So today we had a motivational speaker at our school for an assembly. His name was Demoine “Demo” Adams. He talked about not being a follower and being a leader. He told us about his hardships and also told us how he overcame them. Also, to keep going and never give up.
-Ian Hahn
He told us how to be a good leader and to never give up. He told us not to be a follower but to be leaders. Do not lead in the bad things; lead in the good stuff as a leader. He also told us he had trouble in school and kids made fun of him, but he never gave up on trying to learn how to do things like that. He played for Nebraska in college. He played for a Canadian league before going to the NFL. He played for Green Bay, Tennessee Titans, and San Francisco 49ers. He took his ACT score 8 times and never gave up trying to improve it.
-Jaxon Agler
Demoine Adams, a former Nebraska Husker football player, also a motivational speaker, came to our school today to give us a pep talk. He spoke to us about putting in the work to get the outcome you want. He told us about his life and hardships to help us understand that people that you may not think are cool or people you don’t like still deserve respect because you never know what they are capable of. As a kid, he wasn’t the greatest in school; he stuttered and even had problems with bullies picking on him. That didn’t stop him, though; his teachers pushed him to be the best version of himself, and he put forth the effort, and then he became successful. He pushed us to want to be the same, to want to be leaders and be the best versions of ourselves. He may not have been the smartest, but that is ok, you don’t have to be the smartest or the fastest or the best athlete, it is about the effort you put into your goal.
-Holden Johnson
When Demoine Adams came to give a pep talk at our school, I felt motivated to always push and get my homework done and keep on going, even though you are struggling. The thing I have a hard time with is keeping my homework load simple, but since I was sick and missed a day, I have to take responsibility over that and get it done. So most of the speech motivated me and made me have an urge to get things done and be a good student athlete and student. So tonight I’m going to get all of my work from Monday done and turned in, and always try my best in everything, and always give 100%. Even though I am not that smart yet I still try my hardest in anything I am not good at or anything like that. So this was also a reminder that I got this, and I need to stay strong and just get things done with 100% effort.
-Angel Morgan
This morning, Demoine Adams came to Hay Springs, NE, who played college football with the Huskers, played in Canada for one and a half years, and ended his football career with three pro USA teams. Demoine talked about how to be a leader and how we win games. He helped realize that my biggest enemy was myself and always will be. Not only did he help me learn that but he also helped me learn to never quit. Never quitting is very important, not only in sports but in school. Demoine used to always get bullied for beginning differently, but being different made him who he is today. For example, not going to parties instead he went to lift. With learning not to quit, it really made me think about how in the future it will get better in time. Just because something happened the way he wanted, he never quit. like he said,” In my SATs I got tackled but I never quit!” He also kept going and never quit.
-Leighton Haller
What I liked about his speech was that he talked about how its ok to struggle a little. You should stand up to people who are being jerks to others. He talked about how we need to give 100% not 50% and be committed to school/sports and do your best. He also played for multiple football teams. He told us that he had to take the ACT test about 7 or 8 times because he didn’t get a 100% the first time he took it.
-Halyee Daringer
Demoine Adams is from Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a defensive end; he played for the Packers, Titans, and the 49ers. He is a motivational speaker, and he wants to motivate young kids to work for what they want and to never give up if they fail. He took the SAT eight times before he passed and could go to college. That taught me that you should never give up, even when it’s hard and there isn’t a me in team, but there is an I in win.
-Kiley Tausan
Demoine Adam is a motivational speaker, and he motivated middle and high school students to do their best in everything that they do and to be a leader. Demoine Adams used to play in the NFL as a defensive lineman and outside defense on the Huskers, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, San Francisco 49ers, and a Canadian team. Something I learned from him is that it doesn’t matter what type of person you are, you just have to believe in yourself so you can do the best you can in school, sports, and everything else. I also learned that if you do your best in school you can be successful in many things because Demoine Adams did his ACS 8 times before he could join the NFL.
-Andrew Bonsall
I learned about how kids bullied him and how he had to go to a special class and work, and how his teachers helped him. How he played for the Huskers and his life story growing up as a kid, he was made fun of . He played for the Packers then the 49ers. He told us to respect our teachers and then he talked about how we needed to tell the teacher if there are any problems and he was very inspiring.
-Rylee Briggs
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