Vince Gilligan

Vince Lombardi once asked “If it doesn 't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?” Scoring points is a major factor in winning a football game, but stopping the opposing team from scoring helps too. So you might simply ask, just how important is scoring points versus the amount of points that a team allows to be scored on them? Here the correlation between three variables will be examined to come to a consensus of whether the points scored or points allowed correlates with the…

Athletics have been an important factor of life for millennia. The olympics that began in Greece are evidence of that. Sports in general have been a historically important factor around the whole world. In America, certain sports are focused on throughout the year, including baseball and basketball. Although, in this age, no sport has affected the nation as much as football. Football is at the center of many people’s lives and is what can contribute to much of family gatherings and heartfelt…

In Chapter 9, “Deontology and Fairness,” Heather Reid discusses victory and the crucial importance winning has come to be in sports. Quoting Vince Lombardi, “Winning isn’t everything…it’s the only thing”, it is seen that the highest level of importance is placed on only the outcome of the game, and not the way in which that outcome is achieved (Reid, 108). I argue that Lombardi’s revised saying, “Winning isn’t everything—but making the effort to win is,” better conveys the true spirit of sports.…

McLean resigned, Vince Lombardi was selected as head coach. In his first year of coaching the Packers, they had seven wins and five losses. Vince Lombardi received the award of Coach of the Year. The following year, the Packers won the regional title and were on the brink of winning the Super Bowl. The third year the Packers won the Super Bowl. These were the same failures that were on the team before Lombardi came. There was a change, and that too a positive change because of Vince Lombardi,…

Have you ever heard of the "Comeback Kid," or "Joe Cool?" These were the nicknames of one of the most iconic quarterbacks in NFL history. He broke records. He won super bowls. He was also a leader. Joe Montana was an iconic NFL quarterback, but he was also a leader for his traits of strategy, determination, and humor. First off, Joe Montana had strategy which is only one of his leadership traits. According to, Joe Montana by: Jack Kavanagh, because of his style and strategy he led…

The majority of Americans say only kids who win should get trophies. A trophy is a prize for a victory and should not be given just for participation. We are miss leading children by making them think they achieved something that they have not. Children all over America are always rewarded participation trophies. The handing out of trophies for participating in a sports game is teaching children that they always win. We need to teach the new generation children about how life isn’t always fair.…

The Football Hall of Fame is an honorable place for athletes that have participated, or are currently in the NFL (National Football League). Being in the Hall of Fame would not only make a Football player feel accomplished, but it only makes them do better in life. Furthermore, the Hall of Fame has over 17 different locations in the USA (United States of America). According to Ray Lewis (Who is a Hall of Famer), he thinks the Hall of Fame is a fantastic place to be inducted to and is a…

Grant Park, home to leisure walks and picnics decorated by carefully laid brick pathways, contiguous green spaces, and the booming Buckingham Fountain with the Chicago skyline as backdrop for three days traded in its calm environment for loud crowds of energetic, bustling, loyal sports fans excited to be a part of the NFL Draft Town. Football, the American sport beloved by so many had another exciting weekend. And no it wasn’t kickoff season or the Super Bowl, rather it was draft time. As…

series. Though his character is central in the show, he has become more of a villain in the latter part. The rumour that ‘Breaking Bad” Bryan Cranston is directing an episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 3 stemmed from the interview of co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould by Digital Trends. The former said that indeed Bryan Cranston would love to direct one episode but he still needs to fit in his schedule.…

By developing sympathetic, life altering, problems in the beginning of season one, Gilligan uses Walter White’s point of view to construct a personal relationship with the viewers as he scripts a distinguishable character who will perceive himself as a protagonist with antagonistic actions. Beyond the first episode of Breaking Bad, the viewer learns that Walter White is fifty years old and teaches high school chemistry with a PhD in chemistry. Throughout the configuration of the story, viewers…