Re-watching "Friday Night Lights" was one of the best decisions I could've made this summer break. If you were like me, you grew up cheering at Friday night football games and attending/watching football the rest of the weekend. Now, attending one of the greatest schools in Florida with an impeccable football team, it's hard to not show a little school spirit.
Just like our Seminole pride, the Dillon Panthers showed endless love to their football team. If you've ever seen this TV show, you've seen love, heartache, success, and failure time and time again. With only five seasons, this show gave their audience a team to root for, a town to call home, and endless life lessons to keep in mind.
Here are just a few of the life lessons I had the pleasure of receiving while watching this show:
1. Respect.
"Listen to your mother, you listen to her and you respect her; Women are to be respected." -Coach Taylor
2. Go to school and do your own work.
"The big deal is that it’s part of my job to make sure that you don’t grow up stupid, it’s bad for the world." -Tami Taylor
3. Try to be the best you possible.
"Listen to me, I said you need to strive to be
better than everyone else. I didn’t say you needed to be better than everyone
else. But you gotta try, that’s what character is, it’s in the try." -Coach Taylor
4. Always work as a team.
"Maybe the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts." -Landry Clarke
5. Never give up.
"Well you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose.
Either way, the sun’s gonna come up the next morning." -Tami Taylor
6. Be humble and grateful; success will follow.
"We can either win together or we can lose alone.
And I know it sounds stupid but it is an honor just to stand in here with y'all." -Landry Clarke
7. Don't get hurt by what other's say.
"You never know what’s going on with somebody
sweetie, don’t take it personally." -Tami Taylor
8. Happiness is the greatest gift of all.
"You cant put a price tag on happiness." -Grandma Saracen
9. Love is our greatest weakness and strength.
"Love makes us kind of stupid." -Lyla Garrity
10. Nothing compares to coming home.
"All I wanted to do was come home." -Tim Riggins
11. Trust your gut.
"You listen to people that love you and you listen to people that you trust. But most of all, you listen to yourself." -Coach Taylor
12. Never be afraid to reach for your dreams.
"I want an interesting and surprising life. It’s not that I think I’m gonna get all these things. I just want the possibility of getting them. College represents this possibility. The possibility that things are gonna change. I can’t wait." –Tyra
Collette13. Believe in yourself the way others do.
"But I know one thing with all my heart, that you
are gonna have everything that you are dreaming of. You’re gonna get everything
you’re reaching for honey, you are, and I want you to keep reaching; One of these days you're gonna surprise yourself, you'll see. I won't be surprised, but you will be." –Angela Collette
14. God may not give you what you want, but he'll give you what you need.
"Right here, right now, God has placed you to do what you do best. Go all the way." -Coach Taylor
15. Keep your eyes on the prize.
"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose." -Coach Taylor
"Here's to God and football; Texas Forever."
