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As usual, John redirected the conversation back toward me. “Remind me why you chose Saint John’s.”

I told him how I had it narrowed down to Saint John’s and Trinity Christian, a college in the suburbs of Chicago. Trinity’s football coach at the time was Leslie Frazier, a defensive back on the legendary 1985–86 Chicago Bears team. When Coach Frazier called my home one evening to offer me an athletic scholarship, my dad suggested that we check out the school.

I remember that when I arrived on campus, I was separated from my dad and escorted to a player’s room. Although I was told that the player would soon arrive, he didn’t show up for nearly an hour, during which time I simply stood in his room. After a mildly entertaining evening hanging out with other football players at the student commons, I mentioned that I should get some sleep because I had an early meeting with Coach Frazier. My host began to walk me back to the dorm room. Then he stopped, handed me the room key, pointed in the general direction of the room, and said, “You know how to find it, don’t you?” Too shocked and timid to be truthful, I nodded and eventually found my way back to his room.