Have you ever felt this way?

Not at all. I have most always done the best I could. I only played one sport in high school and college. It was a real passion of mine to get into the NFL. I was a middle linebacker at 6 feet 4 inches and played for Harvard. I knew I had very little chance of being looked at because we were not a top contender in the country, only in the Ivy League.

I couldn’t even get a mention in the NCAA best player’s list, which back then was listed weekly. I broke 4 records at Harvard, tackles by a LB, QB sacks by a LB, interceptions by a LB and Pass Interceptions by a LB. Not all in one year. My records were broken in 1999. Never received any recognitions from the NCAA and never was invited to any rookie camps.

I have no hard feelings because I knew I tried my best. My dad said I made him proud and that was better than getting into the NFL.
 
I have really good times to go back to with my mother, brother and sister. My mother was the real parent in our lives and she was the best thing that happened to us. Father was away so much of the time, working elsewhere and only around a few years before my parents divorced.
 


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