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I Also Tell Them That Your Education Can Take You Way Farther Than A Football, Baseball, Track, Or Basketball Will - That's Just The Bottom Line.

I Grew Up In A Tough Neighborhood Where A Lot Of Kids Were Older Than Me. The Older Kids Decided To Pick Me On Me Starting When I Was About 6 And It Didn't Take Me Long To Take A Stand For Myself.

I Taught Myself How To Pole Vault In One Day. The Next Day I Entered A Meet To Pole Vault And Won It All For The State Of Alabama.

I Was The Type Of Guy That Used To Get Up In The Morning And Go Out And Just Out Run Everybody On The Field Without Stretching Or Warming Up Or Anything.

I Was Always An Alabama Fan Growing Up, But When The Alabama Recruiter Told Me I Would Probably Not Be Able To Play Until The End Of My Sophomore Year, Or The Beginning Of My Junior Year.