00:00:00 | >> I HAVE THREE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO |
00:00:05 | JEFF KAPLAN. HE IS AN AMAZING GUY. |
00:00:07 | I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS, BUT SOMEHOW HE GOT CLOSE TO WOODY |
00:00:13 | HAYES, AND HE GOT TO BE IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOR THE PRE-GAME AND |
00:00:20 | HALF TIMES BEACHES. HE ACTUALLY HAD SOME SECRET |
00:00:22 | TAPES THAT COACH HAYES -- OF THESE SPEECHES THAT COACH |
00:00:31 | HAYES GAVE. HE HAS NEVER RELEASE THEM. |
00:00:32 | I DO NOT THINK HE EVER WILL. I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING |
00:00:40 | MEANINGFUL, SO I SHARED IT WITH HIM AND HE SAID, KEEP IT SHORT |
00:00:43 | AND SWEET. HERE IS THE FIRST THING. |
00:00:44 | WHEN YOU ARE IN A FOOTBALL IN OHIO, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW YOU. |
00:00:50 | THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU. SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO KNOW YOU |
00:00:54 | AND BAD THINGS HAPPEN, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU. |
00:00:58 | SOME OF YOU ARE LIKELY TO GO INTO THE NFL. |
00:01:02 | xDI DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG A PLAYR LAST IN THE NFL, BUT YOU ARE AT |
00:01:07 | OHIO STATE AND YOU HAVE A GREAT OHIO STATE PRESIDENT INe1 GORDON |
00:01:11 | GEE AND HE IS COMMITTED TO GETTING YOU A JOB AND SKILLS. |
00:01:16 | AS AN OHIO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER, WHENEVER YOU ARE |
00:01:18 | INTERESTED IN, WHENEVER YOU ARE TAKING, WHAT EVER YOUR PASSIONS |
00:01:21 | ARE, YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE COMPANIES ARE THAT YOU CAN GO |
00:01:27 | AND WORK FOR NOW. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN |
00:01:31 | AUTOMOBILES, YOU CAN GET A JOB WITH THE AUTO PEOPLE, OR WITH A |
00:01:33 | DEALER WHERE YOU CAN MARK WHAT THEY DO. |
00:01:35 | IF SOME OF YOUR INTERESTED IN BEING A DOCTOR, YOU'VE GOT THE |
00:01:41 | FINEST MEDICAL OPERATION AT OHIO STATE. |
00:01:42 | DR. GEE WOULD ARRANGE FOR YOU TO BE THERE. |
00:01:46 | IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT OR A LAWYER, YOU CAN GET INTO A |
00:01:50 | LAW FIRM AND JUST HANG OUT THERE. |
00:01:52 | I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING. |
00:01:57 | I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE LEVERAGE. |
00:02:00 | THEY WANT TO KNOW YOU. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. |
00:02:02 | I TOLD ERIN CROSSED THIS PAST SUMMER. |
00:02:07 | TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. |
00:02:10 | IT IS GREAT. NO.S7jF 2, YOU ARE A ROLE MODEO |
00:02:19 | QUESTION. LITTLE KIDS LOVE YOU. |
00:02:20 | SOMETIMES THEY WILL WILL EAT -- WILL WEAR YOUR SHIRTS. |
00:02:31 | SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU ARE AN |
00:02:33 | OHIO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER. YOU WALK INTO ANY SCHOOL IN OHIO |
00:02:34 | AND SAY, I'D PLAY FOR OHIO STATE, TELLING YOU, THEY WILL |
00:02:36 | LOVE IT. -- |
00:02:36 | ISOMETIMES THEY PLAYED FOUR OHIM TELLING YOU, THEY WILL LOVE IT. |
00:02:40 | WHAT DO YOU GET FROM OHIO STATE? TO ME, DISCIPLINE. |
00:02:44 | úTRAINING, THE THINGS THAT IT TAKES, LEARNINGc |
00:02:54 | UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SPEAK, UNDERSTANDING HOW TO LISTEN, |
00:02:58 | UNDERSTANDING HOW TO RESPECT THE COACHES -- |
00:03:02 | THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I ASSUME YOU ARE LEARNING, AND |
00:03:04 | THAT COACH MIERS IS TEACHING YOU. |
00:03:06 | FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, BELIEVE |
00:03:11 | LIFEçó, PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT A SIGNIFICANT THING ABOUT YOU IS |
00:03:16 | THAT YOU PLAYED FOR OHIO STATE. WE HAVE A GUY IN THE DEPARTMENT |
00:03:22 | OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GLENN COBB. |
00:03:25 | DO YOU KNOW HIM? A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLjF COME UP O |
00:03:29 | HIM AND SAY, TELL ME WHAT IT IS LIKE -- |
00:03:32 | WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN HE PLAYED AT OHIO STATE. |
00:03:35 | WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN NEW SKILLS AND TO HAVE |
00:03:38 | DEVELOPED THEM. -- |
00:03:40 | GIVEN YOU SKILLS AND YOU HAVE DEVELOPED THEM. |
00:03:45 | AND THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT LOOK UP TO YOU. |
00:03:48 | THEY MAY STAY OUTt( OF DRUGS BECAUSE THEY LOOK UP TO YOU. |
00:03:50 | AND FINALLY, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RUN INTO A STADIUM |
00:03:55 | !UWITH 108,000 PEOPLE. w3AND I UNDERSTAND I'VE NEVER |
00:04:03 | BEEN ON THE SIDELINE -- HINT, HINT. |
00:04:06 | I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE SIDELINE, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLDÑi THE NOISE S |
00:04:11 | UNBELIEVABLE. IT IS DEAFENING, IS IN IT, WHEN |
00:04:13 | THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU WERE STANDING THERE? |
00:04:14 | WHEN YOU GET INTO A SITUATION LIKE THAT, IT IS ALMOST LIKE A |
00:04:23 | DRUG. I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THIS |
00:04:24 | JOB. YOU BEGIN TO THINK THAT PERHAPS |
00:04:28 | THE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND THEY DO. |
00:04:33 | CATCHING AN OHIO STATE. -- |
00:04:38 | STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOING SOMETHING DUMB, THAT IS THE |
00:04:41 | FRONT PAGE. HUMILITY COMES BEFORE HONOR. |
00:04:44 | ALL THE TIME, I DO THINGSi] -- I WAS JUST SAYING TO MY CHIEF OF |
00:04:52 | STAFF TODAY, DID I DO THAT RIGHT? |
00:04:54 | AM I BEING TOO BOISTEROUS? HUMILITY REALLY MATTERS, BECAUSE |
00:05:00 | IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO DO. |
00:05:02 | AND WHAT A GREAT SEASON :-. AND WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT WHO |
00:05:07 | YOU BEAT AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF AND THAT YOU WERE |
00:05:10 | UNDEFEATED, BUT TO ME, THESE LESSONS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT |
00:05:14 | THAN YOUR FOOTBALL RECORD TODAY. BECAUSE HE WILL CARRY THIS |
00:05:19 | TREMENDOUS OHIO STATE BRAND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND IT IS |
00:05:24 | A FANTASTIC THING. GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF |
00:05:27 | APPLAUSE, WOULD YOU? [APPLAUSE] |
00:05:28 | i]WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS E CAN GIVE YOU. |
00:05:36 | I'M NOT BIG ON ALL OF THESE RESOLUTIONS, BUT I THINK |
00:05:40 | SOMETIMES -- JEFF WAS RIGHT ABOUT THIS. |
00:05:42 | THIS CAN GO OVER THERE IN THE FACILITY. |
00:05:45 | I THINK IT IS PRETTY GOOD. AND COACH MEYER, WE HAVE THIS |
00:05:52 | HERE THAT IS DESIGNED FOR YOU. WHERE IS GORDON? |
00:05:58 | WE TALKED WHEN WE WERE AT THE SCIENCE REVIEW ABOUT THE FACT |
00:06:06 | THAT WE COULD GET COACH MEYER AT OHIO STATE. |
00:06:11 | I KNEW WOULD BE, BUT I DID NOT KNOW THESE OTHER COACHES BECAUSE |
00:06:17 | THAT IS NOT IDEAL. I HAD A CHANCE TO BE WITH THE |
00:06:19 | OTHER COACHES AT A DINNER. I DO NOT CARE IF HE GOES 0 TO |
00:06:28 | 12. IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME. |
00:06:30 | GORDON DOESN'T CARE. HE IS ABOUT FAMILY. |
00:06:37 | THAT IS WHAT MATTERS. [APPLAUSE] |
00:06:40 | V.J. BARNETT, WHERE IS HE? -- |
00:06:47 | CJ w3BARNETT, WHERE IS HE? THERE YOU GO. |
00:06:54 | GOOD TO SEE YOU. I THOUGHT YOU WERE A LITTLE |
00:07:01 | BIGGER THAN THAT. [LAUGHTER] |
00:07:02 | AND THIS GUY ZACK BOURNE, WHERE IS HE? |
00:07:10 | THEY SWITCHED YOU ARE AROUND. IS THAT A HARD THING? |
00:07:17 | >> NO, IT WAS [LAUGHTER] EASY] -- |
00:07:22 | IT WAS EASY. [LAUGHTER] |
00:07:22 | >> WHERE IS THAT? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO HER? |
00:07:28 | >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> CONGRATULATIONS. |
00:07:36 | YOU'VEÑi GOT TO STAY HEALTHY, RIGHT? |
00:07:42 | THEN BUCHANAN. -- |
00:07:46 | BEN BUCHANAN. WE LIKE YOU. |
00:07:51 | YOU WERE A GOOD PLAYER. WHERE ARE YOU FROM, ZACK? |
00:07:55 | >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? |
00:08:01 | >> I'M NOT SURE. >> WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR? |
00:08:03 | >> MARKETING. >> YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE QUICKLY. |
00:08:06 | I WOULD BE IN COURT IN GEE'S OFFICE. |
00:08:13 | I WOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING AND SAY, SAYGEE, I NEED HELP -- |
00:08:18 | DR. GEE, I NEED HELP. WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING? |
00:08:27 | >> SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT. >> FANTASTIC. |
00:08:32 | THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THAT, NO QUESTION. |
00:08:35 | KENNY, WHERE IT KENNY? MAN OF THE YEAR. |
00:08:41 | MARKETS, HOW ARE YOU? WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? |
00:08:46 | MARKETS, HOW ARE YOU? WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? |
00:08:53 | JR.? ONE MORE YEAR. |
00:08:57 | w3AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHN YOU GROW UP? |
00:09:02 | [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE PRETTY GROWN UP ALREADY. |
00:09:09 | ÑiWHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? ó[DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT A SHOT, |
00:09:15 | COACH? AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO AFTER |
00:09:18 | THAT? >> [INDISCERNIBLE] |
00:09:21 | >> WE HAVE A FEW GUYS FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL HERE. |
00:09:26 | YOU'VE GOT TO SPEAK TO THEM. THEY ARE FANS, BY THE WAY. |
00:09:30 | WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? >> I AM A SOPHOMORE. |
00:09:40 | I WILL BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR. >> I CAME DOWN TO SEE YOUR DAD |
00:09:43 | AND THEN YOURçó BROTHER, WHO THINKS HE'S GOING TO GO TO NOTRE |
00:09:46 | DAME. [LAUGHTER] |
00:09:50 | TRAVIS, YOU'RE A SENIOR. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? |
00:09:59 | >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> IN WHAT? |
00:10:08 | >> RESEARCH MANAGEMENT. >> FANTASTIC. |
00:10:11 | CARLOS, WHAT YOU'RE YOU? >> BUEHNER. |
00:10:16 | >> YOU HAVE A GOOD YEAR, DIDN'T YOU? |
00:10:19 | >> YES. >> SCHORI, WHERE IS CORY? |
00:10:25 | t(WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? >> JR.. |
00:10:30 | >> WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR? >> TECHNOLOGY. |
00:10:33 | >> OK, GORDON. WHERE IS JACK? |
00:10:40 | WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? >> JR.. |
00:10:45 | >> WHAT DOES THIS GUY HAVE THAT I DO NOT? |
00:10:51 | [LAUGHTER] WHERE IS BRAXTON? |
00:10:55 | THEY TELL ME "INDISCERNIBLE" -- THEY TELL ME [INDISCERNIBLE] |
00:11:08 | >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> [ANDREYNA] -- |
00:11:16 | lp[INDISCERNIBLE] WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? |
00:11:22 | é@EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE BROXTON MILLER, RIGHT? |
00:11:28 | IT IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE STICKING AROUND. |
00:11:34 | YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE. I MAY CALL YOU SUNDAY. |
00:11:38 | -- SOME DAY. |
00:11:42 | WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? çó>> JR.. |
00:11:45 | >> HOW MUCH ARE YOU BENCHING THESE DAYS? |
00:11:49 | >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW. >> THAT IS A GOOD DANCER WITH |
00:11:52 | THE COACH HERE. [LAUGHTER] |
00:11:53 | WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? >> SENIOR. |
00:11:58 | >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SHOT AT |
00:12:02 | THE TITLE. >> YOU KNOW, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE |
00:12:07 | SOMETHING, MR. SMITH, WHERE PERHAPS WE CAN HELP WHEN THEY |
00:12:13 | WANT TO GO INTO SOMETHING. jFr |
00:12:17 | CONNECTION. WITH WHAT MICHAEL DOES AND WHAT |
00:12:25 | THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP ON THAT. |
00:12:27 | é@RYAN, WHAT YOU'RE YOU? >> GUSSOFF MORE. |
00:12:34 | >> STAY HEALTHYçó JOHN SIMON -- A SOPHOMORE. |
00:12:40 | >> STAY HEALTHY. JOHN SIMON, EVERYBODY LOVES JOHN |
00:12:47 | SIMON. [LAUGHTER] |
00:12:47 | WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> TRY MY LUCK AT THE, |
00:12:53 | >> DO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A SHOT? |
00:12:56 | >> I WOULD LIKE TO TRY. >> AND WHAT ELSE? |
00:12:58 | >> A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH. |
00:13:02 | >> AN OLD PLAYER IS NOW RUNNING A FACILITY. |
00:13:06 | ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS GOES THERE. CATS AND MOYER, HE HAS NOW |
00:13:13 | TURNED HIS FIELD IN FOOTBALL INTO A COMPANY. |
00:13:16 | BY THE WAY, NEVER FORGET THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN COMPANY. |
00:13:19 | YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORK FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. |
00:13:22 | MAYBE SOMEDAY PEOPLE WILL WORK FOR YOU. |
00:13:26 | THINK ABOUT IT. DEVON SMITH, WHAT YOU'RE ARE |
00:13:30 | YOU? >> SOPHOMORE. |
00:13:30 | 5a>> THE COACH IS KEEPING AN EE ON YOU. |
00:13:37 | EVAN, WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU? >> SOPHOMORE. |
00:13:41 | >> [INDISCERNIBLE] FANTASTIC.i3 |
00:13:47 | ÑiAND JAKEw3ok P,P&E%EI >> [INAUDIBLE] |
00:13:54 | >> WHAT KIND OF EXCUSE IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH |
00:14:05 | FOR EVERYBODY HERE. WE HAVE A PICTURE. |
00:14:15 | EVERYBODY GETS ONE. I DON'T WORK IN HIS OFFICE |
00:14:22 | BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO CRAZY. I WORK UP ON THE 30TH FLOOR. |
00:14:26 | I WISH I COULD HAVE AN OFFICE LIKE GORDON GEE. |
00:14:38 | BUT I DO NOT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. |
00:14:39 | WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE SENATE AND THEN OVER AT THE HOUSE, TOO. |
00:14:41 | >> JUST TO REINFORCE ONE THING IN YOUR MESSAGE, MANY OF THESE |
00:14:48 | MEN [INDISCERNIBLE] ONE OF THEM IS A STUDY A BROAD |
00:14:57 | PROGRAM. r |
00:15:00 | ANOTHER IS AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. |
00:15:02 | YOU CAN GET INTO THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND GET THAT |
00:15:07 | EXPERIENCE. jFA FEW COULD TOUCHçó A LITTLE T |
00:15:12 | ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING ABROAD -- |
00:15:14 | IF YOU COULD TOUCH OF A BIT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING |
00:15:17 | ABROAD. >>-9 THE AMBASSADORS WILL SENDU |
00:15:22 | OVER THERE. THek FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO |
00:15:24 | LEARN. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, AS SOME |
00:15:28 | ONES THAT I COULD HAVEfá GONE TO EUROPE OR ASIA OR WHEREVER THESE |
00:15:31 | PROGRAMS ARE, ARE YOU KIDDING? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL |
00:15:34 | BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS. IF YOU GO TO THEÑi NFL, YOU'VE T |
00:15:39 | TO GET SOMEBODY TO MANAGE YOUR MONEY. |
00:15:41 | ÑiTHERE ARE MORE CHARLATANS OUT THERE THAT WANT A PIECE OF WHAT |
00:15:46 | YOU HAVE. AND I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY |
00:15:50 | CAN HELPrYOU. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, |
00:15:54 | BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN MANAGE YOUR MONEY. |
00:15:57 | YOU DO NOT WANT TO BLOW IT. MONEY CAN LEAD TO MORE MONEY IF |
00:16:06 | INVESTED APPROPRIATELY. THE SECOND THING IS, THAT CAREER |
00:16:10 | WILL BE OVER IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. |
00:16:13 | YOU CANNOT JUST SIT AROUND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE SAYING |
00:16:16 | THAT YOU'VE PLAYED IN THE NFL FOR FIVE YEARS. |
00:16:18 | WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING YOU IS A CHANCE. |
00:16:22 | YOU'VE GOT TO WORK IN THESE COMPANIES. |
00:16:33 | RIGHT NOW, THEY WANT YOU. WHEN YOU ARE OUT, IT IS LIKE ME |
00:16:38 | AS GOVERNOR, I CAN CALL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THEY WILL |
00:16:45 | RESPOND. WHEN I'M NOT GOVERNOR, THEY ARE |
00:16:50 | MORE INTERESTED IN THE NEXT ONE. YOU HAVE TO MOVE WHEN YOU SEE |
00:16:54 | SOMETHING. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT |
00:16:56 | IS YOU WANT TO DO. U OHIO STATE TO HAVE THE |
00:17:02 | BEST ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC PERFORMERS. |
00:17:04 | JEAN ANTI- AND GORDON AND THE COACH -- |
00:17:11 | JEAN AND I AND GORDON AND THE COACH, THIS IS ALL SOMETHING |
00:17:15 | THAT WE WANT TO SEE, YOU DOING WELL. |
00:17:17 | ONCE YOU'RE THERE, IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO GET RID OF YOU. |
00:17:23 | THEN YOU GET TO KNOW THEM AND THEY LIKE YOU AND THEY TAKE YOU |
00:17:27 | IN. AND THEN YOU HAVE A JOB. |
00:17:28 | AND BY THE WAY, PLAYING IN THE NFL, THAT IS NOT YEAR-ROUND. |
00:17:35 | YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO RATHER THAN JUST PLAY VIDEO |
00:17:38 | GAMES WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR SEASON. |
00:17:41 | WE WANT THIS TO BE 100% COMPLETE. |
00:17:44 | THIS IS NOT JUST IDOL CHATTER. -- |
00:17:48 | IDLE CHATTER. I GOT TO BE GOVERNOR BECAUSE I |
00:17:55 | PUSHED AND SHOVED, AND YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME THING. |
00:17:58 | >> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY. |
00:18:02 | COME HERE. I WANT TO SAY TO THESE GUYS, YOU |
00:18:07 | KNOW, THIS IS A GUY THAT'S [INDISCERNIBLE] |
00:18:14 | AND LOVES OHIO. [INDISCERNIBLE] |
00:18:31 | [APPLAUSE] >> LET THEM OUT. |
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