Best wishes on your surgery tomorrow, Coach. Tell those men of yours that you are wearing a red cross jersey - do not tackle - for a while. Pretty soon you will be beating them in a foot race.
Friday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench!