The Long Snapper

"I've been thinking about my size,” Brian told Belichick at one point in their conversation. “You think I’m heavy enough?” “No,” Belichick said. “But if you get run over, we’ll just bring in somebody else who can get the job done.” They both smiled. Belichick was only joking. Or at least Brian took it that

Davis had illustrated that God uses problems to direct us, to inspect us, to correct us, to protect us, and to perfect us.

Brian came to two conclusions: One, this was the most nervous he had ever been before a game. Two, he had to prepare himself for the reality that something bad might happen. It was a very real possibility, and he felt that he had to come to peace with that. In the silence of his mind, Brian said, “God, whatever it is you have planned for me, it’s going to be okay. I’m just asking you to give me the strength to do my job the best I can. And if you see what I envision, that snap over the holder’s head and the Panthers scoring, then I’ll just have to be okay with that. I am totally committed to whatever you see.”

On the eve of the climactic race, the coach, played by John Candy, has a heart-to-heart talk with the team’s driver, during which he tells him, “A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.”