In this year's Super Bowl, Larry Fitzgerald, NFL pro bowl wide receiver of the Arizona Cardinals was in "The Zone."
Larry Jr. and quarterback Kurt Warner have led that organization from a bumpy 9-7 regular season to three postseason upsets over Atlanta, Carolina and Philadelphia. Fitzgerald has 23 catches for 419 yards and five touchdowns, each seeming to top the one before in degree of difficulty.
Fitzgerald already has broken San Francisco 49ers legend Jerry Rice's record for receiving yards in a postseason. He tied Rice, Los Angeles Rams Hall of Famer Tom Fears and Randy Moss with an NFL-record three consecutive postseason games of at least 100 yards receiving. Moss achieved the feat in January 2000 and '01 with the Vikings.
"Larry is in a zone right now that we've rarely ever seen for a receiver," said former Vikings receiver Cris Carter, a mentor to Fitzgerald since the latter was a Vikings ballboy. "He and Randy Moss have the best ball skills of any receivers I've ever seen. Their ability to stretch the defense -- Randy with his speed down the field and Larry with his ability to go vertical and get the ball -- put them in a rare category of players the NFL has ever seen."
And:
"To be considered a great player, it's mandatory -- mandatory -- that you win big football games," Fitzgerald said last month. 'I'm not talking about regular-season games and putting up big numbers. At the end of the day, that's all nice and everything, but it's only a footnote in the media guide. 'What matters is winning big playoff games consistently. You have to be your greatest in the biggest moments.
That's what I'm talking about. Put that quote up on your wall. Unlike for example George Karl and Carmelo Anthony, there is no desire or by default tendency to leech off the regular season in this guy's soul.
George Karl and Carmelo Anthony are not like Fitz at all. That's why they have not ever and won't this year win in the playoffs this year.
Like Larry Fitzgerald is how you need to be if you are an exceptional athlete, not like Carmelo Anthony. You need to be 100% humble about and completely above details about the regular season. You need to be focused on winning in the playoffs 24/7 and 365 days a year. And if your team can't make the playoffs anytime soon, you need to find another team that will be in the playoffs.
Keep tellin' 'em and showin' 'em about sports, Larry. In the Quest for the Ring, you need to be like Fitz.
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