Maurice Clarrett's message to FSU players

[FSUmanager]

"Coming from a single-parent environment, coming up in the hoods, sometimes, we're undeveloped," Clarett told the players. "We're great football players, but we're s--- people. We don't have the skills to perform.

"Essentially, I was what y'all was: a national champion. How do you go from being Mr. Everything to Mr. Nothing?"

Clarett, 31, detailed how his delinquent behavior as a child in Youngstown, Ohio, didn't change after he became a football star at Ohio State in 2002. Only after he entered prison, in 2006, did he begin reading about business and developing his true interests outside of football.

"A lot of y'all need to grow up," Clarett told the players. "That's the bottom line. What happened to Maurice Clarett in prison was, I needed to grow the f--- up. You had the world in your hands, the NFL in your hands, and you f---ed it up because you want to be a gangsta."




Maurice Clarett speaks to Florida State Seminoles, asks players to develop interests other than football

 

[TDs3nOut]

Good for Clarret and good for any players who are scarred straight by his story.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Cool. Thanks for sharing, @FSUmanager

 

[ellupo]

He has gone to many schools to tell his story. It seems he is being very honest about how bad he f@cked up. It would be nice if it even helps one kid to fix what he is doing.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I'm glad he is working to change his life and speaking his story to these young kids, good for him.

 

[FSUmanager]

He has gone to many schools to tell his story. It seems he is being very honest about how bad he f@cked up. It would be nice if it even helps one kid to fix what he is doing.

Yep. He has been to Bama, LSU, TCU, ND, and some others this summer. Hopefully the guys at all schools take his message to heart.

 

[Norka!]

Good for Clarret and good for any players who are scarred straight by his story.

Stories like this give hope and it's so great that Clarret didn't go the bad guy route and instead is a positive influence, and good for him is right, very good!

 

[Sgt Brutus]

 

[Sgt Brutus]

He's really changed his life around, good for him

E60 piece:

 

[Tharvot]

Saw the Youngstown Boys 30 for 30 on Clarett and Tressel and it went into some detail on how Maurice was telling his story and really working with inner city youth to help out. Tressel was able to get him back at tOSU to finish up his degree. It was a really good episode, but all those 30 for 30s are good.


Good for Maurice, seems like he's really turning the corner.

 

[B_dub]

Very cool. Always like these kind of stories. Sadly, sometimes these kids don't get it till its too late.

 

[pennstatenut]

Glad to hear this. Good for MC and any kid that takes what he says to heart.

 

[OregonDucks]

The last time I saw Clarett.

 

[WABLTY]

I thought he'd be giving them advice on how to evade Israeli criminal organizations after you crossed them, what with them being in Miami and all.

 

[CCF151]

Let's hope the majority of the kids he spoke to heed his lesson. At that age young men, especially athletes, tend to be arrogant and think themselves above it all. Hopefully this will open some eyes and change some futures.

 

[SteelersPride]

honesty is good, but im sure hes getting paiiid for speaking

 

[CCF151]

honesty is good, but im sure hes getting paiiid for speaking

True, but I doubt it's anywhere near the money he could have made if he hadn't fucked up his NFL career.

 

[ellupo]

honesty is good, but im sure hes getting paiiid for speaking

Of course, all the "celebrity" speakers get paid. How does him getting paid change the value of the message?

 

[bamafan4evr12]

Good for him. Hopefully he stays on the right track

 

[SteelersPride]

Of course, all the "celebrity" speakers get paid. How does him getting paid change the value of the message?

just curious why else he all of a sudden now is a great speaker of knowledge unless theres financial incentive