Great Speech
Gale Sayers was in New York to attend Professional Football Writers annual dinner and receive the George S. Halas award as the most courageous player in pro football.
When he went up to recevie the award he said My friend and teamate Brian Piccolo is dying of a cancerous tumour in his lungs. One reason i wanted brian to be here I intended to give him the trophy right here. But he wasn't able to. He said ot the audicence "Brian has the heart of a giant," he said, "and that rare form of courage that allows him to kid himself and his opponet, cancer. He has the mental attitude that makes me proud to have a friend who spells out the word courage twenty-four hours a day of his life." Then he ended by saying, "You flatter me by giving me this award but I tell you here and now that I acccept it for Brian Piccolo. He is a man of courage who should receive the George S. Halas award. Its mine tonight, it si brian Piccolo's tommorrow...........I Love Him and I'd like all of you to love him, too. Tonight, When you hit your knees, please ask God to Love him..... Brian died two days later in the hospital.
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