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October 24, 2024 • 14 mins

Join us for an inspiring episode of "Out of the Mouth of Babes," where we spotlight two remarkable young athletes from Richmond High School's football team, Kevin Handley Jr. and Jarome Clinton. Kevin and Jarome open up about their initial hesitations and how they transformed those doubts into a fiery passion for football. They share their insights on rigorous summer training regimens and maintaining a healthy lifestyle amidst the demands of balancing academics and sports. Their stories of physical and personal transformation offer a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of being a student-athlete, with memorable highlights from their journey on the field.

As we venture further into their world, Kevin and Jerome discuss their ambitions of pursuing higher education and how their unwavering determination and discipline set them apart. Kevin equates his relentless drive to repeatedly running through a brick wall, while Jerome emphasizes his steadfast commitment to tasks without complaint. These qualities embody what it means to be an outstanding student-athlete, and they make a compelling case for any college coach in search of dedicated recruits. We express our heartfelt gratitude to these young men for sharing their journeys and look forward to their return on the show.

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
We are back, welcome back to Out of the Mouth of
Babes, the podcast for our youth.
Today we have two more specialguests.
They are members of theRichmond High School football
team, and so I'm going to startoff by allowing them to

(00:27):
introduce themselves.
First and last name, whatposition they play, and then
we're going to get into somedialogue.
Now, one of the things I wantto continue to keep reminding
you of is, if you don't knowabout Gary Roosevelt Panthers on
the back there's a Lettermanjacket for the Panthers.
Over here there's a Lettermanjacket for the Hustling Quakers.

(00:48):
Those are the institutionswhere I played football at.
They taught me everything aboutbeing a coach and a football
player and all of the above.
So, starting off from thegentleman to my far right, first
, last name and what positionsyou play, and then we'll get
into some dialogue.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
I lost my head on the turf for a sec.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Sorry guys, my name is Kevin Hanley Jr.
I played long snapper,defensive end and tight end this
year.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
All right, next up.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
My name is Jerome Clinton and I'm number 52 for
the Richmond High Schoolfootball team, and the positions
I play is center and defensiveend.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Defensive end, center and defensive end.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
Talk to the listeners a little bit about your journey
in playing football and whatinspired you to pursue football
at an early age and then in highschool what inspired me to play
football is that I see I haveseen so much potential in me and
a lot, of, a lot of otherpeople did too and I just wanted

(02:00):
to keep striving and see if Icould.
I wanted to keep striving andsee if I could take it somewhere
else in life and see if I canreach a greater level.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I think for me, starting now, I didn't like it
as much because I was like anerd, I was like a geek, really.
I just liked to play videogames and read books, so sports
weren't really my thing.
But then, as time went on, Ikept getting better and stronger
and stuff and I startedactually really competing and I

(02:33):
was like okay, maybe I reallycan do this.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
So what inspired you guys to play?

Speaker 2 (02:43):
That's always something I've done.
Yeah Well, who made you play?
I guess that's the alwayssomething.

Speaker 1 (02:46):
I've done.
Yeah Well, who made you play?
I guess that's the question.

Speaker 3 (02:48):
My mom made me play my mom made me play.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
The guy in the blue shirt made me play.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
All right, so talk to us a little bit about your
regimen on.
What do you guys do like yourdaily routine?
What do you do to become better?

Speaker 2 (03:06):
student athletes so you do you mean like when we're
in school, or like in thesummertime?

Speaker 3 (03:11):
in the summertime, preparation for the season um,
you want to make sure thatyou're working out and staying
fit and it's not getting into alot of trouble and all that.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Keeping your mind right and keeping it straight.
Well, I think for me in thesummer it's not as much of a
regimen because it is stillsummer vacation, but we have
like summer practices and stuffand so like getting workouts in
at football and then outside offootball are really important
summer vacation.
But we have like summerpractices and stuff and so like
getting workouts in at footballand then outside of football are
really important, getting inthe playbook, watching film,

(03:54):
stuff like that.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
All right, you guys are your leaders of the team.
How do you handle that pressureand those expectations?

Speaker 2 (04:06):
Well, being a leader on the team, it's not as hard as
it would seem, because whenpeople have stated you to be the
leader, people automaticallystart looking up to you and some
will listen to you and somewon't.
But it's one of those thingswhere you have to find a balance
between being a leader and apart of the team.

(04:27):
I agree, I agree, all right.

Speaker 1 (04:34):
What are some specific challenges and
obstacles you face being anathlete?

Speaker 3 (04:41):
Time time management.
I can say that time management.

Speaker 2 (04:46):
Because we don't get as much freedom as our peers to
do like go out and hang out allthe time, because we have
practice four times a week, thena game every week and then
practice on the weekends, so wedon't have as much time as our
peers do to do things that we'dlike to so both of you guys are

(05:10):
pretty fit.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Both of you have transformed your bodies around.
Can you discuss a little bit tothe listeners about the
importance of maintaining ahealthy lifestyle outside of the
sport?

Speaker 2 (05:27):
I'll let Jerome go first on this one.

Speaker 3 (05:29):
Can you say it again for me please?

Speaker 1 (05:30):
Maintaining and being fit and being healthy.
Tell me a little bit about whythat's important.

Speaker 3 (05:35):
It's important for you to stay healthy and fit
because it can help yourperformance out there on the
field and overall.
It can just change yourtransformation.
Like I used to be very big, andall that until I started
messing with the weight room alot more and then, when I
started doing that and then alsogetting the amount of calories

(05:58):
and proteins that I needed, ithelped me transform my body into
just me, getting muscle a lotand I don't know, For me, when I
started, like a while ago, Iused to be like real short and
chubby and so I used to dopush-ups every single night for
like two, three years straightuntil I started seeing results.

Speaker 2 (06:21):
So I started off with like calisthenics and stuff
because we didn't have access tothe weight room when we had
first started.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
And that was because of COVID right.
And because of COVID, yeah,yeah for sure, talk about some
memorable moments in high school, or even let's start off.

Speaker 2 (06:43):
What about some memorable moments for you all in
sports and football in general?
Well, for me it would be when Ihad played Team Indiana in
eighth grade and we had playedin Canton Ohio at the National
Football Hall of Fame and wonthe world championship.
In Canton Ohio at the NationalFootball Hall of Fame and won
the world championship.

Speaker 3 (06:54):
I remember a moment for me was I think it was my
sophomore year, I believe wewere in a sectional game against
Shelbyville and when we had wonthat game everybody was just
super happy about it andeverybody had a joyful moment
there and I kind of like I lovedit a lot.
Everybody was happy that we wonand got to move on.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
Are there any role models or athletes that you look
up to?

Speaker 3 (07:29):
I used to look up to my cousin Billy Henry a lot for
football and all that and justmaybe want to strive even more
and try to go somewhere with itlike the NFL, because he was the
all-state linebacker forRichmond Indiana.

Speaker 2 (07:51):
I don't know if I have any like famous role models
or anything, but there's somepeople that I follow that like
help me change my mindset andstuff and I'm like listening to
them talk, like David Goggins,mike Tyson, who else.
Iron Mike like just the waythose dudes talk about, like the

(08:16):
way they have Like a switch andthey can turn things on when
it's time to perform, or evensometimes they don't have a
switch and it's just always onand they know who they need to
be at all times.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
So you guys play defensive end.
So you guys are the sack men,right.
So I'm hoping that this year weget a lot of sacks out of the
two of you, right?

Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
So I told the first group that I don't think there's
another group of offensivelinemen in the state that could
compete with those two.
And I feel the same way againstthose tackles.
I think with the two of youcoming rushing off and in can
nobody stop you.
So as you look at some of theprofessional pass rushers who

(09:05):
would you say your style iscomparable to, or somebody you
look up to, I'd say my stylewould be just like Ray Lewis Big
play Ray.

Speaker 3 (09:17):
Yeah, big play Ray.

Speaker 1 (09:21):
What about you, Kevin ?

Speaker 2 (09:24):
I might have to contrast him and say Erlacher.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yes, Erlacher, yeah, Brian Erlacher.
Chicago Bears Go Bears.
All righty If it was up to you.
Chicago Bears, Go Bears.
All right, If it was up to you.
What are your goals in terms ofthe season?
What are you guys hoping toacquire?
What are you hoping to do interms of individual goals?
Now, I know the team has goalsthat the coaches set forth for
you, but what are someindividual goals for you?

Speaker 2 (09:52):
I'll go first.
We actually had a meeting thisweek with the whole team where I
had to introduce myself becausesomething we knew we were doing
, and I told the team that mymain goal this year was to leave
this football team with noregrets.
I want to be able to say thatI've done everything that my
abilities allow me to do withinthe sport, and if that's moving

(10:13):
on to play at another level,then I hope that that is what it
takes me to do.
But I really want to leave withno regrets and be proud of what
I was able to do in those fouryears.

Speaker 3 (10:26):
A goal for me.
I want for a goal.
I would want to be able to knowthat I put in a lot of work and
I didn't do all that fornothing, do all this for nothing

(10:46):
and just sit there and I don'tknow.
I just want to say I hope Idon't want to do this for
nothing.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
All right, I don't know how to say it.
No, you're good.
What you know?
Part of being on a team is thatyou have to have some
collaboration amongst yourteammates.
When you see your teammates notcollaborating or doing what
they're supposed to do, how doyou guys help motivate them?
Being the seniors and being theleaders?

Speaker 2 (11:30):
It kind of depends on who you're talking to on the
team.

Speaker 3 (11:32):
Yeah, so you have to individualize it, right?
Yeah, yeah, like there's somepeople on the team that will
listen to you and take your word, like actually, like take what
you say and they do it, andthere's some people that just
won't, they'll just like allright.

Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yeah, it's like a personality thing.
You have to know Like.
Then you have to like know yourteammates so you know how you
can approach them.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
Pressures of playing football and being a student.
Talk to us a little bit aboutthat.
How do you guys navigate that?

Speaker 2 (12:08):
I'll be honest, I'm pretty poor at that.
Why do you say that I'm in alot of heavy academic classes?
I'm in a lot of heavy academicclasses and so whenever I'm in
season, I don't get as much timeas I need to really focus on

(12:28):
academics, so I have tosacrifice other things in order
to complete what needs to bedone.
So, like main one's sleep.

Speaker 3 (12:37):
I feel like I can manage it a lot and keep it all
balanced.
I really don't feel like it'sthat hard for me because I don't
really have that much of hardclasses.
And yeah, that's really aboutit.

Speaker 1 (12:51):
If I had to ask you how many sacks you want or
you're going to get this season,what would you say?
There's ten games.
Ten regular season games.
How many sacks do you thinkyou're going to get this season?
What would you say?
There's ten games, ten regularseason games.
How many sacks do you thinkyou're going to get?

Speaker 2 (13:01):
Let's see the most I ever got in one game in high
school, I think, is three.
So I can average one and a halfeach game.
What's that?
Fifteen?

Speaker 1 (13:17):
What about you, Jerome?

Speaker 3 (13:19):
I can give out 18, 20 .
Alright.

Speaker 1 (13:24):
We're going to hold you to those numbers.
Any other questions or commentsor anything you want to say to
the listeners out there.

Speaker 3 (13:30):
No sir.

Speaker 1 (13:31):
Nothing Again.
This is Out of the Mouth ofBabes.
A podcast for our youth.
We are giving them the platform, the opportunity.
You guys both want to go awayto college.
So if, right now, if there's acollege coach out there looking,
what would you say to him, orwhy should he take a chance on
you?

Speaker 2 (13:52):
I would say for me.
I feel like I'm the mostdetermined individual on this
planet.
If you give me a task, I'llfind a way to do it.
I don't care if I have to runthrough a brick wall a million
times In order to reach thattask.
I'm going to do it.

Speaker 1 (14:08):
And I'm so happy he got the grass cut today.
That was one of those tasks.

Speaker 3 (14:14):
I feel like well, what was the question?

Speaker 1 (14:16):
again the question was if there's a college coach
out there right now, what wouldyou tell him on why he should?

Speaker 3 (14:23):
take a chance on you.
He should take a chance on mebecause I'm really disciplined
and, like Kevin said, if there'sa task that needs to be done,
I'll get it completed without noword, without no backtalk or
nothing.
I'll just do it.
What I happen to say, aquestion or question about
anything?
Just do it.

Speaker 1 (14:43):
Thank you, gentlemen, for your time.
We're going to have you back onthis show.
I hope you have fun.
Out of the Mouth to Babes apodcast for our youth.
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