Becoming a professional football player wasn't just a goal for me, it was a passion, and I wasn't about to let vice and foolishness deter me in my quest. I knew if they were going to Fifth Street, I had to check out by Fourth Street. What I learned, though, was as soon as my friends led me to that edge, to turn and go in the other direction. Now, that's not to say I wasn't on the edge at times. Once I knew that going that way wasn't preparing me the right way to accomplish my goals, then it was clear what I should and should not do. I also found a way to say no to the temptations that lure a young man to the wrong side of the street. Fortunately, I figured out early in my life what it was I wanted to do, and I found a way to rid myself of the problems that were threatening my progress. I couldn't deal with problems outside the classroom and off the field and be effective in the classroom and on the field. If I was dealing with problems with girls or friends or the trouble they were trying to pull me into and I was trying to listen in the classroom and then listen to the coach, it just didn't work. When I had issues growing up, I wasn't very effective in practice or in class.
If you're always drinking and staying out late away from the job, eventually the job will notice that you're tired, run down, and ineffective. If you're working out and eating right when nobody is watching, eventually someone's going to notice you've lost weight or become more fit.
And that means both the good things and the bad. What it means is that what you do when nobody is watching will surface at some point when someone is watching. ' Every single guy was saying to himself, 'What did I do last night?' You could see their brains at work, thinking, 'What did I do in the dark? What does he know about what I did in the dark? What is he talking about? Is he talking about me?' I guarantee it made them think. You gotta remember that.' Well, that sent them reeling. 'What you do in the dark will come to the light, boys. One afternoon I walked into our meeting room at Jets camp and told it to my guys. This is a phrase from the New Testament and, to me, it applies to many different things. What You Do in the Dark Will Come to the Light
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