“What is real will prosper. If you don’t believe in yourself, what you strive for won’t come true. [I’ve been playing football] for three years [and] I love football because of the friends I make, [the] great teammates and coaches and [the] discipline it brings me to myself and work. [My goal is to] continue to play football, make a lot of friends and inspire younger kids, [especially those in] sixth and seventh grade. I want to inspire them to be better and to keep going, as my upperclassmen did for me.” – Bennett Ford, 9