There are two things you can't coach. It's size and speed. Actually, there's three things -- size, speed and heart. Cruz has all three.
Sometimes it was hard to get him to focus on what was going on on the field because of the things going on in his life. But we got him to understand that just because you've been dealt a bad hand in life, you don't have to lose. You may be dealt bad cards, but the next card dealt may make your cards the best hand.
We hung around and kept battling, but you've got to give New Smyrna Beach credit.
People forget sometimes that he's a kid, because he's so big. It's different, though, because at school he's a kid but then he has to go home and take care of himself like an adult.
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