“I’ve learned how to express my emotions; words matter, the type of words you express to others, so do I mean it in a negative way, or like when is the time to be negative and when is the time to be constructive. You can’t just be negative negative, and it sucks but you have to drill people sometimes and you have to get on them, and some of these are my closest friends and you still have to be able to get on them when they’re not doing something right.”

“The power of your voice, whether it’s on or off the field. Making sure people are getting to practice on time, really relaying their messages and communicating; it’s all very important to keep the program together.”

“Just have an open mind, we obviously deal with a lot of situations, and having that support for people and keep an open mind on where everyone is at really helps.”

“It’s taught me a good place of leadership, that I need to go out there; out of my comfort zone and help everyone to feel included.”

“I’ve learned how people react to criticism and how to help bring people up, and their personality types, and see how they feel.”

“How they learn and how they are encouraged to be better players.”