The potential top pick by the Chicago Bears in the NFL draft talks about the possibility of leading an NFL team, how he could handle the pressure and responsibility.
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00:10 This is one of the seasons that it's not like any other season I've had.
00:23 It's where I've been so close to being either neutral or
00:27 close to having a losing record.
00:29 So it was tough for me.
00:31 Like I said, I'm a competitor, I like to win.
00:33 And so being that close to losing was difficult for me.
00:36 But I had people in my corner to help me and
00:41 figure out the energy and feeling that I was feeling.
00:44 I think it's important going into situations because there's nobody in
00:48 the first part of the draft that would be early in the draft.
00:51 And I expect myself to go high, to be a 12 and
00:57 whatever team or the teams are gonna be, at least from the year before,
01:02 it's kind of gonna be how I went into USC, where they were foreign aid and
01:07 things like that.
01:07 So just preparing for those moments.
01:10 And I think last year was a perfect example for them.
01:12 I learned either you grow from something like that and Lincoln sat me down.
01:16 After maybe our loss to Utah, I believe, and he sat me down and
01:23 he said either you grow from something like this, or you keep feeling this feeling.
01:27 And you'll stay where you are.
01:29 Yeah, there's not many people in the world to get the experience what I
01:31 experience every game day, every practice day.
01:34 So it kind of goes back to, it always kind of goes back to that for me.
01:42 It's something that I only get to experience.
01:45 It's something that I really care about, which is not only winning the game, but
01:48 doing it with my teammates.
01:51 So every time we lose, I feel like I let my teammates down.
01:54 If they ask me or if it comes up,
01:55 the main thing I've said I wanna go to a place that wants to win.
01:59 A whole 360, so I mean from the top all the way to the guys.
02:05 And down to the janitors, the people that make everything run.
02:13 No, just everybody wants to win.
02:16 Everybody's a part of that and we all take care of each other.
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