The Mantra Tim Riggins's Friday Night Lights

"Texas Forever" is a mantra Tim Riggins, the main character in the television series, Friday Night Lights, lives by. The premise of the show is how an entire town base their dreams on the game of football and we learn those dreams do not come without compromise. It is easy to identify with the characters in Friday Night Lights because their lives and their situations are believable. When we base our life upon a dream or the person we believe we deserve to be, it can be a tragedy or it can be motivational, especially if that spiritual place is not a place at all, but a feeling, a hope or a dream. In this paper, I will argue that Friday Night Lights shows the metaphysical theory of the basic question: “Ultimately, what is there?” A single word to answer that question, would be–dreams. Sports can give players a disillusioned idea about entitlement and who they believe they deserve to be. How to handle it, is most important. Riggins is a high school football player who bases his life on a dream. He has no real thoughts for his future, just that he will continue on as a football player in his beloved home State of Texas. This dream is not realistic, but for a teen athlete, it …show more content…
In the Friday Night Lights transcript on page 13, the coach takes matters into his own hands, by having certain players play a game called, “Bull in the Ring.” While the players circle Riggins, the coach delivers a speech. To emphasis each point, he calls out a players ' number, and that player tackles Riggins full-force. The last part of the coach 's speech is significant when he says, “They will attempt to do this to you right here in your house. TWENTY-NINE. Will you let them? SEVENTY-SEVEN. In your house?” After the last hit, Riggins remains on the ground. The speech could be about how intoxicated Riggins is and how with each practice play he screwed up, it could end up hurting another player in an actual