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Donte Whitner and teammates deliver powerful messages to Ginn Academy students

Millionaires bleed just like you. NFL players get tired just like you.

Don’t listen to the voices inside your head that tell you your dream isn’t worth it.

Life is not a game. The world is serious. Everything that glitters isn’t gold.

Impact somebody else with positive vibes along your journey.

These powerful messages were delivered to 55 members of the rising senior class at Ginn Academy on Wednesday in one of the more impactful community events the Cleveland Browns Foundation will throw this summer.

Safety Donte Whitner, cornerbacks K’Waun Williams and Robert Nelson, linebacker Keith Pough and wide receiver Kevin Cone stood before the classroom and, in convincing fashion, preached their own unique methods of how they made something of their lives – and to listen to the life coaches Ginn Academy provides each student.