Elias thought about his father, a high school football coach who used to say, "You don't practice for the games you know you'll win; you practice for the Sunday you might lose."

The next morning, the lead contractor found Elias looking at the waterline on the building’s side.

Elias insisted on the reinforced steel pilings. He fought the board, signed the extra paperwork, and endured the jokes about his "paranoia." For two years, the building sat there, over-engineered and quiet. Then came a Tuesday in October.

"I didn't," Elias replied. "I just knew that eventually, there would be a 'Sunday.' And when it arrived, I didn't want to be the one explaining why I wasn't ready."

"The odds of a Category 5 hitting this cove are less than one percent," they told him. "Why waste the budget?"

Any Given Sunday • Proven & Recommended

Elias thought about his father, a high school football coach who used to say, "You don't practice for the games you know you'll win; you practice for the Sunday you might lose."

The next morning, the lead contractor found Elias looking at the waterline on the building’s side. Any Given Sunday

Elias insisted on the reinforced steel pilings. He fought the board, signed the extra paperwork, and endured the jokes about his "paranoia." For two years, the building sat there, over-engineered and quiet. Then came a Tuesday in October. Elias thought about his father, a high school

"I didn't," Elias replied. "I just knew that eventually, there would be a 'Sunday.' And when it arrived, I didn't want to be the one explaining why I wasn't ready." Then came a Tuesday in October

"The odds of a Category 5 hitting this cove are less than one percent," they told him. "Why waste the budget?"