ASHBURN, Va. -- The magician asked a basic question to Phil Taylor, one that elicited a surprise answer for his wife. It was just small talk at the birthday party for the couple’s 1-year-old son last December.
Magician: “What do you do?”
Taylor: “I’m a retired football player.”
Wife: “Huh?”
Or, as Taylor later heard it, “Get your ass off the couch, put the damn controller down and go work.”
Those plans, however, quickly disappeared, with no thanks to the magician but, rather, to a wife that preached perseverance and a phone call two days later.