I was out to fight the stereotype of the dumb football player. By the time he graduated, he had been selected as one of eight outstanding seniors by the Tulsa University alumni. In 1994, Largent ran for Congress from Oklahoma's 1st District. So often people are coerced or pressured into making decisions that they know aren't right either out of a sense of expediency or because it's popular. Largent points to the Book of Proverbs as a practical guide to wisdom and success.
Proverbs talks about a good name as more valuable than precious stones or silver.
That's really true. The way you gain a good name is by the small decisions you make in your life every day of the year. Largent takes some of the pressure off himself by being in the world, but not of it. When he was elected to Congress, Largent did not move his family to Washington. Instead, he rented an apartment with two other Republican freshman congressman.