Steve Ishmael’s greatest weakness was his weakness. He lacked the physique of a college football hopeful.
Then a high school freshman, a 162-pound Ishmael went to make a block on a defender 40 pounds larger.He was pushed backward so easily the defender taunted him.
“‘Man you got to go to the weight room,’” Ishmael said the defender told him. “I took that so personal. Ever since then, I’ve literally been in the weight room every day taking it serious.”
His older brothers were bigger than he was too. Their size reminded him of the same thing that the defender did.