Patriots Blog: Myra Kraft Remembered Around NFL
BOSTON (CBS) - I was taking in the Sunday Night Football game last night between the Chargers and Cowboys, when the announcers started talking about Myra Kraft.
It made my night. Her touch, style and grace are all over the NFL's landscape. She made a huge difference in all communities behind the scenes and those who knew her, knew of her importance to this league.
Here are some of the kind words Chris Collinsworth and Al Michaels had to say about the late Myra Kraft.
Michaels: "We want to acknowledge the passing last month of Myra Kraft, the wife of the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft. Here was the front page of the Boston Herald (showing the words "Heart of Gold") and they meant it, too, because that's exactly what she had, a heart of gold. Bob was still able to go through the negotiations, I don't know how in the world he did it. They always say, and it's a cliché', 'they made the world a better place.' She really made the world a better place. People have no idea, I mean literally, the thousands of lives in this country, and in Israel, and elsewhere, that she touched."
Read: Patriots Dedicate Season To Myra Kraft
Collinsworth: "You know why, because Myra said, 'Go do your job.' She was so unselfish with everything she did, even to the very end. She said, 'You go do your job, I'm fine.' She did that for a lifetime."
Michaels: "There are people who do great things and give away a lot of money, and then there are people who give the money away and actually do all the hands-on stuff that goes with it. That was Myra."
Collinsworth: "I can remember one time with me, I had a particularly tough meeting with Robert. I won't talk about what it was about, but it was not warm and fuzzy. I come outside and Myra was so warm, and so gracious, and I said, 'Do you ever talk to your husband?' She was just a wonderful lady. She will be greatly missed, not just in New England but by NFL families everywhere."
