He knows he was lucky growing up. His family might not have had a lot of money, but he had the love and guidance of a mother and father. Some of his childhood friends weren't so lucky. Most of the guys I grew up with turned out okay, but there were a few who ended up in jail. That's always going to happen in a risk community.
Kids come to a point in the road where they have to make a choice.
When they get to that crossroad they're either going to become a good kid or a bad kid. They need people to provide an outlet so they can make the right choices. It was 30 years ago, while he was a student at Vets, that he first realized how much influence a teacher and coach can have on a young person's life. My parents were wonderful and they gave me everything they could, but I was the first one in my family to graduate from high school and go to college. One of the big reasons I went to college was Ted Stebbins.