La'el Collins

Born :

July 26, 1993

When you are at your lowest in life, no matter where you're at, you have to keep on going. You can't quit. You can't let it break you. You have to keep going on because life keeps going on and you have to keep going if you want to be the person you want to be.

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I ask God every day to give me the words to tell the kids. That's my mentality, and that's what I'm intending to do.

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When you have been to the lowest part of your life, you have no choice but to sit back and just think about things. You just pay attention to so much more.

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I'm extremely humbled, I'm happy and I'm blessed, because at the end of the day, I'm doing what I love to do.

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I'm able to impact kids' lives, I'm able to give back and I will impact so many kids' lives because I feel like that moment taught me that no matter where you are in life, no matter what you may want in life you keep going.

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I'm in a great situation because I know what kind of player I want to be, I know where I'm going to be, and I know what I have to do to get there and I'm around the right guys.

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I have always been a leader on my team. I have always been a guy that held player-only meetings. I'm the type of guy that stood up and said something. I know how to lead.

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When you feel like some people will turn their back on you, judge you so much, you just have to keep going and you can keep going with your life. There are so many things that you can touch on really.

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Anybody who knows me knows I'm passionate about American football. I gave this game everything I had. In college, that's what I looked to do. Everything. Everything for so long, and all you hear growing up is that hard work pays off, hard work pays off, hard work pays off.

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