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Written By Bobby Wade
December 15, 2009
It's the most wonderful time of the year!
Christmas time.
For the teams and players that are fortunate enough to be playing for a playoff spot in December, It's definitely the most wonderful time of the year.
However, for those less fortunate teams and players that are not playing for a playoff spot, It's all about our pride and building on what we can achieve now for next year.
Because the Chiefs and myself are sadly one of the unfortunate teams who are not playing for a playoff spot at this time of the year, my focus this week is all about the love of the game. I want to just go out there and have fun and enjoy myself by taking advantage of every opportunity that may present itself on the field. I will still be out on the field trying my best on every play and doing what ever it takes to help my team win the game.
Hopefully, everyone else on the team will be as well so that we can give it our best with a total team effort and we can possibly enjoy beating the Browns this week. It is our last home game of the year and we want to give it our best on the field and come out of the game with a victory.
The fans deserve it, and we really want to give them something to cheer about. The coaches deserve it because they have been working hard week after week in trying to make us all better, not only as a team but as individual players too. And most importantly, we the players deserve it because we have been working hard all season and we really want to win this last home game.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Community Work
Written By Bobby Wade
November 4, 2009
I spent my bye week in Arizona with my family. I had an event at Pendergast Elementary school, which I attended for a couple of years when I was younger. It was called Red Ribbon week and the purpose of the event was to spread awareness to the kids not to use tobacco, alcohol, or drugs, and making good decisions in life.
We had two assemblies in one day on the Friday before Halloween. The first assembly was for the first to sixth graders and the second assembly was for the seventh and eighth graders.
It went real well, and was a good event which was very successful. My brother and sister run my foundation and my brother put this one together and did a great job of organizing the event and booking guest speakers.
One of the guest speakers was Kenny Dobbs, who is a young mentor that started his own foundation called “Up Rise Movement.” Kenny puts on a show using his basketball skills and showing his talents on the basketball court while speaking to the kids about making good decisions in their lives. It was a really cool presentation and overall the event was a huge success.
I started the week off right today by doing a public outreach with the Chiefs along with President Clark Hunt and General Manager Scott Pioli who were both in attendance as well. It was for “Feed America,” a foundation that has partnered up with Tyson Chicken and Harvester to donate 38,000 pounds of food.
This week we are playing the Jaguars in Jacksonville. I am looking forward to playing Florida, it is always nice down there during this time of the year.
Everybody had a good bye week and the team is looking forward to playing this week.
We will start to get ready for the Jaguars on Wednesday and we are hoping to start fresh for the second half of the season. The team and everybody is refreshed and pumped up to start what we are calling a new season. We are putting the first half behind us and starting over for the second half and it all starts with the Jacksonville Jaguars this week.
The First Win
Written By Bobby Wade
October 21, 2009
We got our first win this past week and it was a long time coming. It was a relief to get that first victory under our belts.
Getting that first win makes everyone on the team feel better and more confident in the season going forward.
This week we play the Chargers at home in Kansas City and it is a big game for many reasons. It is a divisional game for one, so it is important, and it is also the last game before our bye week. It is always better to go into your bye week with a victory. It is also a home game and we want to win one for the home crowd.
Going into a bye week with a loss is a bad thing because you have two weeks to think about it. It is much better to get a win before the bye so that you can come back in after the bye with confidence.
Tuesday is our day off and I just got back from speaking for Derrick Thomas’s foundation, “Third and Long.” It is about fighting illiteracy in today’s youth. I did a guest speaker spot for them today here in Kansas City.
I talked about the legacy of Derrick Thomas and how important it is for guys in our position to commit themselves to the community and give back to the kids. It was very important to me, as it was my first community service outing here in the Kansas City community. I have always involved myself with the communities in every city I have played for and it is very important for me to do this for every city that I play in.
There were 4-5 kids there that stood up and read speeches, and it was great to see the results and the progress that this foundation is making with the kids in the community.
Bobby Wade is a wide receiver with the Kansas City Chiefs. His blog for www.playerpress.com runs at www.bobbywade80.com
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