Sideline Super Bowl MVP

Who has the football from the last pass Brett Farve threw in his NFL career?  And a new Super Bowl ring?

It's the person credited with leading the Giants to the Super Bowl after a turn-around season. 

And he never made a single play -- just a motivational speech.

LTC Greg Gadson, my West Point classmate, lost both his legs to a bomb in Iraq.  But fellow classmate and Army Football teammate Mike Sullivan, now on the Giant's coaching staff, knew despite what Greg had lost, he still had a lot to offer.  So he brought Greg to talk to the struggling NFL team.

“That is really what he gave us: the idea that the spirit rises above all these adverse conditions.�  -Giants head coach Tom Coughlin

Read the rest in the May Reader's Digest.  It's a good, short read - and a great example of inspirational leadership that galvanized a team.