Elsa Mendoza on her son, Fernando, being her number one teammate: “Honestly: It will never be easy.
But you’ve made it so much easier. And you’ve done that in the sweetest, strongest, most Fernando way possible — by making me feel the exact opposite of embarrassed. You’ve made me feel seen. Whether it was giving me full debriefs of your college visits, what you liked and disliked (pictures included) … or it was calling me before some big game I had to miss while in treatment … or it’s being so vocal and passionate about MS fundraising … or it’s even something as silly as joking, ‘Wait, did you put on a few pounds???’ when you have to carry me up the stairs … you’ve always kept that same spark in your eye. No matter what kind of state I’ve been in, or day I’ve been having — you’ve never once looked away. You’ve never once treated me like I’m embarrassing, or deficient, or anything other than someone you love and are standing by. And even as my condition has gotten worse, and as our lives continue to change around that fact: You manage to make me feel like I’m still every part of myself. Like I’m still that same person you’ve been teammates with since we got through our first Boston winter together. Like I’m still that same mom.” https://t.co/EGwjsSKeX8
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“The Heisman's not a player award. It's really a team award,” says Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the first Heisman Trophy winner in Indiana University history.
I don’t know what Rahmir Johnson will go on to do in life. Whatever it is, he will be successful b/c the last 6 years have shown us his resilience & perseverance.
In a world that encourages us to “get yours,” Rahmir didn’t. He lived for others.
I would hire him in a second.