After an evening of celebrating Georgia’s nationwide championship, Stetson Bennett by some means made it via Tuesday’s interview with ABC’s Good Morning America—type of.
The 23-year-old Georgia quarterback appeared on the verge of dozing off whereas being interviewed by hosts Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan. When Strahan requested how a lot sleep he acquired, Bennett’s supply made it clear he did not sleep a lot.
“A couple of hours,” Bennett mentioned, chuckling. “Not many. Been questioning about…Yeah, no, not many.”
Nobody will blame Bennett for pulling an all-nighter contemplating his path to Monday’s nationwide championship. The quarterback started his profession in Athens as a walk-on in 2017 earlier than transferring to a junior school. After Justin Fields left Georgia for Ohio State, Bennett returned in 2019 on scholarship.
Bennett then began every of the final two seasons as a backup, earlier than main the Bulldogs to a 33–18 win over Alabama for Georgia’s first nationwide title since 1980. When requested what he realized concerning the journey on GMA, Bennett gave the impression to be an enormous fan of 1 phrase: “guess on your self.”
“I feel I at all times had a reasonably fixed view about myself,” he mentioned. “I feel I realized that life’s laborious. You gotta work for what you need. You gotta guess on your self similar to all you guys, similar to Michael [Strahan] and everyone right here, everyone who’s ever been profitable.
“You gotta guess on your self. And different individuals may put in some change on the chances, however that by no means actually issues. You gotta work laborious, love the individuals round you—they gotta love you. And guess on your self.”
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