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henry
“My family has moved all over the United States and I’d
have to say this is my favorite place. It’s an escape from all
my problems. After my injuries, I realized I wanted to go into
coaching. I used to play football and run track. My sophomore
year, I blew out my shoulder 6 times in one season. It got to
the point that my labrum was completely ripped away from
the bone. I think it’s super selfish that they wanted to keep
playing me just because they needed me. A lot of people
use sports as an outlet to get away from home and take
their head out of everything. And those people are going to
listen to their coaches. If they put their full faith in the coach,
whatever the coach says, they are going to believe it. I never
felt like I had a home. Football was my home. I had really
good coaches but they didn’t have good morals. They’d make
bad decisions or they’d say things that you just would never
tell to a kid. All they care about is their next win and those
words don’t matter to them. It’s like they didn’t understand
the power they had being a coach. I want to be able to lead
people down the right path. It’s more than just wins. I want to
be a positive influence on someone.”
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