How many times did we here Mr. Kent, Mr. Lucas, Mr. McGehee, or one of the assistants say over the intercom, "can I have all the football players report to the gym immediately please." Always excited by this, we were always greeted by Coach Justice. However, the reasoning behind these meetings sometimes were confusing. I remember once he called for all MALE athletes. He spent the entire 15 or so minutes were there talking about "being tough" and how the soccer team was playing well because they were "bowing up on folks", and how the basketball team lost to Warren Central because "they weren't very tough". So, with PE period under an hour away, he simply ended his "toughness" speech with, "oh shit, you guys better get back to class."
Another one of my favorites was the time I was in 9th grade and he called us out of class early in the day to talk about "the relationship between a coach and a player" all he talked about was how if we played hard for him, he'd be there for us no matter what. My favorite line was "if Derrick Garner comes to me and needs something, then by god that's the LAW!".
However, my favorite was when I was still in 8th grade. After beating Mendenhall for our first win of the season (the game where Artha threw up all over the field after an 80 yard TD run), Justice walks in, INTERRUPTS Coach Breland and says. "Fellas, don't it feel good to come to school today as winners? I mean Mendenhall is always one of the better football schools, and you went down there and beat their ass. Now Coach what play did you score that first one with?" After being told it was 30 base, Justice goes. "Well by god, Artha, I guess you was just too rough! See guys, you have to line up every play with the attitude that "this is the one". You have to think you're gonna score every play." Then he left. Add any more impromptu speeches we got from the man.
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