A short transcript excerpt of Angus Reid reflecting on overcoming a career-threatening injury to return to football, captain his team, and win the Grey Cup. Reid emphasizes perseverance, testing personal limits, pride in accomplishing what others thought impossible, and applying that resilience to later life challenges (family, daily hardships).
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I won the great cup again. I team captained it after that, after I was told I'd never run again. And in that moment, I learned I can do so much more than what you think you can do. Where 99% of the world goes, that's enough. It mattered more to me not just to keep playing football, but to keep seeing how much more I could do with my life. And everyone can't do this, but maybe I can. I'm going to see what I'm really worth here. And there was tremendous pride in me that I did something stupid, but I did it. And I'm like, wow. Then that freed me, going for us, my life. There's going to be hardships every day. Real hard, real hardships. That's just football. That's nothing. There's going to be real hardships in life now, after I had children and family. And every day you're going to have reasons that you can quit today. And most of the world will be like, I don't blame you. But some people go, no, but I got to do this. This has to get done. It's too much. Yeah, but. Yeah, sure, but I'm going to do it because I have my. Because.