Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)

Me and my buddies, we look out the window, like, ah, everybody's pointing at him. And look at this car. It was a candy apple red and gold Mercedes. You know, it was something that we had never seen, something like that before.

Me and my buddies, we look out the window, like, ah, everybody's pointing at him. And look at this car. It was a candy apple red and gold Mercedes. You know, it was something that we had never seen, something like that before.

And it was like a movie. He turned around, like, he turned around slow, and the camera was on him or whatever. And he looked at me, and he said, hey, I'm Sherman Smith, running back coach for Miami University.

And it was like a movie. He turned around, like, he turned around slow, and the camera was on him or whatever. And he looked at me, and he said, hey, I'm Sherman Smith, running back coach for Miami University.

And it was like a movie. He turned around, like, he turned around slow, and the camera was on him or whatever. And he looked at me, and he said, hey, I'm Sherman Smith, running back coach for Miami University.

I'm watching one of the backup running backs, and he is just... doing outstanding, and it's against the backups, but I'm just sitting here and like a tear went down my face, and I said, man, I'm a running back. I'm a running back. I'm a running back.

I'm watching one of the backup running backs, and he is just... doing outstanding, and it's against the backups, but I'm just sitting here and like a tear went down my face, and I said, man, I'm a running back. I'm a running back. I'm a running back.

I'm watching one of the backup running backs, and he is just... doing outstanding, and it's against the backups, but I'm just sitting here and like a tear went down my face, and I said, man, I'm a running back. I'm a running back. I'm a running back.

And that is ultimately how it happened, by the way. By his senior year of college, skipping ahead now to 2005,

And that is ultimately how it happened, by the way. By his senior year of college, skipping ahead now to 2005,

And that is ultimately how it happened, by the way. By his senior year of college, skipping ahead now to 2005,

And then with two minutes left in our final preseason game of that, you know, my rookie year, my knee get blown up and several, like all the ligaments get blown up.

And then with two minutes left in our final preseason game of that, you know, my rookie year, my knee get blown up and several, like all the ligaments get blown up.

And then with two minutes left in our final preseason game of that, you know, my rookie year, my knee get blown up and several, like all the ligaments get blown up.

And then I just stopped playing because I kept on saying, people say, I can't do this. It was always for me proving people wrong, proving people wrong. And nobody would think I can come back after three knee surgeries, and I did. But at that point, I said, you know what? It's time for me to transition to something different.

And then I just stopped playing because I kept on saying, people say, I can't do this. It was always for me proving people wrong, proving people wrong. And nobody would think I can come back after three knee surgeries, and I did. But at that point, I said, you know what? It's time for me to transition to something different.

And then I just stopped playing because I kept on saying, people say, I can't do this. It was always for me proving people wrong, proving people wrong. And nobody would think I can come back after three knee surgeries, and I did. But at that point, I said, you know what? It's time for me to transition to something different.

November 2017, I'm sitting in my office. I was at USC, and I just said, man, I wonder what's going on with this adoption paper. It just hit me that day. And then when I got home, I'm just going through the mail, and it was there. I got it right here. It was there.

November 2017, I'm sitting in my office. I was at USC, and I just said, man, I wonder what's going on with this adoption paper. It just hit me that day. And then when I got home, I'm just going through the mail, and it was there. I got it right here. It was there.

November 2017, I'm sitting in my office. I was at USC, and I just said, man, I wonder what's going on with this adoption paper. It just hit me that day. And then when I got home, I'm just going through the mail, and it was there. I got it right here. It was there.