-: I speak from a student athlete mindset
and maybe not just a student,
and certainly
there's no difference there other than
the additional
demand of the athletic side on top of
getting your work done, getting to class,
passing your exams so that you can
(chuckles) stay eligible to play.
For that,
it was
very demanding, but very rewarding.
It was a very busy life during
college days, different from,
again not that students who are only
focused on academics aren't busy,
but when you're playing 56 games in two and a half months
and half of those are away from campus and from Blacksburg,
you're missing class because
you're physically not able to attend.
For that,
that was really helpful for me because
it transitions well into the foundation
and the expectation of, look,
you might have 15 things going today,
but prioritize, knock out as many as you can,
accomplish what you can accomplish,
and be ready the next day to put your best foot forward
to overcome the next three or five.
There's a lot expected of you.
Put your head down, stay focused, work hard,
work well, diligently,
and those things will all eventually be accomplished.
For that,
both in the classroom and on the field,
I'm now on a role that
is very demanding.
But again,
that's what makes it so rewarding too
because as you accomplish that next project
and put that next program into their new space
at Collegiate Square or in Northern Virginia,
you feel really good about what you've done.
You've touched a lot of people
and you've made a lot of really good progress.