The Conflict Between Gale Sayers And Brian Piccolo

In my paragraph about Brian Song I will talk about the conflict between Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo and how it went to petty pranks to being best friends. In the beginning of the teleplay Brian and Gale had a rivalry and a quiet prank war with each other. On page 282 the text states, “He takes a spoon and fork, glancing up to make sure rian is still concentrating on the song, then he moved to transfer the potatoes to the seat of Brian’s chair.” This shows that in the beginning of the teleplay Gale and Brian were pranking each other and were kind of rivals with one another. Later, towards the middle of the story they become more friends than rivals, them both being on the team, and because of their friendship Gale makes a joke. After that,
Gale hurts his knee and Brian trying to get him back in shape tells him something, on page 296, Brian says, “Well, Gale--I’m number one guy now, but for all the wrong reasons. And if you don’t come back one hundred percent, people are always going to say that I got in on a pass, a lucky break, and I won’t take it that way.I am going to beat you, Magic, but it won't mean a thing unless you’re at your best, not one second slower not one degree weaker. I’m going to work your tail off getting you in shape again--for my sake.” Which shows that Brian was mad at Gale for not trying and that he is mad that he might be known as the person who got the lucky break, and that he needed Gale to get better and he was going to make that happen. But at the end of the book they both get starting positions, Gale is thankful that Brian got him back in shape, and Brian let go of his selfish feelings. Everything was going good, but then Brian got cancer and their friendship strengthened, with Gale dedicating an award to Brian. And Brian and Gale were friend up to the end when Brian died and the story ended. So as you can see, Gale and Brian really did become great friends from being rivals.