Short personal reflection in which the speaker describes being offered a position change from linebacker to fullback to earn a scholarship, deciding to seize the opportunity despite preferring linebacker, and emphasizing a strong work ethic — willingness to take risks, put in extra effort, and that there are "no shortcuts."
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And then one day I got an opportunity. They said, hey, you know, you play linebacker, but would you ever consider playing fullback? And I said, yeah, I'll play fullback. We had two seniors and one true freshman, and we had a ton of depth at linebacker. I actually love linebacker way more, but I'm not an idiot. And so I was able to see the opportunity of, like, wow, if I can go over there and kill it, then that's a scholarship. And so a lot of it was just, you know, being willing to put my neck on the line, go after the things. Literally. Yeah, literally be willing to go after the things that know the good the Lord put on my heart, and just not being afraid of the work. I genuinely love the work. There's no shortcuts. I'm actually rocking a paint to profits hoodie right now, and it literally says no shortcuts. And, you know, there's no magic secret sauce to it. It was just I was willing to go longer and harder than everybody else.