75for75 Grant Recipient: Westinghouse Football

we're on the final leg of the journey to the state championship of the local teams that have made it this far from the time that we got here they've been trying to intimidate us their fans shot there in 10 minutes we got off the bus doing the coin toss they tried to intimidate us but as I think I don't puzzle because they don't know who we are brothers Luke they don't know that we know what it feels like to get shot at so why would I be scared we come from the darkest places fellas we yeah [Music] sometimes I feel like I'm fighting a beast it's really hard to succeed in a place like Westinghouse trauma that our kids have to experience is not normal shooting outside Westinghouse Academy in Pittsburgh Police just gave an update confirming four students were shot this of opportunity for kids to go down the wrong path growing that was hard my mom and my dad went away it was just me and my sister that really messed me up did some stuff in school I wasn't supposed to do Dante he's had some troubles in the past everyone looked at him and said there's no way he'll ever make it there's no way this kid will ever amount to anything I was told by a lot of people that he would be a Cancer and he would pull the program down but I took a chance on him he did everything with Dante he brought Dante up to some good grades he controlled his anger being with them like I don't know how they did it with him this kid is extremely talented kid he continues to prove people wrong he did an interview earlier this year and I had a couple of texts from some people who knew when he was younger he's like man that's not Dante I don't know who that kid is I don't know what you did with Dante that kid who was counted out has a chance to make it out he's been great for us and I know he's gonna do great things today he has an opportunity to sign his letter of intent coach green without him I wouldn't be where I'm at coach he sent me this text out of nowhere mind you this is 10 47 he's supposed to be with his wife and kids at this time you are anointed don't let your environment stifle your life you're better than what you display be who God called you to be the worst thing you could do is waste God's gift to you I don't think there are any words to describe what coach Dante is the impact that he has on Tamir makes me want to be a better mom I ain't gonna lie to coach me in the world to me like if it came down to it and I had to sacrifice my life for Coach I would do that a hundred percent they building a Brotherhood with their football team and thought they needed that that's what you get whenever you get coach lonte you get it you get a family let's go Mike all the way up Mike yeah Mike to a lot of people they have no idea where we came from they have no idea what we go through on a daily basis the team you know we don't have a ton of money to work out in the hallway to to you it's a hallway right but for us that's that's where we stretch we don't have a matching set of dumbbells we had two barbells in the entire gym imagine trying to train 54 kids with two barbells everybody would think if they saw our weight room like how in the world are they doing this but for these kids who face adversity daily that's just where we get to work in it's an ongoing battle but we can't afford to stop because I have no idea where I would be where my kids would be without football can I read this all out oh man dear Dante green at the Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation We Believe Sports have a power to transform lives and communities when we heard about the incredible impact you were making on the Westinghouse football players we immediately wanted to support you in any way we are honored [Music] we are honored to award you with a grant of seventy five thousand dollars just the beginning fellas just the beginning it's crazy because for like so many years it just feels like we're like in our own silo we got to know barbells a squad and bench at the same time A lot of times like no one really cares so this suggestion this is amazing

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Length: 4min 53sec (293 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 15 2023