Von Miller reveals after Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman suspended him, he packed everything he owned into his truck and started driving to Florida to transfer, when he called his he dad told him not to quit, so he turned around and led the nation with 17.5 sacks the next season
โI had everything I owned in this blanket, and I went to my car. I threw it in the back and Iโm driving home. I called my daddy. Iโm like, โDaddy, man, Iโm leaving. Coach Sherman kicked me off the team. I ainโt coming back until I do this and that.โโ
โIโm thinking my dad is going, โAll right, weโre going to find something else.โ He said, โPull that truck over, turn around, and go back to school. Youโre not quitting.โโ
โI was like, โThat was not the answer I was looking for.โ He was like, โYouโre not just about to quit when it gets hard. Youโre going to turn that truck back around. Youโre going to go back to school and youโre going to fix it.โโ
โI had tears going down my face. I was like, โMan, this is going to be so hard to fix all of this.โ I turned around. We had a meeting. Coach Sherman told my dad the exact same thing that he told me, and my dad agreed with Coach Sherman.โ
โThere was nowhere I could go. I just had to face the music. I had to face the truth. That spring was a hard one, but I got my grades up. I made it to all my classes. I went through the checklist of everything Coach Sherman wanted me to do.โ
โThat following year, my junior year, was the best year that I had up until that day. I led the nation in sacks. I had 17 and a half sacks. My life had totally changed. That was all a testament to running straight through the storm. The shortest way through the storm is straight. I put my head down and I worked, and my life totally changed that offseason.โ
I fell in love with this scripture:
โThere will come a time when your tears will fall, not because of your troubles, but because God has answered your prayers.โ
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I read a quote that said
"The faster that you do the hard things you want to avoid, the faster you will receive the good things you actually want"
and that has changed my whole perspective.
someday a child is going to learn that their dad once scored 83 points in an NBA game and still wasnโt a more legendary basketball player than their mom. amazing stuff
NGL I JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY, โMAYBE YOU DONโT NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM A DIFFERENT REALITY,โ AND YEAHโฆ IT ECHOED IN ME