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, i never thought i would? be a mentor or role model. in my fridge, you will always find? different variations of fruit juice, all natural. favorite movie growing up? three ninjas . my guilty pleasure is? shopping, i love clothes. favorite children?s book is? dr. seuss?s green eggs and ham . the kids always enjoy that at the library. growing up, i knew i wanted to? be some type of professional athlete. i can?t stop listening to? jay-z?s new album 4:44 , new edition, but i?m a fan of all music. information out there, i don?t want to say that i don?t want them to play football, but i?ll support them if they do or don?t. what?s one thing you must do every day
or else you feel your day won?t be complete? c: i pray every day, all day. i pray before i proceed in anything. how did you react when you found out you were going to be a dad? c: very excited and happy. the actual birth happened my last week of football at lsu. we were preparing for the outback bowl in orlando, and coach saban put me on a flight back to witness the birth of my firstborn. what?s your parenting style? c: it?s all related to sports. i?m very disciplined. i pick up what i?ve been exposed to and then put my coolness on top of that. discipline, honesty, and consistency are very important. i translate those habits into my parenting style. what?s one piece of advice you often give your children? c: be honest with yourself. it?s so easy to have the ?poor me?s.? i always want them to have positive self talk. you?re never as bad as they say you are or as good as they say you are. you?re always working to be the best version of yourself. what has parenthood changed about you? c: everything. the decisions i made before were only for myself, but after you have children, they come
first. all three have to come at the head of the decisions i make. what?s the best parenting advice you have ever received? c: kids will learn everything you teach them. they?re sponges. what?s one thing your kids have taught you? c: a lot. i?ve learned more from them than i?ve taught them. i see myself in them. whether it?s my tone or the way i walk, i can?t ask them to do things that i?m not doing myself. before i can mentor any other kids, i have to be the best example for them first. they?re my accountability partners. what advice would you give to other parents? c: be patient with yourself and the children. patience only comes through opportunity. if you pray for patience, god is going to give you an opportunity to use that patience. what are your goals for your foundation? c: to get kids not only in college, but also to understand what they?re there for. we provide underprivileged kids with programs that will help them and inspire them to go to college. on our preview day, we take 200-300 kids around the lsu campus. some of these kids may have never thought about going to college, but it gives them the perspective that they can go there. we want to provide a support system while they are on campus. we also have our be a sponge reading program. why choose to come back to baton rouge? c: i thought it would be cool to come back to my college town where a lot of my maturing happened. in louisiana, we have a lot of things to improve, so i wanted to help and make some of those things better, especially with our next generation. i spent 10 years in new york, so people ask why i came back to louisiana. i wanted to bring that knowledge back so kids can know their dreams can come true. i don?t want them to just see me on social media or on television, but i want them to see that i do things in the community, that they can bump into me at the grocery store or at the library. they can catch me at different schools, mentoring, doing our lsu tours. ? a u g u s t 2 0 1 7 | b r p a r e n t s . c o m 5 3
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