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Throughout the recruiting process and high school, I faced a lot of adversity. Despite not being recruited as highly as I had hoped, I never gave up and trusted in God, believing that everything would work out in the end. My basketball coach's advice to never give up, as well as the support from my parents, helped me to trust the process and stay resilient. I learned to take advantage of every opportunity and maximize my potential, even though I was sidelined for over a year due to injury. I focused on getting better, staying in shape, and showing up every day, despite not being able to interact with coaches or play. I trusted the process, continued with my rehab, and eventually made a comeback. My experiences taught me to not listen to outside voices and to trust in my own instincts and God’s timing. Overall, facing adversity has shaped my mentality, and I have learned to maximize every opportunity, stick with the process, and trust that everything will work out in the end.

Daniel Taraboi | Michigan Football

The best advice I'd probably ever gotten was my basketball coach , freshman year , a life coach of mine just to never give up . Just because like , you've been through a lot of hard times with the recruiting process and like going through high school , not getting recruited as highly as I wanted to , um , just to never give up and trust God and everything will work out in the end , just trust the process . I mean , I played basketball because it's really good for offensive linemen for their feet and stuff because I mean , I was a bigger guy so obviously I can't move as well as the other fast guys .

Daniel Taraboi | Michigan Football

And then if you need like help with your classes at like your tutor or anything , then you go to our academic center and get help with that . Take advantage of every opportunity . I think that in high school , like , I didn't know much about recruiting , like when I started doing it .

Daniel Taraboi | Michigan Football

I play offensive line for the University of Michigan football . The best advice I'd probably ever gotten was my basketball coach , freshman year , a life coach of mine just to never give up . Just because like , you've been through a lot of hard times with the recruiting process and like going through high school , not getting recruited as highly as I wanted to , um , just to never give up and trust God and everything will work out in the end , just trust the process .

Daniel Taraboi | Michigan Football

I think that in high school , like , I didn't know much about recruiting , like when I started doing it . So , like I'd say maximizing every , every , every opportunity may have presented myself more , but I'm not really upset that it didn't because I'm here now , but just maximize every opportunity .

Daniel Taraboi | Michigan Football

So playing basketball after the football season was just really good for me every day . Getting better , staying in shape and , yeah , my mentality every day just to show up and do the same thing over and over again and just sticking through the process . And a little over a year ago I had back surgery .