For Monte Coleman, football was all about responding to fear.
The Redskins’ great outside linebacker from the franchise’s glorious era of the 1980s and early ’90s subscribed to a rigorous year-round conditioning program to keep himself in peak physical shape.
He spent countless hours in the weight room strengthening his body and did sprints and middle-distance running to improve his endurance.
He knew the more sweat that poured out, the crisper his performance would be by the fourth quarter of a game. The 6-3, 240-pounder carried an amazing body fat of only six percent.