SAN FRANCISCO - There are speeches and then there are Speeches.
There are ones that are delivered and quickly forgotten, like a rambling Sunday sermon. And there are others that stir your emotions and leave a lasting impact.
Twelve years ago, Sam Mills, a quiet man who usually preferred to let his actions do his talking, gave a stirring, unforgettable address to the Carolina Panthers on the night before their 2003 wild-card playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. Just four months earlier, Mills, the team's 44-year-old linebackers coach, had been diagnosed with intestinal cancer. The doctors gave the five-time Pro Bowler three months to live.