Vince Wilfork
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We got it, you know.
So it was like me...
I was playing for my parents, you know, but when I lost my dad, it was it was heartbreaking because our relationship.
But I understood that he was getting close, you know, it was just he lost that battle, you know.
So, you know, I kind of put it somewhere and I was 20 at the time.
Six months from that, November 7th, my birthday is November 4th.
So my birthday comes November 4th.
We're about to go play Tennessee.
And Coach Coker called me.
He's like, you can't make the trip.
Your mama had a stroke.
I'm like, my mom had a stroke.
Like, what?
So I'm like, okay.
My first game ever, only game I ever missed in college was going to check on my mom after having that stroke.
And here you are.
I'm 20 when my father passed away.
My mama just turned 46 the following day.
My birthday, November 4th, I turned 21.
And November 7th, my mama had a stroke.