Ron was a fifteen-year-old teenager, a tenth-grade student at Granger High
School. It was game day, and he was the only sophomore suiting up with the
varsity team. Excitedly, he invited his mother to attend. It was her very first
football game, and she promised to be there with several of her friends. The
game finally ended, and she was waiting outside the locker room to drive Ron
home.
"What did you think of the game, Mom? Did you see the three touchdown
passes our team made and our tough defense, and the fumble on the kickoff
return that we recovered?" he asked.
His mother replied, "Ron, you were magnificent. You have such presence, and
I was proud of the pride you took in the way you looked. You pulled up your
knee socks eleven times during the game, and I could tell you were perspiring
in all those bulky pads because you got eight drinks and splashed water on
your face twice. I really like how you went out of your way to pat number
nineteen, number five and number ninety on the back every time they came off
the field."
"Mom, how do you know all that? And how can you say I was magnificent? I
didn't even play in the game."
His mother smiled and hugged him. "Ron, I don't know anything about football.
I didn't come here to watch the game. I came here to watch you!"