Janitorial Redemption

Tommie Campbell blew his chances. Over and over again.

An all-state football player in high school, he received a full scholarship to the University of Pittburgh. Bad behavior and poor grades blew that chance in two years. He enrolled at a smaller college to play football, and again failed to perform in class. Blown chance #2.

Twice failed, Tommie went home, hung out in bars, and landed a job as a janitor at the Pittsburgh aiport for $8 per hour to pay his bar tab. He scrubbed toilets and swept the floors. Until he got fired 6 months later. Blown again.

One mentor still believed in Tommie and arranged for a tryout at yet another small college where the coach agreed to give Tommie Campbell one final chance. Most folks wondered why. Here was a guy with bad habits and a worse attitude.

Maybe it was the work ethic he learned scrubbing toilets all day, or maybe something else clicked   >>>>>   Read Entire Post