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And I think sometimes people, just like you introduced me with so many accolades and things that I've been successful at, dude, I've failed all along the way. I mean, I have failed so much more than I have succeeded. And I like to share those because those are real. And I think God has used every single one of them. Like you don't have the success without the failure.

And so for us, learning how to deal with failure, learning how to deal with adversity is huge. Kid, teenager, adult, senior citizen. Like we have to understand if you're not in a storm. If you're not in adversity, it's coming. It's not if, it's when. And so, you know, for me, I got it in high school. When I was a sophomore in high school, I didn't play varsity.

And so for us, learning how to deal with failure, learning how to deal with adversity is huge. Kid, teenager, adult, senior citizen. Like we have to understand if you're not in a storm. If you're not in adversity, it's coming. It's not if, it's when. And so, you know, for me, I got it in high school. When I was a sophomore in high school, I didn't play varsity.

And so for us, learning how to deal with failure, learning how to deal with adversity is huge. Kid, teenager, adult, senior citizen. Like we have to understand if you're not in a storm. If you're not in adversity, it's coming. It's not if, it's when. And so, you know, for me, I got it in high school. When I was a sophomore in high school, I didn't play varsity.

I didn't play JV because I was kind of stuck between two worlds. I had a dream. I told you, Mick, I had a dream of playing in the NFL. I was giving up all these things. Got frustrated. Got ticked off in a moment. Then I quit. Just dropped. I quit. And guess what? I had a coach, Eddie Shaddix, who believed in me and saw something in me before I did. And he's like, hey, man, just come work out.

I didn't play JV because I was kind of stuck between two worlds. I had a dream. I told you, Mick, I had a dream of playing in the NFL. I was giving up all these things. Got frustrated. Got ticked off in a moment. Then I quit. Just dropped. I quit. And guess what? I had a coach, Eddie Shaddix, who believed in me and saw something in me before I did. And he's like, hey, man, just come work out.

I didn't play JV because I was kind of stuck between two worlds. I had a dream. I told you, Mick, I had a dream of playing in the NFL. I was giving up all these things. Got frustrated. Got ticked off in a moment. Then I quit. Just dropped. I quit. And guess what? I had a coach, Eddie Shaddix, who believed in me and saw something in me before I did. And he's like, hey, man, just come work out.

We'll do some curls and we'll get pretty for the girls. I'm like, deal. Cool. I'm in. And then all of a sudden I grow and then all of a sudden I get stronger and stronger and stronger. And now football is really fun when you're the hammer, not the nail. And so like he believed in me, but I had to face that adversity to learn to work and to grow and to get bigger and stronger.

We'll do some curls and we'll get pretty for the girls. I'm like, deal. Cool. I'm in. And then all of a sudden I grow and then all of a sudden I get stronger and stronger and stronger. And now football is really fun when you're the hammer, not the nail. And so like he believed in me, but I had to face that adversity to learn to work and to grow and to get bigger and stronger.

We'll do some curls and we'll get pretty for the girls. I'm like, deal. Cool. I'm in. And then all of a sudden I grow and then all of a sudden I get stronger and stronger and stronger. And now football is really fun when you're the hammer, not the nail. And so like he believed in me, but I had to face that adversity to learn to work and to grow and to get bigger and stronger.

And then I knew it was like to succeed. But I also knew it was like to fail. And, you know, same thing at Georgia, switching three positions in three years or in one year. One calendar year. I think nowadays it's easy. And some of us are like, no, I'm this. I think my goal is this. I think I'm that. You have no clue. Like there are going to be things that change along the way.

And then I knew it was like to succeed. But I also knew it was like to fail. And, you know, same thing at Georgia, switching three positions in three years or in one year. One calendar year. I think nowadays it's easy. And some of us are like, no, I'm this. I think my goal is this. I think I'm that. You have no clue. Like there are going to be things that change along the way.

And then I knew it was like to succeed. But I also knew it was like to fail. And, you know, same thing at Georgia, switching three positions in three years or in one year. One calendar year. I think nowadays it's easy. And some of us are like, no, I'm this. I think my goal is this. I think I'm that. You have no clue. Like there are going to be things that change along the way.

Are you willing to see it adapt and adjust and be great where you're at? Like if you're in a job right now and your job is to get coffee, do it to the best of your ability. Like crush it. Do it to a point where somebody looks at you in the company like, man, they do that with joy. They do that with something a little bit different, man.

Are you willing to see it adapt and adjust and be great where you're at? Like if you're in a job right now and your job is to get coffee, do it to the best of your ability. Like crush it. Do it to a point where somebody looks at you in the company like, man, they do that with joy. They do that with something a little bit different, man.

Are you willing to see it adapt and adjust and be great where you're at? Like if you're in a job right now and your job is to get coffee, do it to the best of your ability. Like crush it. Do it to a point where somebody looks at you in the company like, man, they do that with joy. They do that with something a little bit different, man.

Like that's how we've got to approach those things because when we hit that adversity, when it comes to you, how do I respond? What does my response look like? Because here's what I've learned from adversity. Every single daggum time, 17th pick in the NFL draft, I'm making my NFL dream come true that I dreamed about since I was six years old. I'm doing it. Like exactly what I wanted to do.

Like that's how we've got to approach those things because when we hit that adversity, when it comes to you, how do I respond? What does my response look like? Because here's what I've learned from adversity. Every single daggum time, 17th pick in the NFL draft, I'm making my NFL dream come true that I dreamed about since I was six years old. I'm doing it. Like exactly what I wanted to do.

Like that's how we've got to approach those things because when we hit that adversity, when it comes to you, how do I respond? What does my response look like? Because here's what I've learned from adversity. Every single daggum time, 17th pick in the NFL draft, I'm making my NFL dream come true that I dreamed about since I was six years old. I'm doing it. Like exactly what I wanted to do.

One play, bam, broken neck. Done, gone. You know what I learned in that one moment? I learned that that one moment led to two years of rehab and two years of recovery and a lot of grind. And I went from a healthy body that was strong as crud that could do anything I wanted to do to a guy that could do very little with a halo in my skull and couldn't lift weights. I benched 455 in college.