I think it's really important to be in a position that uh kids look up to you fans , fans look to you to be . To be to be a good role model , um , I think it's , it's . It's a privilege to have that opportunity , um , and a lot of people , I think in my shoes take .
The top of the the steel steel cities in the country in the world and one day everything just shut down and the city had to find a way to thrive again um . And I think that every sports program here follows that same mantra tries to . Um , just have grit and , and work through whatever adversity is thrown at us , um , so it's I , I think that's , that's what I would say why Youngstown .
The opportunity that you have to to further the youth to um help people . Just be be better people um it doesn't have to be football it doesn't have to be athletics based you can go out in the community and help help people and it and it really mean you can you can tell it really means something to them , um , and then you talk to a kid you make their week you they they they know everything about you . Well , we go to we go to schools , um , and tutor sometimes and there's there's kids that .
After a short period of time in spring ball they knew that they could depend on me and I think that that like I said that's a that's a very valuable asset to a team . Personal goals for myself . I , uh , I graduated in December .
And it's important to know that . They want the best from us even if it's even if it doesn't come off that way . Simple advice for younger athletes is the the advice that I think I took the most like I said , what is just put your head down and work , especially at that at at the high school age it doesn't , it doesn't matter all the all the stars and your ratings and all that stuff that doesn't matter .
