Before Thursday morning's first full-squad USF football practice, the Bulls were shown a video featuring Kara Lawson, the former ESPN analyst and current women's basketball coach at Duke University.
Her message:
Don't wait for it to become easy. Expect hard. Embrace the hard. In fact, do hard better.
In keeping with the football team's new T-Shirts with "Whatever It Takes'' emblazoned on the front and "All In" on the back, the Bulls already have taken that message to heart.
"Life never gets easy,'' senior offensive tackle Donovan Jennings said. "The next step is always just another step, not an easier step.