Steelers players reveal their favorite part of being a dad in Father’s Day video
It’s often perceived that professional athletes are living a dream — and most of them are. But this past Father’s Day, a handful of Pittsburgh Steelers players revealed that playing in the NFL isn’t all their life is about.
In a short video posted by the Steelers’ social media team, a few players explained the best part about being a dad.
“Walking through the door, seeing my kids run up to me,” said linebacker Elandon Roberts. “It’s a great feeling. Coming to work each day, just knowing that my kids depend on me to make sure I’m moving in the right direction for them.”
“Being able to give my kids life lessons,” said cornerback Patrick Peterson. “Being able to teach them and help them not make the mistakes I made when I was their age.”
“I think my favorite part about being a dad is telling my daughter, ‘No,’ at 11 o’clock when she wants cookies,” said offensive lineman Kendrick Green.
So, as you can see, there are a lot of different reasons as to why the Steelers enjoy going home to see their kids. Although we have to wonder if Green has ever let his daughter have a cookie late at night … just once?!
Speaking of Father’s Day life lessons …
Peterson said that his favorite part of being a father is teaching his children life lessons. That reminds us of a life lesson MLB relief pitcher Pete Fairbanks attempted to teach his 3-year-old son. It didn’t end well.
Fairbanks was placed on the IL for a few days after suffering a black eye. But he didn’t get the shiner by something done on a baseball field. No, instead he sustained the injury by dunking on his toddler.
“So, we were playing at our new house in the pool and I pulled the basketball hoop down onto my face after dunking on a 3-year-old,” Fairbanks told reporters. “You know, try to teach him an early lesson in life, when you’re in the paint you can’t be caught unaware underneath the rim. Did that end up with me (having) a black eye? Yes.
“My wife has been making fun of me about it, as has pretty much everybody here. So, it’s been a good past five days or whatever.”
After a few days of rest, Fairbanks was able to return to the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen. While he was trying to teach his son a lesson, maybe the pitcher was the one who learned something.
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