I'll never forget sitting on our fireplace after hockey practice, my mom taking care of me. She was always there, the person who was never late picking me up or dropping me off. I could set my watch by her. Athletics is something I always enjoyed. I also liked working on the farm with him.
Hard work is the backbone of our family.
That's something my father was always looking to get across to me. I didn't know, like he did, what it was like to pick rocks or throw hay bales all day long. So in action or words, my father always reminded me of what hard work was, from seeing him work as a coach to the times on the farm in South Dakota. Morris Communications Corporation Big12.Net is not affiliated with the Big XII Conference.