'“He was a phenom all through his Pop Warner days. I knew him; I just didn’t have a rapport with him. And then coming into high school, he came to John Muir (High School) which wad the same school I went to and the school I was coaching at. And then from there, we just clicked. I’ve had him since he was a baby and I saw crazy potential in him. After his freshman season, I brought him up to varsity. Going into his sophomore year, that sophomore summer, I put him in varsity league passing tournaments and he was shining. He could run with anybody.”