-: Honestly, I love that I have my hands
in a little bit of everything.
I get to work with all the different departments
within the athletic department,
so I get a good field of knowing exactly what it takes
to run an athletic department, as far as that goes.
I didn't have that appreciation as an athlete.
I never saw behind the scenes and saw what it takes
to make something like that run,
how much of a business entity it is.
You know, you just kind of show up and it's game time
and everything's ready for you.
Or you show up to practice and meals are set for you
and the marketing, the schedule cards, the posters,
that kind of thing, you just didn't really second-guess,
but now I get a good feel of what it takes to make that work
and I really appreciate it.
I think sometimes we get stuck in our silos
and just kind of don't see the big picture,
so I love that I get to see a little bit of everything
and then I get to learn from other people,
to see what they do on their day-to-day
and what makes them so good at their job
and how we can do things better.
Just being able to turn it off.
As an alumni of the program,
and really wanting it to do well,
I tend to take a lot of the home with me
just because I'm so involved with it
and it means so much to me.
I'm so passionate about it, which is great,
but then sometimes there's other things that you need
to just kind of take some time for yourself for.
Also, it's a little bit of a struggle sometimes
to see, you know, you want things to do so well
in between the lines, day-to-day games,
and as alumni you really want them to do well,
but you know you have no control over it anymore.
You can't physically go out there and do it.
So that's kind of a little bit of a struggle,
but in a good way.
It mean a lot to you, so that helps.