So it's just about taking every rep seriously . Some challenges that I face were just the mental aspect of , of how everything goes . I remember being a , a sophomore and there's this freshman kid on the team and he hadn't even played yet in a game and we had a coach come and offer him to , uh UCF and this kid ended up being a big five star recruit .
I had uh one coach in high school who he would always tell me , uh , there's probably some kid out there who has less than you but is working harder than you right now to get to where you want to be . And that's just something I think about a lot whenever it comes to any activity , I'm doing sports related wise , just in terms of like , I gotta work harder , I gotta push myself . And I think that's just something like a , a good mentality that it instills in people to have .
And I think that pushes people and makes them work harder . And that also helps get through adversities cause a lot of programs you see , there's not good team chemistry when adversity hits , they fall apart , but being able to kind of come together and , and stick together as a unit makes a big difference when it comes to , to winning , you know , an overtime game against Alabama in the Rose Bowl . Uh If I had to tell my younger self , any advice , I would just say to trust myself .
And I think that's just something like a , a good mentality that it instills in people to have . Not even just with sports , but once you get older and , and whatever your job is for a just always know there's somebody working so you gotta work even harder . I think one thing that I focus on is making sure that I'm always mentally in the right space that I need to be in whenever I work out , whether it comes to practice lifting or even just like the mental aspect of games , like watching film .
And I just think having that overall team closeness and the chemistry makes a big difference because when you have guys that can look to the right and left and they trust a person there that's a brother to them . And I think that pushes people and makes them work harder . And that also helps get through adversities cause a lot of programs you see , there's not good team chemistry when adversity hits , they fall apart , but being able to kind of come together and , and stick together as a unit makes a big difference when it comes to , to winning , you know , an overtime game against Alabama in the Rose Bowl .
