look around

“It felt very lonely — no one else was doing that. We looked around for allies — other pro-nuclear groups. … There just weren’t very many.”

The former NFL offensive lineman turned Newbury Park head coach looked around at his team celebrating before gazing out at his son, Brady, as he leapt around with his teammates.

But I do look around like, “Ew, what is that in that jar? Ew.”

In L.A., and indeed anywhere, it’s easy to fall into a groove, to stop looking around, to think we’ve done well enough.

"I love this continent. I spent many a year looking around exploring it and just really thrilled to have the reception and exuberance and the energy that will be in this room tonight," he said.