Nick Foles walked into the basement of Barnes & Noble in Devon wearing a shirt with a biblical phrase: “Iron Sharpens Iron.”
I should have known it would be prophetic.
Only after our one-on-one interview had ended did I Google it, touched to realize just how profoundly that all-white caps phrase on Foles’ black, long-sleeve jersey had foreshadowed my 15-minute conversation with one of the most adored men in Philadelphia sports.
It’s an expression from Proverbs: “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
This daughter of a deli man, and that Eagles Super Bowl MVP, whose dad worked in restaurants, talked about family, tough times, tenderness, and hope.