I think it goes without saying that everyone has a best friend, and that they would probably do almost anything for that friend. Well, ask yourself this question. Would you be willing to donate a kidney? It’s a tough decision, but let’s meet an individual who did just this.

Meet Everson Walls and this amazing story of love, friendship, and football. Earlier this week, Wednesday, February 28, Everson Walls donated his kidney to his long time best friend Ron Springs. Here’s their story, and how this friendship is inspiring to all.

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Having grown up in Dallas, Everson Walls thought he knew his way around town. Then he started playing for the Cowboys and a third-year running back who grew up in Virginia showed him how it was really done.

Ron Springs taught the rookie cornerback where to go for free this and discount that. In return, Walls did the driving and, better yet, introduced Springs to a terrific, cheap late-night food joint — his mom’s kitchen.

Kindred spirits only a few years apart, they quickly built a friendship that went way beyond being teammates. It was so much like big brother and little brother that Springs became a regular at Walls family gatherings.

By the time Springs left the Cowboys in 1985, their wives already were good friends. Eventually, so were their kids. Everyone gets along so well that they’ve taken family vacations together, like the time all eight piled into one Land Cruiser and drove from Dallas to Orlando through a rainstorm so blinding they missed their destination.

Springs is the godfather of Walls’ oldest daughter and Walls received the same honor for Springs’ youngest. And, living up to the old saying that “your family is my family,” Springs recently spoke at the funeral of Walls’ father-in-law.(via)

You know, we hear about all these other stories in sports these days. About drug scandals, about players getting into a lot of trouble, hyped up egos everywhere, and sometimes a story like this gets smothered and goes under the radar.

What I get out of this story is that a good friend is something to cherish and hold on to, love is the key to a good friendship, and when you do have a good friendship — hold on to it…

To end this story, I would like to urge those who read this, to have a diabetes check, it’s a horrible disease, my father had it, and died from complications from this disease. Click the following links to learn more about diabetes and transplantation.