Motivational Story - Josh Jacobs (Las Vegas Raiders / NFL)


 

Greetings! This is a story that has two meanings. The first: It's not always about who gets the most playing time on your team. As I’ve said many times before, it’s what you do when you get the Call!

This player I am introducing to you is Josh Jacobs, a running back in football. During his college career at Alabama as an example, he carried the ball just 85 times as a freshman, 46 times as a sophomore and 120 times as a Junior.

I happened to watch every one of his games on TV. I am not a professional scout but if an NFL club called me, I would have said this player made every one of his rushes count. You could see effort, grit and ability. Many would have complained about their playing time. This player just gave his all when his number was called.

Despite those few minutes, the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders still chose him in the First Round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He went on to reward their belief in him by breaking the team’s rookie rushing record (1,316 yards).

Now what makes the second half of this story so remarkable? You may have read in recent Twitter headlines that Josh took part of his NFL rookie salary and purchased a brand new house for his Father as a reward for his Dad’s never giving up on Josh as a child. The headlines also told the story how Josh grew up homeless for awhile in Oklahoma. His parents separated when he was eight and would later divorce. Josh’s dad and his four other siblings, were forced to pack their possessions and live in a car for several months while bouncing around from one bargain-rate hotel to another until they could afford an apartment to call home.

On what he learned from watching his father's struggles, Jacobs says now: “He basically showed me how to be a father one day, how to be a parent — the proper way, regardless of what cards you’re dealt.

On his childhood, he added: “It was crazy. We would just drive around until my dad found a place for us to sleep, and then I’d get up the next day and go to school. I guess in many ways, I kind of normalized everything.”

Keep persevering and fight for your Dreams! 

Jim Loria  


MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES RELATING TO THIS STORY 

"What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort" – stated by Orison Swett Marden, an American author who founded the SUCCESS Magazine in 1897

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"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody" – stated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an 1800’s American poet and educator


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