOVE YOUR SON.
>> HE'S LIKE, THE ORANGES ARE DELICIOUS.