Detroit Lions Executive Assistant and General Director Brad Holmes, returned to the apple main on Saturday North Carolina A & T State University2025th grade class.
Alumni called to accept the difficulties of life and be proud of Aggie heritage.
Holmes, who played the defense for Aggies and helped the football team for 1999, talked until the title of 1999, the first horizontal and hard-earned wisdom to the Detroit lions to share.
“But you slices it – if you choose which path – it will be difficult – Holmes, graduates,” choose your hardness, “said Greensboron’s fours.
Holmes’ speech, A & T hit a chord with the audience for the unique grit and determination that prescribes graduates. “When people disrespect Aggie’s pride, ‘You went to a horse & t?’ – He hits a nerve in me. A & T is the place where the original is made.
He challenged the new graduates of the new graduates of the graduates and responsibilities of life. “I want you to think about it because the next chapter included in the next chapter,” he said. “What are your attitude? Do you wake up thinking you have to do something or wake me thinking to do something?”
“Always remember: The shortcut can feel good in the short time, but life will reach you,” he said, stressed the importance of consistency, reliability and quality work.
Holmes’ address was a weekend of the celebrations with more than 1,600 major and more than 200 graduates. His words called for the call of both the university’s heritage and the next generation of Aggie leaders.
“A & T is the place where there are real,” Holmes repeated, reflects his voice through a polisine. “Aggies Gritty. You will be dangerous successful. Burns me – because you will come “
