Joseph Hess

NAU 23’ | Pro Quarterback | Chi•HTX•FL | B.S. Psychology |

[Salina Liberty @salina_liberty]

Joseph has a high football IQ. He is extremely accurate and can decipher any coverage. Joseph has put up big numbers in arena football and is looking forward to continuing his success in Salina.
@josephmjhess #salinaliberty #libertynation

[Baylin Trujillo @baylintrujillo]

Great experience coaching in the @National_Bowl as the Co-OC/QB Coach & came away with the 27-6 WIN‼️My National White Team QB @josephmjhess threw several TDs, all to former @GatorsFB WR @jxpouncey 🐊

S/O to @shanehooks6 for balling out in the @TropicalBowlUSA

[National Arena League @NALFootball]

NAL MEDIA POLL: Check out where your team ranks in our weekly media poll using ranking from media sources from across the nation #NAL2023

[Justin Aaron @JustinAaronUH91]

@josephmjhess the NAU alum, is currently commanding the @PredatorsNAL in the @NALFootball

@NorthAmericanU @NAU_Athletics @NAU_FB

[AB @AB84]

Trim #AlbanyEmpire #BusinessBoomin

[Abigail Rubel @abigail_rubel]

"To be playing in the same arena that he did... it means everything to me." -- Albany WR Daquan Patten on father David Patten, who won three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.
https://t.co/PLkDipdVVs

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Chris Rock goes to a place called “Stress Factory.”

It’s a comedy club in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

For Rock, it’s a proving ground.

He’ll show up unannounced.

In the audience may be 50 people.

He’ll carry a yellow legal pad of notes and go on stage for 45 minutes.

And he’ll test new material.

Rock will do this for *months* as he prepares for a new show.

• He’ll fumble through lines
• He’ll stop in the middle of jokes
• He’ll write notes while talking

Sometimes, he’ll forget what he’s saying and reference his legal pad.

If you didn’t know him, you’d think he’s an amateur.

This is how he becomes the guy you see on Netflix.

***

Lesson: Nobody’s a finished product

Rock is one of the highest-paid comedians in the world.

He’s a legend in his industry.

He’s an otherworldly comedic talent.

You’d expect him to always be polished.

But that’s not the case.

Even legends are on the hunt to improve.

There’s no such thing as a “finished product.”

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Lesson: It takes humility to be great

Audiences at Stress Factory get Rock in his rawest form.

• They get new jokes he hasn’t tried yet
• They get to see him honing his craft
• They get to see him struggle

Rock doesn’t have to do this.

He could work out ideas in front of a few friends, then take more polished stuff to an audience.

But that likely wouldn’t make him as good.

If you want to be great, you need the humility to look bad in front of strangers.

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Lesson: The process never ends

How many jokes has Rock delivered in his life?

100,000? More?

At 57 years old, he’s had a *lifetime* of reps.

And yet, here he is randomly showing up at small clubs.

Over and over and over and over again.

It reminds me of a quote:

“Success is not a continuum.”

The past doesn’t guarantee the future.

We’re not entitled to future success.

It must be repeatedly earned.

***
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[Joseph Hess @josephmjhess]

Always there in spirit Family!!

[Ramon Richards @chief_vii]

@alohaEllie03 @josephmjhess He’s outta town🫤

[AB @AB84]

⏰👉🏾 Albany Empire ⏰👈🏿

[Albany Empire @thealbanyempir]

Business is Boomin…

@AB84 @HCEBrown

🛡️🏆

[Rookie Watch @RookieWatxh]

Max Duggan started 10 games as a true freshman at TCU and the future was bright.

Before the 2020 season, Duggan was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a rare heart condition.

Duggan persevered through a 9-hour surgery and a second surgery to remove blood clots and would go on to play that season.

During the 2021 season, Duggan played through a broken foot and his HC was fired mid-season.

Last season, Duggan started the year as a backup but eventually regained the starting role and won the Davey O'Brien award, which is given to the best college QB.

Now, Duggan is looking at being the first TCU QB drafted in 12 YEARS.

A story of ADVERSITY 🔥

[NAU Athletics @NAU_Athletics]

Congratulations to Joseph Hess, NAU alum QB has signed with the @AlbanyEmpireNAL of the National Arena League. @NALFootball

@NorthAmericanU @NAU_Athletics @NAU_FB

[Albany Empire @thealbanyempir]

Welcome to the Empire, Joseph Hess!

@transfinder | #withourshields

[Jaden Perez @_JadenPerez2]

Got to put in some work with @josephmjhess 🎯#RepTheB @CBruce_Sr @SaBrandeis

[Keal @NkealHarry15]

CHICAGOOOO🗣 LET’S GET TO IT😤

[Lakers Lead @LakersLead]

Throwback to LeBron James recreating Kobe’s iconic windmill dunk 💜💛🐍♾

[NFL Legacy @NFLLegacy]

Sweetness would have turned 67 today. @walterpayton

[Field Yates @FieldYates]

Late to this, but this answer from Giannis is incredible.

“When you focus on your past, that’s your ego. When you focus on your future, that’s your pride. When you focus on the present, that’s humility.”

🎥: @Bucks

[CoachTube.com @thecoachtube]

Powerful ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

“If we don’t come together,
we too will be destroyed.”

[Jacob Gruse @CoachGruse]

Every athlete NEEDS to watch this.