Former college football All American and Atlanta Falcons All Pro linebacker Buddy Curry spoke to the ninth grade class at East Coweta High on Aug. 28, 2014. Curry appeared in support of CIS of Coweta County and is shown here with East Coweta Site Coordinator Denise Buchanan, at left, and Executive Director Gina Weathersby, right.
Curry is one of the founders of Kids & Pros, a non-profit character-based youth sports organization that engages retired NFL Players to teach football fundamental skills and character lessons to young people. Curry was introduced by Steve Allen, EC Vice-Principal for the 9th grade, shown here. Addressing close to 900 members of the EC class of 2018, Curry told of his troubled beginning in sports, and how he achieved athletic stardom through hard work and by learning the value of listening to good teachers, coaches and role models.
He said he considered giving up sports when times were tough, but stuck it out because “I wanted to have options. I knew if I stuck it out football was still an option. And we all want to have options.” Curry said the best lesson he learned in sports — and in life — is “don’t quit. Whether it’s your marriage, your family or your career, anything worth having requires a struggle.”
Curry told the students to figure out what they needed to do to be successful, and do it. He reminded the students that they would wind up being like the people they associated with and said, “Don’t hang around people who can’t help you be a success.”
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