I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God’s timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.

I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

When I was younger I only read sports books. I loved the biographies that told how athletes developed. When I got into coaching, I did start to read more instructional books, but I was always more interested in the people behind the ideas.