...with
Cash Sirois.
My dad used to tell me that respect is
earned through passion. Passion for yourself, passion
for your family, passion for your work. As I take this
trip through the television universe, those words mean
more and more with each passing experience.
As sportscasters, we are living the
dream of almost every single one of the people that sit
in the stands at the games we cover. I use that one fact
to motivate me every day at work, and stoke the fire of
my passion for the job. It really is the one single thing
that has brought me up through the days in small market
TV to Dallas. And the funny thing is, I find that the
higher up the food chain you go, the more that sentiment
prevails. Those that succeed are the ones who realize
the difficulty of the journey as they are making it.
Just this afternoon at Dallas Cowboys
practice, Emmitt Smith was being bombarded by questions
about his future with the team. How long will he play?
Is he worried about tarnishing his legacy by hanging on
too long? These are questions that he's been drilled with
all year, but today the answers were different. Rather
than play it P.C., he flat out told us all that he isn't
interested in playing two more years for the Cowboys,
or for his family, or for the money, or for another title.
He wants to play because he loves to play the game. It
is his passion. He knows that everyone would love to do
what he does, but they don't have the talent, the drive,
or the ability. And he's not about to give that up while
he still can put up nearly 150 yards on a national stage
like he did on Thanksgiving Day.
You can't lead the league in rushing...but
what is your equivalent? Is it getting a job in a top
10 market? Is it covering your old High School in your
hometown? Only you know the answers, but you owe it to
yourself to go full throttle all the time. Make each package
you do a 25 yard gain on your way to that rushing title.
Make each VO a 5 yarder for a first down. You'll get there,
if you're passionate.
Oh yeah....my Dad used to say something
else...."Perfect is good enough!"
Cash Sirois is a reporter /
anchor for WB33 in Dallas, TX. In addition to his duties
at "The Frog" Cash freelances for Fox Sports
Net as a producer for their live game broadcasts, including
the Big 12 football game of the week. Cash got his start
in broadcasting the mountains of West Virginia.
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