Football as life

I got asked this question by 3 different people yesterday: "How old are you?"

I will be 44 in December.

During the first 40 years of your life, if you are like me, you probably didn't have time to think about how you would spend the rest of your life. Your probably rushed through schooling, fell in love, married, embarked on a career, climbed upward and acquired some money and other material stuff to help make the journey comfortable.

A relatively large group of people never make it this far without pain. Serious pain.

Divorce. Too much alcohol. Not enough time for their kids. Guilt. Loneliness.

Learning from football in life, I seriously believe this: The game is won or lost in the second half, not the first.