A former teacher of NFL star Julian Edelman has apologised 11 years after telling him to be “realistic” about his life goals.
The New England Patriots wide receiver posted a photo of the apology letter to his Twitter account on Tuesday with a caption that read: “Set your goals high.
set your goals high. do whatever it takes to achieve them. #motivation pic.twitter.com/1eoaG2yp9w
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) July 18, 2017
“Do whatever it takes to achieve them #motivation”.
The letter, dated June 14, said:
“Dear Jules,
“I’m not sure you’ll remember me: I was your teacher for your English 100 class at CSM in the spring of 2006.
“I’ve been wanting to write to you for, oh, what seems like a thousand years, to apologise for a flippant comment I made to you that semester.
“You may not even remember it, but I’ve felt bad about it for years. You had made some comment about “going to the league,” and I said something about setting realistic goals, about how few people successfully enter the ranks of the professional athlete, blah, blah, blah, blah.
“I think it was early in the semester, before I knew you, but how I could ever have doubted your tenacity and grit is beyond me! Again, I doubt you’ve even thought about it twice, but even so, I am sorry for wedging my foot so firmly in my mouth that day.”
