Corey: I Will Not Give Up Hope
Written by Drew Stanton
Wednesday March 04 2009
Corey Smith is the type of person you always root for, the guy you want to see always succeed. The guy who does everything that is asked of him and tries to give even more.
I have had the luxury of being Corey’s teammate for the past two seasons in Detroit, and though more people know him better than I do, still I feel I got to know the person he truly is. He is a quiet guy who keeps to himself and just continues to bust his butt and make it in this profession. He would run down and make a tackle on special teams just to follow it up with a tackle on defense.
I am down in the Bahamas right now, and caught wind of what happened Sunday morning right when I arrived. I have yet to walk by a television and not wait for an update, hoping that he will be rescued. When I saw that the Coast Guard had called off the search, my heart jumped up into my throat.
At times like this, it is hard to make sense of why things like this happen, especially to
people like Corey. Add that with no closure for all of their families, and it makes it even harder.
people like Corey. Add that with no closure for all of their families, and it makes it even harder.
Corey is as fine a person as I have met in this crazy profession, and actually became close to him by frequently sitting in the cold tub. He would beat his body up every practice and be the first in the cold tub.
I will not give up hope of a miracle, and continue to pray for him to turn up. His will and desire alone will keep him alive much longer than people give him credit for. Those three men remain in my prayers, and I hope yours, as well. This is yet another example to show how precious life truly is.
I’m just wishing that those days in the cold tub will allow him to persevere this time through.
Drew Stanton is a quarterback with the Detroit Lions. His blog for www.playerpress.com runs at www.drewstanton.com.
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