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He shared his candid opinion of Georgia coaches who initially tried everything they could to keep him from winning the starting job.

“They tried a lot. But I didn’t let it bother me. I did realize after 2020, and I hated them, and I was like screw you guys, blah, blah, blah. But after that, maybe it was after I started playing in 2021 and after UAB, I was like, you know, they are going to play the best player,” Bennett said. “They’re going to play the best player. Their job is to win; if they don’t win, they’re going to get fired. They’re making a lot of money right now, and they don’t want to get fired.

"So, I was like, let’s play. After that, I’m like, as long as [it's] the best player, they’re going to play me, right? It wasn’t like opinions or feelings; all I had to do was be the best player, and I was going to play.”

Monken verifies this in his candid answer regarding Bennett
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“It’s a complete credit to him, and really nothing to do with me,” Monken said. “All we did was try to bury him for the couple of years he was here, and all he did was continue to fight and compete and had every reason to say, you know what, I’m gone in today’s day and age in the portal and guys leaving. He didn’t do that. He wanted to be a Georgia Bulldog, wanted to be the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs.”

Also am I the only one who did not know SBs little brother is on the team????

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Posted by SemperFiDawg

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 1:02 pm to SemperFiDawg

After re-reading it I'm convinced the entire article should be etched in stone and placed in BM building. Another SB quote

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“You don't do what you did last year, when you were hungry and there really was no other option if you wanted to keep playing here but to win. People lose track of that. People lose track of how they felt before. They start to give more to the bright lights, all the shiny and glittery stuff, and football's not about that. Football's not about shiny and glittery. It's football, and it's always going to be football."

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“Could I have done this anywhere? I don't know. That's what was so cool about winning a national championship. Yes, it was a goal, and it was our teammates, and it was amazing,” Bennett said. “But for me personally, two weeks after I'm sitting in a math class, and I'm like, 'Oh, so it doesn't change. It's life. It keeps going on.'

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"I was so grateful to realize that then, instead of working at a job for 40 years to reach that goal, and reaching that goal when I'm 63 and being like 'Crap.' Yeah, you're going to have to work, but it's not about the championships or the gravy at the end of the journey. It's about the journey. That's why you have to pick something you love, because then you can get through the day-to-day and work hard and chase excellence, and be proud of it. Otherwise, it's hard.”

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Posted by deeprig9

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 1:08 pm to SemperFiDawg

Is there a video version of this interview?

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Posted by RedPants

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 1:17 pm to SemperFiDawg

Wise words in there.

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Posted by K9

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 1:26 pm to SemperFiDawg

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"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

Same vibes

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Posted by Peter Buck

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Posted on 12/28/22 at 3:10 pm to K9

I bet he discovered Dark Side of the Moon recently.

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