More Than a Coach: What It Means to Play for Coach, Mentor, and Friend Jim Tressel
"During my years at Ohio State, Coach Tressel showed me how much he cared about me as a man first. Football was secondary."--former OSU quarterback Troy Smith"Coach Tressel is great at guiding young men from where we are to where we want to be, not only in football but in life, religion, and our family lives."¬--former OSU defensive back Antonio Smith"Coming from a program like Ohio State where you learn so much about life, that tradition helped prepare me for my future--whether it was in the NFL, or as a lawyer, an accountant, an engineer, or a teacher.... Getting to go to a place like Ohio State with Coach Tressel was unbelievable for me."--former OSU linebacker A.J. Hawk"Millions of people can love Coach Tressel because he's won national championships and he's a winning coach, but I love him every time I look at my daughters and I see what he has helped me to build, how God has used him to strengthen me."--former YSU linebacker Mike Peterson