00:00:00>> I HAVE THREE THINGS I WANTED
TO SAY AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO
00:00:05JEFF KAPLAN.
HE IS AN AMAZING GUY.
00:00:07I DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS, BUT
SOMEHOW HE GOT CLOSE TO WOODY
00:00:13HAYES, AND HE GOT TO BE IN THE
LOCKER ROOM FOR THE PRE-GAME AND
00:00:20HALF TIMES BEACHES.
HE ACTUALLY HAD SOME SECRET
00:00:22TAPES THAT COACH HAYES --
OF THESE SPEECHES THAT COACH
00:00:31HAYES GAVE.
HE HAS NEVER RELEASE THEM.
00:00:32I DO NOT THINK HE EVER WILL.
I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING
00:00:40MEANINGFUL, SO I SHARED IT WITH
HIM AND HE SAID, KEEP IT SHORT
00:00:43AND SWEET.
HERE IS THE FIRST THING.
00:00:44WHEN YOU ARE IN A FOOTBALL IN
OHIO, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW YOU.
00:00:50THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU.
SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO KNOW YOU
00:00:54AND BAD THINGS HAPPEN, BUT THEY
REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU.
00:00:58SOME OF YOU ARE LIKELY TO GO
INTO THE NFL.
00:01:02xDI DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG A PLAYR
LAST IN THE NFL, BUT YOU ARE AT
00:01:07OHIO STATE AND YOU HAVE A GREAT
OHIO STATE PRESIDENT INe1 GORDON
00:01:11GEE AND HE IS COMMITTED TO
GETTING YOU A JOB AND SKILLS.
00:01:16AS AN OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
PLAYER, WHENEVER YOU ARE
00:01:18INTERESTED IN, WHENEVER YOU ARE
TAKING, WHAT EVER YOUR PASSIONS
00:01:21ARE, YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE
COMPANIES ARE THAT YOU CAN GO
00:01:27AND WORK FOR NOW.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
00:01:31AUTOMOBILES, YOU CAN GET A JOB
WITH THE AUTO PEOPLE, OR WITH A
00:01:33DEALER WHERE YOU CAN MARK WHAT
THEY DO.
00:01:35IF SOME OF YOUR INTERESTED IN
BEING A DOCTOR, YOU'VE GOT THE
00:01:41FINEST MEDICAL OPERATION AT OHIO
STATE.
00:01:42DR. GEE WOULD ARRANGE FOR YOU TO
BE THERE.
00:01:46IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT
OR A LAWYER, YOU CAN GET INTO A
00:01:50LAW FIRM AND JUST HANG OUT
THERE.
00:01:52I'M TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE I
DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING.
00:01:57I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU
HAVE LEVERAGE.
00:02:00THEY WANT TO KNOW YOU.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
00:02:02I TOLD ERIN CROSSED THIS PAST
SUMMER.
00:02:07TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
00:02:10IT IS GREAT.
NO.S7jF 2, YOU ARE A ROLE MODEO
00:02:19QUESTION.
LITTLE KIDS LOVE YOU.
00:02:20SOMETIMES THEY WILL WILL EAT --
WILL WEAR YOUR SHIRTS.
00:02:31SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT EVEN
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU ARE AN
00:02:33OHIO STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER.
YOU WALK INTO ANY SCHOOL IN OHIO
00:02:34AND SAY, I'D PLAY FOR OHIO
STATE, TELLING YOU, THEY WILL
00:02:36LOVE IT.
--
00:02:36ISOMETIMES THEY PLAYED FOUR OHIM
TELLING YOU, THEY WILL LOVE IT.
00:02:40WHAT DO YOU GET FROM OHIO STATE?
TO ME, DISCIPLINE.
00:02:44úTRAINING, THE THINGS THAT IT
TAKES, LEARNINGc
00:02:54UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SPEAK,
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO LISTEN,
00:02:58UNDERSTANDING HOW TO RESPECT THE
COACHES --
00:03:02THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I
ASSUME YOU ARE LEARNING, AND
00:03:04THAT COACH MIERS IS TEACHING
YOU.
00:03:06FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,
BELIEVE
00:03:11LIFEçó, PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT A
SIGNIFICANT THING ABOUT YOU IS
00:03:16THAT YOU PLAYED FOR OHIO STATE.
WE HAVE A GUY IN THE DEPARTMENT
00:03:22OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GLENN
COBB.
00:03:25DO YOU KNOW HIM?
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLjF COME UP O
00:03:29HIM AND SAY, TELL ME WHAT IT IS
LIKE --
00:03:32WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN HE PLAYED
AT OHIO STATE.
00:03:35WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE LORD
HAS GIVEN NEW SKILLS AND TO HAVE
00:03:38DEVELOPED THEM.
--
00:03:40GIVEN YOU SKILLS AND YOU HAVE
DEVELOPED THEM.
00:03:45AND THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT LOOK
UP TO YOU.
00:03:48THEY MAY STAY OUTt( OF DRUGS
BECAUSE THEY LOOK UP TO YOU.
00:03:50AND FINALLY, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO RUN INTO A STADIUM
00:03:55!UWITH 108,000 PEOPLE.
w3AND I UNDERSTAND I'VE NEVER
00:04:03BEEN ON THE SIDELINE --
HINT, HINT.
00:04:06I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE SIDELINE,
BUT I'VE BEEN TOLDÑi THE NOISE S
00:04:11UNBELIEVABLE.
IT IS DEAFENING, IS IN IT, WHEN
00:04:13THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU WERE
STANDING THERE?
00:04:14WHEN YOU GET INTO A SITUATION
LIKE THAT, IT IS ALMOST LIKE A
00:04:23DRUG.
I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THIS
00:04:24JOB.
YOU BEGIN TO THINK THAT PERHAPS
00:04:28THE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO YOU,
AND THEY DO.
00:04:33CATCHING AN OHIO STATE.
--
00:04:38STATE FOOTBALL PLAYER DOING
SOMETHING DUMB, THAT IS THE
00:04:41FRONT PAGE.
HUMILITY COMES BEFORE HONOR.
00:04:44ALL THE TIME, I DO THINGSi] --
I WAS JUST SAYING TO MY CHIEF OF
00:04:52STAFF TODAY, DID I DO THAT
RIGHT?
00:04:54AM I BEING TOO BOISTEROUS?
HUMILITY REALLY MATTERS, BECAUSE
00:05:00IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE WHERE YOU
ARE ABLE TO DO.
00:05:02AND WHAT A GREAT SEASON :-.
AND WE CAN ALL TALK ABOUT WHO
00:05:07YOU BEAT AND ALL OF THAT OTHER
STUFF AND THAT YOU WERE
00:05:10UNDEFEATED, BUT TO ME, THESE
LESSONS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT
00:05:14THAN YOUR FOOTBALL RECORD TODAY.
BECAUSE HE WILL CARRY THIS
00:05:19TREMENDOUS OHIO STATE BRAND FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND IT IS
00:05:24A FANTASTIC THING.
GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF
00:05:27APPLAUSE, WOULD YOU?
[APPLAUSE]
00:05:28i]WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS E
CAN GIVE YOU.
00:05:36I'M NOT BIG ON ALL OF THESE
RESOLUTIONS, BUT I THINK
00:05:40SOMETIMES --
JEFF WAS RIGHT ABOUT THIS.
00:05:42THIS CAN GO OVER THERE IN THE
FACILITY.
00:05:45I THINK IT IS PRETTY GOOD.
AND COACH MEYER, WE HAVE THIS
00:05:52HERE THAT IS DESIGNED FOR YOU.
WHERE IS GORDON?
00:05:58WE TALKED WHEN WE WERE AT THE
SCIENCE REVIEW ABOUT THE FACT
00:06:06THAT WE COULD GET COACH MEYER AT
OHIO STATE.
00:06:11I KNEW WOULD BE, BUT I DID NOT
KNOW THESE OTHER COACHES BECAUSE
00:06:17THAT IS NOT IDEAL.
I HAD A CHANCE TO BE WITH THE
00:06:19OTHER COACHES AT A DINNER.
I DO NOT CARE IF HE GOES 0 TO
00:06:2812.
IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME.
00:06:30GORDON DOESN'T CARE.
HE IS ABOUT FAMILY.
00:06:37THAT IS WHAT MATTERS.
[APPLAUSE]
00:06:40V.J. BARNETT, WHERE IS HE?
--
00:06:47CJ w3BARNETT, WHERE IS HE?
THERE YOU GO.
00:06:54GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE A LITTLE
00:07:01BIGGER THAN THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
00:07:02AND THIS GUY ZACK BOURNE, WHERE
IS HE?
00:07:10THEY SWITCHED YOU ARE AROUND.
IS THAT A HARD THING?
00:07:17>> NO, IT WAS [LAUGHTER]
EASY] --
00:07:22IT WAS EASY.
[LAUGHTER]
00:07:22>> WHERE IS THAT?
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO HER?
00:07:28>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
00:07:36YOU'VEÑi GOT TO STAY HEALTHY,
RIGHT?
00:07:42THEN BUCHANAN.
--
00:07:46BEN BUCHANAN.
WE LIKE YOU.
00:07:51YOU 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.
00:08:06I WOULD BE IN COURT IN GEE'S
OFFICE.
00:08:13I WOULD SCHEDULE A MEETING AND
SAY, SAYGEE, I NEED HELP --
00:08:18DR. GEE, I NEED HELP.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?
00:08:27>> SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT.
>> FANTASTIC.
00:08:32THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN
THAT, NO QUESTION.
00:08:35KENNY, WHERE IT KENNY?
MAN OF THE YEAR.
00:08:41MARKETS, HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
00:08:46MARKETS, HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
00:08:53JR.?
ONE MORE YEAR.
00:08:57w3AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHN
YOU GROW UP?
00:09:02[LAUGHTER]
YOU'RE PRETTY GROWN UP ALREADY.
00:09:09ÑiWHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
ó[DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT A SHOT,
00:09:15COACH?
AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO AFTER
00:09:18THAT?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:09:21>> WE HAVE A FEW GUYS FROM THE
HIGHWAY PATROL HERE.
00:09:26YOU'VE GOT TO SPEAK TO THEM.
THEY ARE FANS, BY THE WAY.
00:09:30WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
>> I AM A SOPHOMORE.
00:09:40I WILL BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR.
>> I CAME DOWN TO SEE YOUR DAD
00:09:43AND THEN YOURçó BROTHER, WHO
THINKS HE'S GOING TO GO TO NOTRE
00:09:46DAME.
[LAUGHTER]
00:09:50TRAVIS, YOU'RE A SENIOR.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
00:09:59>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> IN WHAT?
00:10:08>> RESEARCH MANAGEMENT.
>> FANTASTIC.
00:10:11CARLOS, WHAT YOU'RE YOU?
>> BUEHNER.
00:10:16>> YOU HAVE A GOOD YEAR, DIDN'T
YOU?
00:10:19>> YES.
>> SCHORI, WHERE IS CORY?
00:10:25t(WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
>> JR..
00:10:30>> WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR?
>> TECHNOLOGY.
00:10:33>> OK, GORDON.
WHERE IS JACK?
00:10:40WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
>> JR..
00:10:45>> WHAT DOES THIS GUY HAVE THAT
I DO NOT?
00:10:51[LAUGHTER]
WHERE IS BRAXTON?
00:10:55THEY TELL ME "INDISCERNIBLE" --
THEY TELL ME [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:11:08>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> [ANDREYNA] --
00:11:16lp[INDISCERNIBLE] WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
00:11:22é@EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE BROXTON
MILLER, RIGHT?
00:11:28IT IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE STICKING
AROUND.
00:11:34YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE.
I MAY CALL YOU SUNDAY.
00:11:38--
SOME DAY.
00:11:42WHAT 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
00:11:52THE COACH HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
00:11:53WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
>> SENIOR.
00:11:58>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
>> I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SHOT AT
00:12:02THE TITLE.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE
00:12:07SOMETHING, MR. SMITH, WHERE
PERHAPS WE CAN HELP WHEN THEY
00:12:13WANT TO GO INTO SOMETHING.
jFr
00:12:17CONNECTION.
WITH WHAT MICHAEL DOES AND WHAT
00:12:25THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE, I WOULD
LOVE TO HELP ON THAT.
00:12:27é@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
00:12:47SIMON.
[LAUGHTER]
00:12:47WHAT 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.
00:13:06ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS GOES THERE.
CATS AND MOYER, HE HAS NOW
00:13:13TURNED HIS FIELD IN FOOTBALL
INTO A COMPANY.
00:13:16BY THE WAY, NEVER FORGET THAT
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN COMPANY.
00:13:19YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORK FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE.
00:13:22MAYBE SOMEDAY PEOPLE WILL WORK
FOR YOU.
00:13:26THINK ABOUT IT.
DEVON SMITH, WHAT YOU'RE ARE
00:13:30YOU?
>> SOPHOMORE.
00:13:305a>> THE COACH IS KEEPING AN EE
ON YOU.
00:13:37EVAN, WHAT YOU'RE ARE YOU?
>> SOPHOMORE.
00:13:41>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
FANTASTIC.i3
00:13:47ÑiAND JAKEw3ok P,P&E%EI
>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:13:54>> WHAT KIND OF EXCUSE IS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH
00:14:05FOR EVERYBODY HERE.
WE HAVE A PICTURE.
00:14:15EVERYBODY GETS ONE.
I DON'T WORK IN HIS OFFICE
00:14:22BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO CRAZY.
I WORK UP ON THE 30TH FLOOR.
00:14:26I WISH I COULD HAVE AN OFFICE
LIKE GORDON GEE.
00:14:38BUT I DO NOT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
00:14:39WE 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
00:14:48MEN [INDISCERNIBLE]
ONE OF THEM IS A STUDY A BROAD
00:14:57PROGRAM.
r
00:15:00ANOTHER IS AN INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM.
00:15:02YOU CAN GET INTO THE WORK
ENVIRONMENT AND GET THAT
00:15:07EXPERIENCE.
jFA FEW COULD TOUCHçó A LITTLE T
00:15:12ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
ABROAD --
00:15:14IF YOU COULD TOUCH OF A BIT ON
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING
00:15:17ABROAD.
>>-9 THE AMBASSADORS WILL SENDU
00:15:22OVER THERE.
THek FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:15:24LEARN.
WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, AS SOME
00:15:28ONES THAT I COULD HAVEfá GONE TO
EUROPE OR ASIA OR WHEREVER THESE
00:15:31PROGRAMS ARE, ARE YOU KIDDING?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
00:15:34BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS.
IF YOU GO TO THEÑi NFL, YOU'VE T
00:15:39TO GET SOMEBODY TO MANAGE YOUR
MONEY.
00:15:41ÑiTHERE ARE MORE CHARLATANS OUT
THERE THAT WANT A PIECE OF WHAT
00:15:46YOU HAVE.
AND I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY
00:15:50CAN HELPrYOU.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT WORKS,
00:15:54BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEONE
THAT CAN MANAGE YOUR MONEY.
00:15:57YOU DO NOT WANT TO BLOW IT.
MONEY CAN LEAD TO MORE MONEY IF
00:16:06INVESTED APPROPRIATELY.
THE SECOND THING IS, THAT CAREER
00:16:10WILL BE OVER IN THE BLINK OF AN
EYE.
00:16:13YOU CANNOT JUST SIT AROUND FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE SAYING
00:16:16THAT YOU'VE PLAYED IN THE NFL
FOR FIVE YEARS.
00:16:18WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING YOU IS A
CHANCE.
00:16:22YOU'VE GOT TO WORK IN THESE
COMPANIES.
00:16:33RIGHT NOW, THEY WANT YOU.
WHEN YOU ARE OUT, IT IS LIKE ME
00:16:38AS GOVERNOR, I CAN CALL ANYWHERE
IN THE WORLD AND THEY WILL
00:16:45RESPOND.
WHEN I'M NOT GOVERNOR, THEY ARE
00:16:50MORE INTERESTED IN THE NEXT ONE.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE WHEN YOU SEE
00:16:54SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT
00:16:56IS YOU WANT TO DO.
U OHIO STATE TO HAVE THE
00:17:02BEST ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC
PERFORMERS.
00:17:04JEAN ANTI- AND GORDON AND THE
COACH --
00:17:11JEAN AND I AND GORDON AND THE
COACH, THIS IS ALL SOMETHING
00:17:15THAT WE WANT TO SEE, YOU DOING
WELL.
00:17:17ONCE YOU'RE THERE, IT IS HARD
FOR THEM TO GET RID OF YOU.
00:17:23THEN YOU GET TO KNOW THEM AND
THEY LIKE YOU AND THEY TAKE YOU
00:17:27IN.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A JOB.
00:17:28AND BY THE WAY, PLAYING IN THE
NFL, THAT IS NOT YEAR-ROUND.
00:17:35YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
RATHER THAN JUST PLAY VIDEO
00:17:38GAMES WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR
SEASON.
00:17:41WE WANT THIS TO BE 100%
COMPLETE.
00:17:44THIS IS NOT JUST IDOL CHATTER.
--
00:17:48IDLE CHATTER.
I GOT TO BE GOVERNOR BECAUSE I
00:17:55PUSHED AND SHOVED, AND YOU
SHOULD DO THE SAME THING.
00:17:58>> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
00:18:02COME HERE.
I WANT TO SAY TO THESE GUYS, YOU
00:18:07KNOW, THIS IS A GUY THAT'S
[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:18:14AND LOVES OHIO.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
00:18:31[APPLAUSE]
>> LET THEM OUT.
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