A mentor is always an important part of football and growing as a player. Everyone has someone to look up to but not always do they actually get to work alongside their mentor in order to get better. As Jason Garciaparra was working toward the DSFL draft while at Georgia Tech, a former NSFL player came back to start up a strength and conditioning school to prepare athletes for the draft. The Armored Kings Gym, ran by none other than Armor King, was originally just a place that Jason would go to in order to work out to a specific routine, but became something so much more. During a workout, Armor King approached Jason and recognized his great skill as a person and decided to train up the young athlete himself. Tools of the trade and how to handle not being as successful as you hope were important lessons that Armor King gave to Jason Garciaparra since he did not want him to suffer the same fate that he did back in Colorado. It was an important lesson to be taught after the strong role that Jason played for the Yellow Jackets now that he would be joining all of the other great players in the league. Through that work, Jason was able to keep a mentor that he still keeps up with to this day.
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