Jabrayan richburg (Football, Minnesota State University, Mankato) grew up in Olympia. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Jabrayan richburg’s, in full.
The question
Tell us about a teacher or mentor from high school who challenged you the most or inspired you in a way that still shapes who you are today. Who are they, and what lesson from them do you carry into your life now?
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Jabrayan richburg’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
Hello everyone, my name is Jebron Richburg. I play football at Minnesota State University, Mankato. And today's question is, tell us about a teacher or mentor from high school who challenged you the most or inspired you in a way that still shapes who you are today. Who are they, and what lessons from them do you carry on into your life? And honestly, there's a whole list from my high school, all the way from Miss Federico, Mr. Wood, Coach Rose, Coach Mickelson, Mr. Alonzo, Miss Bonds, Kathy, Mr. Grimm. There's so many people from Capital High School that left an impact, a lasting impact on my life, and that I still think about until this day. One of those people, we had a one-on-one conversation, Miss Turcotte. One of the things she told me is, Jebron, go explore the world. There's so much more out there, and I know you love Olympia, but there's so much more to see, and that is something I think about a lot. And as I travel through these states, I was just in Redding, California. Now I'm in Minnesota. I'm really taking that to heart and really trying to see the whole world. Something else is from my high school basketball coach, Coach Vandy, and something that he would say is, don't be like, whoa, it's me. And I still think about that until this day, when I mess up on an assignment, forget how to run a play. What that really means to me is life is going to be hard sometimes, and things won't always go your way, and you can't just sit around and always feel sorry for yourself. You have to keep pushing, keep pushing forward, stay disciplined, and really control how you respond to the challenges that you face. And something else that one of our slogans we had was, forget about me, I love you. And what that means to me is, basically, literally, in the same, forget about me, I love you, and put something else, put the team forward, put whatever situation, just basically put someone else forward before yourself. Don't always think about yourself, but yeah, that's all I got. Roll hard, baby.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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