Bobby Okereke

But yeah, once he told me that, I feel like I've always felt like I could do great things.

But when there's someone that you really admire and they validate that in you, it just fueled me to really go all the way.

and I remember my college strength coach, he would always say, we all suffer one of two pains, the pain of regret or the pain of pain of discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.

And for me, that really resonated in that moment because I know now people think I'm capable of what I think I'm capable of.

And if I really want to do it, I can have no regrets.

I got, I got to go full in.

I got to take care of my diet.

I got to,

allocate all my time to either school or getting myself better in football.

Like I don't really have an opportunity to slack.

because I don't want to be one of those guys who are saying shoulda, coulda, woulda, or I remember when I used to play, and I knew a lot of older guys than me who kind of were going through that role.

Yeah.

Kind of like you said, whether I was at like a 93% or a 97% intensity, after that, I turned the dial all the way to 100%.

And really, every day, I mean, I made it my mission.

Because at that point in time, I'd never really told myself, this is my mission, this is my goal.

But once I accepted that, I kind of obsessed over it.

And probably the best thing I've ever done since freshman year of high school, I've had a whiteboard in my room.

And I always write my goals, and I always write daily tasks, and I always just write, like,

kind of daily mantras that I'm gonna see every day and hold myself accountable to every day.

And that's what I did.