Deion Sanders is undoubtedly one of the most talked about college football coaches at the moment. The former NFL and MLB star is known for excelling at absolutely anything and everything. Which is why, just like his playing career, the 2x Super Bowl champion’s coaching stint has also been exceptional till now. Revealing a few secrets behind his continuous pursuit of success and excellence, Deion helped the Pivot podcast deliver one its finest episodes about three months back.
During the show, Sanders talked in detail about his ‘never say never’ mindset, while heavily emphasising on the need to help young football enthusiasts become good men first. A section of his inspiring talk was recently shared by Deion himself as an Instagram reel which was then re-shared by Shaquille O’Neal on his Instagram story.
Deion Sanders wants the kids he coaches to become real men
In the particular snippet of the interview shared by Shaq, Deion can be heard saying that he just never thinks about failing at anything. “I am not a failure, I have won everywhere I have gone, all the way back from the shorty. I am a damn winner man, that’s what I do” Deion said.
Coach Prime went on to specify that his winning is not based on games, but on life. He stated that he wants the kids he is coaching to be fine young men. “They’d be fathers, not baby daddies. They’d be real men that shows up on time and early. That if they say they gonna do it, they gonna do it,” Sanders stated.
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The Colorado coach then claimed that he wants the kids he coaches to raise young women with class and dignity. He wants them to be responsible, to own things. The video ends with Deion stating,”what we are teaching here is much more than football. I always say, send me a boy and I will send you back a man.” Indeed, Coach Prime’s approach as a mentor is what has helped him in gaining such high status among football admirers.
Coach Prime says he didn’t join or leave Jackson State just for money
In the last few months, Sanders has been heavily criticized for leaving Jackson State. While he was drawing around $300,000 annually at Jackson, accepting the head coach’s job at Colorado earned him a mammoth $29.5 million, 5-year deal. His annual salary now is expected to be around $4.5 million. Hence, he was termed a money hungry individual who sacrificed doing the greater good to fetch more cash.
However, Sanders has repeatedly clarified that he didn’t join Jackson state to earn money, and he didn’t leave the facility to get more. He stated during the same podcast that he felt his time at Jackson State was over, so he took the decision to move on and look for new opportunities.
While Coach Prime enjoyed insurmountable success at Jackson State, it would be interesting to see if he can guide the Colorado Buffaloes to a similar path.
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