THE MAN IN THE ARENA 

Want to take an opportunity to revisit John's words about the famous Theodore Roosevelt quote he shared in April.

Those words always touch me to my core. Anyone who truly has competed knows exactly what they mean, when one gives their full measure, successful or not, and then continually goes back to the well with the effort to get it right. I feel that it is the essence of what Coach taught me and all my brother Gray Eagles, what we all continue to carry in our hearts and efforts today and why we still give homage to that great man, so much more than a football coach. It is what separates us from those who have never run the course but think they know the game.

John Owens, #86

Class of 1972

Jamestown, NY

...and follow with this, which seems especially appropriate after listening to our speakers Friday night; John, Bo Bertino, Jim Cox, Jim Rudgers, Len Jankiewicz, and Gerry D'Agostino.


"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."

Dr. Seuss