A father teaches his son that success isn't about copying others. When the boy tried to tackle like a bigger, stronger player, his dad showed him how to use his own speed and quickness instead. The lesson: play to what makes you different.
Threw the helmet at me and said, come on, let's go get down in your three point stance. And all I wanted to do was to go upstairs and go to bed and he put his helmet down, he went to a three point stance and he got back up, threw the helmet on the ground and he said, what were you thinking? I'm like, what are you talking about, dad? He said, you're 165 pounds, he's 265 pounds all state, probably going to make it to, you know, division one. Why did you think that you were going one on one and beat him? He said you're quicker than he is, you're faster than he is and you can get lower than he is. He said, in life, let me teach you something. In life it's not about what everybody else is, it's about what you can do. So you need to be different. You are different.
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