Where did this vision come from?
My vision came from back when I played football
and back in Silver Spring,
I grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland,
and I was fortunate enough to be dedicated
for two football programs, two football organizations
that became nationally known organizations.
For me, as you just experienced,
my name could be fairly difficult to pronounce.
It's Aswan Crookshank,
and the game of football is where I got my acceptance.
The game of football is where I was able to,
didn't matter how different I actually was.
The game of football is where I was able to,
it just didn't matter if you were different.
Only thing that matters was were you willing to work hard.
And the vision came from a dedication
to these two organizations that I was a part of
that again became nationally known
and have a championship level expectation about them.
And knowing what it took to build these programs,
to be a part of building these programs from scratch
is what built my vision to know
that team work actually does work.
One of the titles to my keynotes is Team Works,
because I've seen it work and I've seen it create
just incredible, incredible things for people.
What are your thoughts on the team work?