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Every country needs leadership but not just anyone can pick up a baton and lead a country in a testing period. Good qualities a president should possess are focus, passion, confidence, clarity and respect. In my opinion, Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints and Cameron Jordan, defensive end of the New Orleans Saints both carry these qualities and would be a perfect fit for President of The United States.
In today’s world, great leadership can be hard to find. Certainly, we cannot simply look to leaders given up to us in the media via politics or just business. So many professional athletes are great leaders and many go unnoticed. One reason professional athletes can make great presidents are the determination that they possess. …show more content…

“Easily one of the most pressure filled positions in professional sports, and one of, if not the most important key to winning in the NFL; a quarterback must insure trust and composure within his teammates while allowing them to play with confidence and focus solely on their roles within the team” (Christian Martin). For New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, these elements are day-to-day routine and something of second nature for the two-time NFC MVP and one-time Super Bowl Champion. “Drew Brees, who moved to the city of New Orleans in March of 2006, made an immediate impact on not only the Saints organization but also the community surrounding the team” (Christian Martin). The football season prior to his arrival was highly unsuccessful, not only because of the Saints disgracefully bad 3-13 record, but the natural disaster that was known as Hurricane Katrina that demolished the city of New Orleans in August of 2005. “Through the Brees Dream Foundation, which was started in 2003, Drew immediately became involved in Hurricane Katrina recovery and in 2007 announced a partnership with “Operation Kids” in an attempt to rebuild and recreate academic facilities as well as parks, playgrounds, athletic centers, after school and mentoring programs. By revitalizing and restoring child care projects and facilities in New Orleans, Brees instantly became a fan favorite and hero amongst the Saints fans; not to mention the on field turn around leading the Saints to a 10-6 record and winning the NFC South Division Title” (Christian Martin). During the 2009-2010 season, Drew Brees led his teammates to their first ever Super Bowl Championship appearance in franchise history beating the chosen Indianapolis Colts. That win was huge for a city that had faced so much adversity and pain in the past years, but now they had a reason

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“Perfection is not attainable, but if we can chase perfection, we can catch excellence” is something that every Green bay Packers player knew, and the man who said was the greatest head coach of all time; Vince Lombardi. In this essay, it will be talked about how Lombardi lived his early life into his early coaching career and finally about how he created a team that was nothing into a team that would become the greatest dynasty in the history of the NFL. Vince was a man that was known for what he did on the field as a coach, but what made him who he is was found in his early life. Vince Lombardi was born on June 11th, 1913 as the oldest of five into a family of Italian immigrants that were heavily involved with the catholic church. When

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In his days as a player, he became one of the most successful tight ends of all time and a player with great morals that kids looked up to. He played for the Dallas Cowboys; then he played for the Chicago Bears where he eventually went on to coach for them in the 1980’s. Ditka made “427 receptions, had 5812 receiving yards, and scored 43 touchdowns” in his career, which were unprecedented totals for a tight end at the time (“Mike Ditka” 1). When his career was over, Ditka went into coaching. His “wildly popular” 1985 Chicago Bears included the legendary running back “Walter Payton and one of the best defenses in NFL history” (“Mike Ditka” 2).

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