Gary Gulman
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And as it came time to start practices, you would think that he would be psyched to use this new body that he had created for the purpose it had been made for.
Like, okay, he's Captain America.
But in fact, he was terrified of just getting hit, of the physical contact that's just built into football.
And a week before practice, he talks to a friend and he says to the friend, he doesn't think he can do it.
He doesn't think he can go through with it.
Should he call the Jetsons and tell him he's thought it over?
I'll never forget what he said.
He said, Gary, they will kill you.
They spent their entire summer training you and feeding you.
You have to go through with this.
He went through with it.
But the problem was, as John Jetson put it, he was a daisy in a field of weeds, a lamb among conquerors.