So I knew that , you know , jumping and catching , uh catching a lob or I don't , was real similar to catching a touchdown or head top of somebody . So I just thought it was gonna be a smooth transition . It was my junior year I didn't get any recognition at all .
Um , compared to when I was in high school and playing a different position . So that was a transition in , in itself to be able to get used to understanding and how to mentally go through the game and be able to understand like , hey , this is what you need to do to prepare and be able to stay locked into the , the whole course of the game . Um Besides that fact , there's a lot of other things that you have to understand of , hey , your job is just as important as it is as a wide receiver that's catching the touchdown or anything like that because you're still putting up points on the board or you're playing defense , um , by pinning them inside the , the 20 yard line or the five yard line , whatever you can on punt because that's the way that you're gonna be able to help them out .
Um , so just having a schedule and a routine every single day and knowing what time your classes are and knowing when you need to study for a test and knowing what time you have practice and just knowing like just being aware of the situation because like if you have four assignments , you can't take those four assignments and like worry about them in your head during practice . So you need to go from one step to the other . So , like during baseball practice , it's only baseball and then after practice , you can worry about a academics and uh your diet and all that stuff .
Uh , that , that was something I , I gained early on at Ohio State . Um , and it helped a lot with , uh , transitioning into my wrestling and my performances . How do I balance athletics ?
It was super rough . Like the first two weeks learning how to balance and manage . But the number one thing I do every week is I make a list of all the assignments I know I have to do and then I'll schedule them out in my calendar hour by hour .
