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Get pumped up by this high school football player's inspirational postgame speech

You don't need more coffee. Put down that smoothie. If you're dragging a little bit this morning, just give a listen to Texas high school football standout Apollos Hester. Hester turned a standard postgame interview following a 42-41 win by his East View High School team on Friday night into an impromptu motivational speaking seminar. "Sometimes in life you're gonna start slow. That's OK,'' Heste

You don't need more coffee. Put down that smoothie. If you're dragging a little bit this morning, just give a listen to Texas high school football standout Apollos Hester. 

Hester turned a standard postgame interview following a 42-41 win by his East View High School team on Friday night into an impromptu motivational speaking seminar. "Sometimes in life you're gonna start slow. That's OK,'' Hester exclaimed. "We told ourselves, 'Hey, we're gonna start slow, we're gonna keep going fast. We're gonna start slow, but we're always, always gonna finish fast!'"

Sit back, enjoy! Click here to see the full speech.

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