For Tyrone Braxton, it has always been about hard work and the journey toward making something better.
Broncos fans know Braxton as a fine defensive back who played 12 fine seasons here as a defensive back, but aside from his Bronco years, many might not be aware of his before and after.
A native of Madison, Wisconsin, he started working when he was 14, doing summer jobs with the Madison parks department, including two years working as a gravedigger at Forest Hill Cemetery and two more on a garbage truck.
“I was the guy who rode on the back and actually dumped the garbage into the truck,” he notes with the pride of work ethic that those jobs instilled.