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First, tell me what you’re working on this offseason to get ready for the new season?

Yeah – the mental aspect of the game. I was lacking a bit of the mental side of the game so I’m digging into the playbook now and making sure I understand what I’m doing on every play – and  that I know what the other positions are doing to.

Tomlin talked to me. I have to be in the right place at all times – I have to be on it every play and show them I can be more consistent. I’m in the film room constantly now getting better at it.

And of course, always working on the physical part of the game.

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First, what have you been doing with yourself since your time in the NFL?

Well, I have five kids, four that are in sports. It’s definitely been busy – a busy part of the season for us. I work for Farmer’s Insurance – I manage the retirement investment business for most of the Southern United States.

I run around a lot but I also get to work out of the house and be around the for the kids – get to take them to school. So that’s fun for me. I always wanted to have more fun where I am now that where I was before, and I think I’m doing that.

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First, let me know what you’ve been up to since your time in the NFL?

Well, I had no plan really coming out of the NFL. I have four boys and am still married. I had a football camp but when all the kids started adding up it kind of fell through the cracks. I’m trying to repurpose it now. I couldn’t really focus a lot on it with so much going on.

Now, my dad-to-day is taking the kids to soccer, Boy Scouts, and that stuff. They go to private school, so it’s pretty hands-on. I’m a bus driver essentially!

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First, can you let me know what you’ve been doing with yourself as of late?

Well, I’m just back from my 50-year anniversary cruise, so I am totally relaxed!

I’m still working full-time at the New Community Church. I was the founding pastor but in ’98 I decided to step down and lead the pastor discipleship at the church. i was going in too many directions and wanted to get back to what I was doing when I was with the Steelers and Pirates.

I still work with some of those guys I worked with then and started a citywide discipleship forum to raise awareness on how  to train pastors and ministry leaders on the best strategies. We just finished our first year and I work closely with Leo Wisnewski – he’s a local guy who want to Penn State.  I also work with Tunch Ilkin and Jon Kolb but they don’t have as much time to give – they have so many other things going on.

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First, can you let us know what you’ve been doing with yourself since your time in the NFL?

I’ve been in the concrete business – and construction. I started that through my brother. he got his concrete license in the state of California and I work with him there.

How hard was the adjustment to post-NFL life for you?

It was hard. That’s the truth of the matter. When I was released from Pittsburgh I tried out with the Redskins and Green Bay right after I was waived – in 1985. I played about five or six games that season before I was released and then was outside of football for about five games when Green Bay picked me up. I finished my season with Green Bay but didn’t make the final cut the next season there.

I got my Kinesiology Degree at UCLA and got a job at a community hospital heading up their fitness center. I worked there for 10 years heading their Fast Track program in Ventura. But I wasn’t very happy doing that. I wanted to be doing my own thing. It really was a hard adjustment from the NFL

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First,  tell me about your new fitness center in Georgia – how that got started and what it is?

It was in the process of over eight years. I talked to a lot of guys. I always loved the atmosphere and fellowship of working out and training – and the growth you get out of it. I started training at a training facility and as I progressed I noticed I was motivating others as well as myself through the hard work I was putting in. I kept pushing myself and they saw how hard I worked and started telling me I should open my own gym.

A year or so after I had a vision – I knew I wanted to do something big – that I wanted to help others become better. I put the vision to work – I made my own gym at home first and had guys come over and work out with me at the farm.

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First – can you let us know what you’ve been doing with yourself since your time in the NFL and CFL and how you got started in that?

Well after my 2016 season with the Toronto argonauts I settled myself in Fresno, Ca. I attended college here and decided this is where I would buy my first home and grow some roots. The interesting thing about not playing football any longer is there is so much you can do, it just becomes a matter of what do you want to do.

I have always had a heart for this next generation of youth. So I decided to work with foster homes and kids on probation. I have built my brand and message as a life skills coach. My number one goal is to speak life and purpose into those I come in contact with. I’ve become a coach, mentor and speaker here in Fresno. Coached football on the side, invested in the Fresno community becoming a philanthropist, hosting charity events as well as seeking opportunities to go back to school for my masters.

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