Then I saw that our team was putting defensive linemen in the first round of the draft - guys like Greg Ellis and Vonnie Holliday. I played tight end, and I was buried on the depth chart behind Alge Crumpler and Allen Mogridge. It was my freshman year at North Carolina. The one time I did speak up, I’m glad that I did. I just put my work in every day and kept my mouth shut, like I was taught. But I didn’t quit, and I never complained. So when I first started playing football my sophomore year in high school, I played running back. They just kind of went about their business and did their work. And through that, I developed the same traits as the other people in our community. Harvesting tobacco, picking cucumbers, gathering watermelons from the patch, pulling up sweet potatoes … stuff like that. My stepdad was a farmer, so growing up, during summer breaks, I woke up every morning and went to work. I guess that’s just the North Carolina in me, you know? I’m from the eastern part of the state, where it’s very rural. I just remember how it didn’t matter what happened in the game - whether he just dunked on somebody or he missed a jump shot, whether they were up by 10 or down by 10 - he was always the same guy. As I got older, I started watching Tim Duncan. So on most nights, you could find me in front of the TV, watching the G.O.A.T. Which meant we got almost every Bulls game. I was lucky because growing up in tiny little Bailey, North Carolina, we had a satellite dish, so we got WGN.
But while I have you here, I do want to open up and say a few words before I shut it down.
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