The original dream

“The Saints were 9-3 and the Giants were playing without quarterback Phil Simms and All-Pro linebackers Harry Carson and Carl Banks, both injured. Taylor had torn shoulder ligaments and a detached pectoral muscle, but he strapped on a harness and had seven tackles, including three sacks, and two forced fumbles. The Giants won, 13-12.”
It is familiar, right? Not for you, for your parents or grandparents, who witnessed the great victory by great LT. But life is going on and former hero may become a devil that you don’t want to see outside your door, especially when you have a lovely daughter.
Pride, reality, hard work, determination, tears, bravery, tiredness, depression, loneliness----Before we get the top, we need to experience all of these or some. Dream is a big word. It is so attractive to young and old, men and women that some devote their whole life, their youth and even their life to pursuing it. The dream is just like the Apple, which first attracted Eve and then Adam to taste it. People love the Apple, for which they began to taste the suffering and joy，to tell right from wrong. And then the whole world seemed to be crazy------sadness and happiness, crime and innocence, death and life, success and failure, desire and greediness-----which made the earth an interesting and colorful place to live.
Born in 1959, Lawrence Taylor expected a dream to the world. This dream is guided by God. He would never know he could be the great until he was really here. Now in his fifties, he faces a charge of rape. Believe it or not, Fate often holds people in derision. But it is fair. It gives you the chance to success. Meanwhile it provides you the opportunity to be a bad guy. You know what? Angle has two faces----bright and dark.
Dressed in his cheap NFL jerseys, LT was like a hero not only for his good duty to protect his quarterback, but also for his speed and passion as well as his strength. Now as a criminal, he again wins the attention of the world. However, this time is not the glory show. I couldn’t help wrinkling and thinking about: Where is your dream, gone baby?
Yes, gone baby! Gone with the age!
Let us be back to fifty-one years ago when a boy was born into a black family. The parents were very happy and believed their son would make a difference to the family. They were not disappointed because their son was really good. He was a genius and had a gift for American football. His talent was soon found by those who loved football and those who needed him to contribute to football history in America. And later his performance really excited and shocked the football world as a great defensive player in NFL history. We couldn’t help shouting“ Oh, my angel! I love you. I love you so much!”
Lawrence Taylor makes Football Hall of Fame was read by hundreds of millions of people in their morning newspapers. Many people, especially the black, felt proud of him and really happy for him and they firmly believed LT was worthy of the name. But now things are different: Baby is gone. There comes the devil! He is no longer angel, and what he has done really angers the people, especially those who loved him. Sex is really an excitement----like gambling, excites the original sin----curiosity. We human are born with that.
Perhaps Taylor can fight against his rivals like a fighter, but he could not fight against his devil---original sin. Just as is said, the person he tries to outdo most of the time is himself. The discussion of humans are born kind and humans are born evil hits me again. Why does God make Adam and Eve? Then why were the apples so tasty? And our Eve was tempted to have a taste. That means our act is often affected by our curiosity. Then the excitement to feel the curiosity drives us to conduct crime.
Lawrence Taylor was made Most Valuable Player in 1986. He led his team to the Super Bowl twice and won the champion. Number 56 NFL jersey was a number filled with honor and trust. Now as time goes by, it is still here, but not as bright as before. He was considered one of, if not the best, football player on the planet when he led New York Giants to 2 NFL Super Bowl championships. From the moment he started playing games, he knew he had to win. Perhaps his dream was to travel everywhere and anywhere to feed his competitive urge.
However, his competitive urge was not only the NFL games, he challenged laws and morality and self-control. He was once asked what he could do that no other outside linebacker could.
Drink," Taylor said
But his problems ran deeper than just alcohol. He got involved in cocaine abuse in 1985. He said he switched his addiction to golf, which he called his "detox tank," and putted his way through rehabilitation. He was suspended for 30 days in 1988 for failing a drug test.
Taylor entered drug rehab twice in 1995. Then he was arrested two times in three years on charges he tried to buy cocaine. Getting out of the fast lane has been difficult for a man who did everything at full speed.
When you live on the edge, even the strongest eventually fall off.
Once Taylor said playing football was just like playing basketball. “There are guys who want to shoot that last shot, and others who want to pass off. I want that last shot."
What makes L.T. so great, what makes him so aggressive, is his total disregard for his body," said Bill Belichick, the Giants' defensive coordinator during Taylor's prime.
He changed the way defense is played, the way pass-rushing is played, the way linebackers play and the way offenses block linebackers. His dream to the top was finally realized. Many young NFL players aim to achieve what he has done. However, this time he destroys thousands of thousands of dreams. He also change the way people treat him----with his great and aggressive body----this time his last shot is a 16-year-old girl.