03-18-2018, 01:15 PM
New Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has had a way of proving doubters wrongStubborn or just plain driven, Kirk Cousins doesn't like to take no for an answer“One of the other things I liked about him is that he was a guy that always had to prove himself,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said. “He bet on himself several times and won, and those things are really important to me. He’s always played with a chip on his shoulder.”
A betting man
Before Cousins signed a record-setting, guaranteed $84 million contract with the Vikings on Thursday morning, he received a text message from an old friend and mentor.
“Hey, enjoy the day,” the message read. “This is what you’ve been working for.”
Mike Ott would know. Cousins’ former Holland Christian baseball coach, and the current Kalamazoo College coach, recalled the time he approached Cousins about pursuing college baseball. Cousins, then a junior gap hitter practicing in the batting cages, made it a quick conversation.
“He looked at me and said, ‘Nope,’ ” Ott said. “ ‘I want to play Division I football, and that’s what I’m going to go after.’ He’s been pretty locked in to this goal the entire time I’ve known him. So it’s not really crazy it’s actually coming true.”
http://www.startribune.com/new-vikings-q...477188163/
A betting man
Before Cousins signed a record-setting, guaranteed $84 million contract with the Vikings on Thursday morning, he received a text message from an old friend and mentor.
“Hey, enjoy the day,” the message read. “This is what you’ve been working for.”
Mike Ott would know. Cousins’ former Holland Christian baseball coach, and the current Kalamazoo College coach, recalled the time he approached Cousins about pursuing college baseball. Cousins, then a junior gap hitter practicing in the batting cages, made it a quick conversation.
“He looked at me and said, ‘Nope,’ ” Ott said. “ ‘I want to play Division I football, and that’s what I’m going to go after.’ He’s been pretty locked in to this goal the entire time I’ve known him. So it’s not really crazy it’s actually coming true.”
http://www.startribune.com/new-vikings-q...477188163/