Adam Jewell

Pearland ‘16 | USAFA ‘21

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

ICONIC: JJ Watt giving the greatest speech by a player ever, about how players NEED TO CARE

“IF YOU CAN’T GO OUT THERE & YOU CAN’T WORK OUT. Can’t show up on time, you can’t want to go out there & win, YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE. It’s the greatest job”

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[Alex Means @CoachAlexMeans]

CULTURE OVER EVERYTHING! We fight for the standard everyday together. As hard as we can, as fast as we can, as long as we can! #SILVERBACKS

[Aaron Wilson @AaronWilson_NFL]

#Texans rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud made it a point after the game to emphasize prison reform and how prisoners are treated and said he wants to use his forum to raise awareness about that. His father, whom he spoke with recently, is serving a 38-year prison sentence and he wants to do anything he can to help him out.

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

I will say it again… This is STEALING money from guys.

These absurd fines for routine football plays have got to stop.

Fines for intentfully malicious plays?
Absolutely.

Taking $21,694 from a guy for this?!

What are we doing. This is out of control.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

This pre-game speech by @CoachMattRhule will give you CHILLS.

[Ricks Falcon Review @RicksFalconRev]

After CSU PF for snowball AF issues spirit cheese warning.
Seriously, while sitting on Eastside @ Wyoming game I saw player get hit w/cheese in the head+their coaches complained to refs. I was waiting for a penalty
GO FALCONS @AF_Football @AF_Falcons @Nate_Pine @AToastToTheHost

[Corey Rholdon @Corey_RholdonTV]

Air Force Safety @trey_taylor007 just won the Defender of the Nation award, and is one of the best DB’s in college football. This should come to no surprise as Trey grew up around the game learning from his dad @TyreeTaylor19, and uncle Ed Reed.
@KKTV11Sports
See his story below:
https://t.co/N8taTs4UBf

[Last of the Fullbacks @TheLastFullback]

Air Force (2023)

The way football was meant to be played.

[Adam Jewell @AdamJewell76]

I love this game 🙂

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

Cool exchange here between Travis Kelce and #Chargers rookie DL Scott Matlock after Sunday's game.

Love stuff like this.

(🎥 @NFLFilms)

[John Crumpler @TexansDoc]

J.J. Watt tees off on how ridiculous the notion of Tennessee wearing the Houston Oilers throwbacks is and the importance of their history in Houston.

He also suggests that they should play this season for the right to wear them #WeAreTexans

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

«While spacewalking I realized something: I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity»

— NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

[College Football Alerts  @CFBAlerts_]

RT if your team is still undefeated.

Who’s going down next? 👀

[Dr. David Davis @drdavis111]

Pearland's 73-0 win over Alvin set a new single-game scoring mark breaking the 72-0 record when the Oilers blanked the Sam Rayburn Texans on October 15, 2015. This is only the second time in school history that the Oilers have scored more than 70 points in a game...

[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

We love our city 🤞

[SuperWest Sports @SuperWestSports]

Top-Graded @PFF Tackles thru Week 5

86.3—Adam Karas, Air Force
84.5—Taliese Fuaga, Ore St
81.1—Mason Carlan, Air Force
77.9—Jordan Morgan, Arizona
76.6—Kaleb Holcomb, Air Force
76.1—Ajani Cornelius, Oregon

*Karas, Fuaga Nos. 5 & 7 nationally

[Rookie Watch @RookieWatxh]

Jason Kelce hasn’t allowed a single sack in nearly TWO years (1 year, 11 months, 21 days).

Kelce has also allowed just one QB hit over the past 1,038 days (2 years, 10 months, 4 days).

Still crazy to think that Kelce originally walked on as a 0-star recruit to play RB at the University of Cincinnati.

Eventually became a 6th round draft pick, and is now considered one of the best centers the NFL has ever seen.

This has to be one of the most dominant stat lines EVER 😳

[Harrison Schenck @FractionalList]

Amazing image below

A core parenting belief of mine:

One of the most important things we can do for our kids is help them learn the power of their imaginations

But you have to contend with the constant onslaught of overstimulating screens

Here's 2 ways we beat screens:

First: reading, every day, no exceptions

In addition to the obvious benefits of being a strong reader, stories in books help open up the imagination and broaden our kids' worlds.

They expand their ideas of what's possible. My advice is start the reading habit as early as possible, and let your kids see you reading as often as you can

Second: audio stories

As an alternative to screens, we listen to audio stories (I even create one for 3-8 year olds that I'll link in a follow-up post). We listen to them together with our oldest son. You can SEE him engaging with the audio in a way he never does with screens. You can see his brain working. You can see him filling in the blanks in his mind.

Whereas if he was just watching a screen, there are no blanks to fill in. No imagining, no envisioning. Just consuming.

"Imagination rules the world"

- Napoleon Bonaparte

This quote is more powerful than people realize

It's impossible to build anything if you can't first imagine it

Everything ever created by man first existed in someone's imagination

Imagination is a muscle. And too much screen time just atrophies it.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Jay Wright (Villanova) was a Culture KING.

Why?

Here are 5 Jay Wright quotes that shed some light💡.

1: “We have a saying that everyone’s role is different, but everyone’s status is the same. It’s a reminder that no matter how bright the spotlight gets, we are all part of something much larger than ourselves.”

- WE > ME
- Be a star in your role

2: “The most important characteristic any of us have is our attitude. It’s a concept that permeates everything you do. We all bring our attitude to every situation.”

- Attitude is everything
- Be an energy giver

3: “We're not complex in what we do X-and-O-wise, but we do spend a lot of time on how we react mentally to every situation.”

- Simple Wins
- Mental toughness

4: “If you think about how good you are as opposed to what the next challenge is going to be, then you’ve already lost. We have to stay humble.”

- Humble wins
- Gratitude matters

5: “After we won in 2016, the goal wasn't to win another [national title]. The goal was to keep our culture strong. We knew that for us, that was the best chance of winning it again. If we tried to win it another way, we weren't going to win it anyway.”

- Culture is Every Day

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[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Imagine you're a 5-star HS football recruit. But, instead of joining a Top 5 program, you join the Air Force Academy and win the Outland Trophy.

Then, instead of going right to the NFL, you fly 45 successful A-10 combat missions. THEN win 3 Super Bowls...

This is the true story of Dallas Cowboy & Fighter Pilot, Chad Hennings:

1/ "Again!"

15-year-old Chad Hennings' legs burned. He'd been running routes for his brother in the scorching sun for hours.

He was a sophomore tight end. His brother the stud QB.

"I ran routes until I puked," Chad said. "That's when I began to understand what work ethic was."

2/ "Puuuush!"

Chad's brother drove him hard in the weight room.

Bench. Squat. Deadlifts. All of it.

At first Chad resisted... But then...

"Something happened," he said. "I could feel strength coming on. I was faster. It was empowering. I owned it."

3/ By his senior year in HS, Hennings is a beast.

He wrestles and pins nearly everyone he faces.

He wins the heavyweight state championship. In Iowa. Big leagues.

He's an All-State Tight End. Major scholarship offers pour in.

But Chad wants to fly...

4/ Instead of accepting a full ride at a football school...

Hennings attends the Air Force Academy.

He wants to fulfill his sense of purpose. Of duty. And still play ball.

Sophomore year: the team is #5 in the nation.

Senior: Leads the nation in sacks. Wins the Outland Trophy

5/ Hennings graduates the Academy in June 1988.

The Dallas Cowboys draft him in April of 1989 not knowing if he'll play a down.

Chad puts the NFL dream aside. It's time to fly.

But he's 6'6", 290 lbs.

He gets a size exemption to fly the A-10...

6/ Hennings is assigned to the 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron.

He trains. He prepares. Doesn't touch a football for years.

He deploys to the Persian Gulf in 1991.

Flies 45 A-10 missions for Operation Provide Comfort.

7/ After the Gulf War, Hennings becomes a member of the Air Force Reserves as part of a military reduction.

The Cowboys are hesitant. But waiting.

He joins the team as a 26-year-old rookie

Jimmy Johnson had considered cutting him.

Then he saw a monster workout.

Chad stayed.

8/ Within 6 months Chad goes from flying missions over Iraq to banging helmets in practice with Emmitt Smith. Michael Irvin. Leon Lett. Charles Haley.

He starts off as a special teams guy. Keeps working. Keeps grinding.

Becomes part of a legendary defensive line rotation...

9/ Hennings wins 3 Super Bowls with the Cowboys in 4 years.

He becomes a starter after the 1995 season.

He retires in 2000.

He's elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Has one of the coolest bios of all time:

3x Super Bowl Champ. Fighter Pilot.

10/ I had the pleasure of working with Chad on his book: Forces of Character.

Absolutely amazing, unique career.

If you enjoyed this story, please share and follow me
@Jon_Finkel for more.

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[Houston Texans @HoustonTexans]

♦️ 10/01/06 - First win in Houston as a Texans player

♦️ 10/01/23 - First win in Houston as the Texans coach

👏 | @DRyans59