Isaiah Autry Spring Media Day
Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Isaiah Autry meets the press on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
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00:00 He holds it to a high standard and it's all a part of just growing up because even after football
00:05 You're gonna have times where you have setbacks in life, and it's all about how you respond
00:10 Yes
00:22 It's going it's going pretty good. I've loved this so far. I got up here
00:27 I was a little nervous on the transition of being that far from home was over 10 hours
00:32 But after those first few weeks I got up here. I bonded with all the other Olam and everybody else and I love it
00:38 More like yes hanging out
00:46 Just working each other like when it comes to like football and everything going out to eat
00:51 And just chilling with each other just learning more about each other where we came from
00:56 What we like and just how we are overall
00:59 I learned a lot of us like some of them. They all come from different areas some like Josh or so
01:07 He's from here in Oklahoma some of the far away Eugene, but he's from always from Cal
01:11 But some of them are more like city type
01:14 But they ask me questions because I grew up in a country type area
01:18 Where I like the hunting fish and everything versus them they're more like in the city type area
01:23 So we just ask each other questions to know more about each other
01:26 I mean when I when I first started coaching stations it was a little hit to me
01:43 But like one thing I did before I got up here
01:47 I really always like trained myself make sure I was in like good shape because I already knew
01:52 It was gonna be tough for me, but once you do it
01:55 You get used to it, but the one thing is though
01:59 You just got to love it because you don't have days where you don't want to get up in the morning
02:03 You don't you don't want to do a lot of things
02:04 But you just got to have that mindset
02:06 Because in the end it's all gonna be worth it because nobody knows when there's gonna be last day of playing football
02:12 So in the end you just got to know that hey, I got to get through it
02:17 I'm I got a job to do and just push through
02:20 Was winter lifting as tough as it sounds?
02:22 Winter lifting?
02:26 Yeah the lifting that you guys do in the winter
02:28 I haven't did that yet
02:30 You haven't done that yet?
02:32 No sir
02:34 I mean I enrolled here in January
02:36 So that's not, what do you guys do in January?
02:38 I mean yeah, we had we had the lift and everything
02:40 But like it was all it was pretty good
02:42 I mean it's intense and it's fast
02:44 But it's it's all worth it
02:46 I love lifting and one thing you go in there and you're like
02:48 I love lifting and one thing you go in there
02:50 You got that mindset get your mind locked in
02:52 And get ready to roll
02:54 Was your first real exposure to Coach Schmidty?
02:56 The first real exposure was the morning like conditioning and everything
02:58 The first real exposure was the morning like conditioning and everything
03:00 The first real exposure was the morning like conditioning and everything
03:02 The first real exposure was the morning like conditioning and everything
03:04 Because I have a different coach and everything when it comes to lifting
03:06 But in the morning Schmidty's he's fired up
03:08 He's jumping around he's screaming
03:10 He's getting us active
03:12 He wants to have some juice in the morning
03:14 Hype each other up
03:16 Get excited and push each other and just grow as a team
03:18 What's some of your motivations when you think about growing up
03:20 What's some of your motivations when you think about growing up
03:22 When you think about your family and you think about what's in your future
03:24 What are some things that motivate you?
03:26 One thing that motivates me is just how like
03:28 When I see my parents and everything
03:30 When I see my parents and everything
03:32 They put so much into me to get up here
03:34 So one thing I just know that no matter what happens
03:36 I'm not going to quit
03:38 I want to like show them that hey
03:40 I can get up here far away from home
03:42 I can do everything on my own
03:44 I can do everything on my own
03:46 And I can just be the best athlete
03:48 And I can just be the best athlete
03:50 Student athlete that I can be
03:52 And I can handle these type of situations
03:54 Because college overall is going to be hard
03:56 But once you know how to handle it
03:58 But once you know how to handle it
04:00 It'll be good
04:02 Have you found yourself getting homesick yet?
04:04 No sir I haven't had that homesick moment yet
04:06 No sir I haven't had that homesick moment yet
04:08 Okay, transfers have come in
04:10 Okay, transfers have come in
04:12 Some of the transfers that have come in
04:14 Have a lot of experience at other schools
04:16 Yes
04:18 Tell me about some of their
04:20 What you've learned about them
04:22 Just from a physicality and maturity standpoint
04:24 Oh they're great guys
04:26 Like Fabetchi, Michael Tarquin, Spencer
04:28 They're all really great guys
04:30 And Gary too from Washington also
04:32 They're great guys
04:34 They know how to push each other forward
04:36 Be competitive and everything
04:38 And they're all pretty majority
04:40 Michael Tarquin
04:42 I'll be right there
04:44 What about him?
04:46 He's basically like a big brother to me
04:48 He looks over me and makes sure that
04:50 I know what I'm doing
04:52 We just push each other to get the work done
04:54 A lot to learn from guys like that
04:56 It's a lot to learn
04:58 But once you get the hang of it
05:00 And repeat yourself
05:02 Every day you take note of it
05:04 And understand what you're doing
05:06 It's good
05:08 Thank you man
05:10 Good to meet you
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