Donovan McNabb: Lesson to Be Learned from QB’s “Feud” with Bernard Hopkins

May 15, 2011   ·   David Daniels   ·   Jump to comments

Donovan McNabb is a hard man to hate.  
He plays football, not for the money, but for fun.  He's silly, he enjoys it.  That's not a character trait that many players in the world of sports hold today.
The ultra-competitive nature of sports frowns upon players with that type of attitude.  Winning is the only thing that matters, forget fun.
One anti-fun athlete is ex-boxer Bernard Hopkins.  Hopkins is from Philadelphia so he watched more than a couple Eagles games with McNabb under center.  Back in 2008 he criticized McNabb saying, 
“Oh man, lack of performance, lack of heart. I wish the Wizard of Oz would come back out, man, so I could put McNabb in it as the character who needs to see the wizard to get a heart. The thing is this, man: Philadelphia is hungry for — yeah we’ve got the Phillies — but I mean the Super Bowl year. It’s all about character and heart and wanting to win the biggest trophy i...

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