Some things we take for granted, assuming that they’ll always be there no matter what. I’ve seen many relationships -- some of my own included -- fall apart because the people involved assumed they didn’t have to work at it. An adage my father taught me when I was young still rings true to me: “If something is worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.”
Needless to say, I’m still disturbed by the lack of responsibility that Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford showed last offseason when he shot down the idea of working with a quarterback “guru”, saying, “It's not something that I feel would be my style or beneficial to me.