She was once a player herself. No, not safely sitting as a placekicker seven yards off the line of scrimmage. More like in the trenches as a middle linebacker at Contra Costa College for two years. That came after two years of being on Monterey Peninsula College's practice squad. I knew my responsibility and I outhustled people.
Little things can add up on a big picture.
They're not a student of the game. I'm a student of the game. Actually, she got shoved in the playing direction from a coach at Cabrillo College where she began as a volunteer assistant coach in 1992. I figured I have to go through it to have the respect. She played football for four years.