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Quincy Avery

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Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

I'm a good father and they get to see these things each and every day.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

I'm a good father and they get to see these things each and every day.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

I'm a good father and they get to see these things each and every day.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You know, it's crazy. It's going to sound wild. More so than who the person is, a football player, more so than how talented they are. Those things don't matter. First things I want to do is have a conversation with the parents. Because the parents have been, it's been the biggest determining factor in the kids who I see are successful and the kids who I see aren't.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You know, it's crazy. It's going to sound wild. More so than who the person is, a football player, more so than how talented they are. Those things don't matter. First things I want to do is have a conversation with the parents. Because the parents have been, it's been the biggest determining factor in the kids who I see are successful and the kids who I see aren't.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You know, it's crazy. It's going to sound wild. More so than who the person is, a football player, more so than how talented they are. Those things don't matter. First things I want to do is have a conversation with the parents. Because the parents have been, it's been the biggest determining factor in the kids who I see are successful and the kids who I see aren't.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

And it's not really what we think. A lot of times people think, It's the parents who are like there all the time. They do everything for their kids. Those are the people who become the best sports parents. Those are actually the worst because those are the people who remove all adversity. from the kid's life. They don't let them go through things. They don't let them struggle.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

And it's not really what we think. A lot of times people think, It's the parents who are like there all the time. They do everything for their kids. Those are the people who become the best sports parents. Those are actually the worst because those are the people who remove all adversity. from the kid's life. They don't let them go through things. They don't let them struggle.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

And it's not really what we think. A lot of times people think, It's the parents who are like there all the time. They do everything for their kids. Those are the people who become the best sports parents. Those are actually the worst because those are the people who remove all adversity. from the kid's life. They don't let them go through things. They don't let them struggle.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They don't let them build that muscle, right? And it's a muscle, right? You gotta work it. You gotta flex it. You gotta be able to see yourself in a difficult situation and see you make it out on the other side. Then you gotta see how you can learn from these situations. And then you get to control them a little bit better and act.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They don't let them build that muscle, right? And it's a muscle, right? You gotta work it. You gotta flex it. You gotta be able to see yourself in a difficult situation and see you make it out on the other side. Then you gotta see how you can learn from these situations. And then you get to control them a little bit better and act.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They don't let them build that muscle, right? And it's a muscle, right? You gotta work it. You gotta flex it. You gotta be able to see yourself in a difficult situation and see you make it out on the other side. Then you gotta see how you can learn from these situations. And then you get to control them a little bit better and act.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You get to act in a way that you're more proud of the next time you go through a difficult situation. But they don't get these opportunities. They don't get the time to work on these things when they're in seventh, eighth grade. They don't have a difficult conversation with their high school coach. They don't have a difficult conversation with the teacher when they're failing a class.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You get to act in a way that you're more proud of the next time you go through a difficult situation. But they don't get these opportunities. They don't get the time to work on these things when they're in seventh, eighth grade. They don't have a difficult conversation with their high school coach. They don't have a difficult conversation with the teacher when they're failing a class.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

You get to act in a way that you're more proud of the next time you go through a difficult situation. But they don't get these opportunities. They don't get the time to work on these things when they're in seventh, eighth grade. They don't have a difficult conversation with their high school coach. They don't have a difficult conversation with the teacher when they're failing a class.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They miss out on all these pivotal life opportunities because our parents think that they need to be the ones to step in our place and fix it for us. Those are the people who I really don't want my program. And that sounds crazy to say, but that is who I try to keep out. And that's what I try to keep away because I don't know anybody else.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They miss out on all these pivotal life opportunities because our parents think that they need to be the ones to step in our place and fix it for us. Those are the people who I really don't want my program. And that sounds crazy to say, but that is who I try to keep out. And that's what I try to keep away because I don't know anybody else.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

They miss out on all these pivotal life opportunities because our parents think that they need to be the ones to step in our place and fix it for us. Those are the people who I really don't want my program. And that sounds crazy to say, but that is who I try to keep out. And that's what I try to keep away because I don't know anybody else.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

Yeah, it is. It's crazy to see, and I've seen a lot of different families come through our system, and I've seen some of the most talented kids not make it because their parents, honestly. That's just the root of it. Their parents made things so easy on them all throughout life that college got a little bit hard, and they couldn't handle it.

Mick Unplugged
Quincy Avery Breaks Down True Leadership On and Off the Field

Yeah, it is. It's crazy to see, and I've seen a lot of different families come through our system, and I've seen some of the most talented kids not make it because their parents, honestly. That's just the root of it. Their parents made things so easy on them all throughout life that college got a little bit hard, and they couldn't handle it.