As a leader, it is always important to be able to observe a situation before you respond. We teach and coach students in sports to be able to react to a play or a situation in a moment's time, and that is well and good, but in leadership, a person must be able not only to react, but to respond, and to respond in a way that is positive and helpful.

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As Christmas songs and atmosphere fills the air, this season also brings about some of the greatest college football games of the year. With rivalry week over, and great finishes by Alabama, Texas, Oregon and other teams, the BCS has released their bowl schedule. Here's a look at the schedule over the next month:

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Tomorrow is one of my favorite days in the whole year. A day of Thanksgiving with family and friends, enjoying everything that we've been given, including wonderful foods like turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and so much more. What a great day to sit back and eat more than one could hardly bear!

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Tomorrow, Oregon and Arizona are playing in the same dirt! They're each trying to grow their own garden of fresh roses, hoping to earn the right to play Ohio State in the prestigious 'Grand-Daddy of Them All': The Rose Bowl.

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After three weeks of not posting, I'm thinking its time to get 'back in the saddle'. Its been an interesting three weeks, a fall lull in the middle of the 'season'. Often times we fall in and out of those rhythms that we create in our lives, I suppose that it was one of those times that I fell 'out of rhythm'. Nevertheless, its time to get back on track.

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One year ago today we began the adventure that is the EverydayQB. 125 posts later, thanks to your interest and support, we're still going strong. Following a year of sports and sharing my thoughts on what it means to be an athlete, a quarterback, and a successful person in this world has been a great joy. Our mission is still the same: To bring sports news, concepts, strategies and methods, as well as my personal experiences, to this site and reveal how they could impact your everyday life. Whether you're a high school athlete, a businessperson, a parent or just someone who loves sports, Everyday QB is a place where you can learn more about sports and give you a 'game plan to tackle life head on every day'.

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An age old debate in the business world has often been whether or not the value of being an athlete has anything to do with competency and ability in the world of business. Do athletes make better employees than those who are not? Are the skills and abilities learned in the athletic world a comparable and instructive tool by which women and men become more prepared for the competitive world of business? You have all seen the NCAA commercials where athletes from various universities talk about 'going pro' in fields other than sports. So what qualities, if any, prove to be helpful in transferring from the athletic world to the 'real' world? Here's a few thoughts:

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As the game of football continues to evolve, the role that positions and players continue to change as well. But there are some remarkable men who have consistently been considered some of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game of football. What was it about their roles and skills as quarterbacks that made them some of the greats? Are there some common threads? Let's take a look at four of the best quarterbacks of all time and what made them great. Their quality is more than their stats or what they accomplished, its the legacy and way in which they played the quarterback position. In no particular order, some of the greatest qbs of all time are:

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Life has a way of keeping us humble. So often things happen to us that make us wish we could go back in change. And, as human beings, we so often learn by making mistakes and failing. But at what point does self-deprecation and only remembering the painful memories become unhealthy? Modesty can soon turn into a lack of self confidence and positive successes can become suffocated in the midst of too much focus on negative experiences.

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Each one of us has a degree of power. In some situation, somewhere, we have some form of power over someone else. Whether its the power of privilege, the power of authority, the power of love or the power of persuasion, there are many forms of power within our worlds. It is no different for the world of sports. Coaches hold power over players, players struggle for power amongst themselves, power is the catalyst by which things happen.

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