Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:
Two kids. One rich. One poor.
Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.
The rich kid has two choices.
Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.
Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.
The poor kid has two choices too.
Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.
Or outwork everyone in the room.
Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.
Same choice for all of them.
Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.
The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.
The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.
Greatness doesn't come from where you start.
It comes from which kid you choose to feed.
Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy
FG career stats:
- 42/51 (82.4%) field goals
- 32/32 (100%) 40 yards and in
- long 56
- 8/13 between 40-50 yards (2 blocked)
- 121/122 extra points
- 51 FCS/FBS starts
Georgia Tech WR transfer Christian Leary has committed to Western Michigan, his agency @bzsportsmgmt tells @mzenitz and I for @247Sports/@CBSSportsCFB.
A former 4-star recruit and Alabama signee, Leary caught 25 passes for 309 yards and 2 TDs in 2023 with Georgia Tech.
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