WEBVTT 00:00.008 --> 00:02.425 (slow music) 00:03.696 --> 00:05.946 (cheering) 00:05.961 --> 00:08.354 - What you do does not define who you are. 00:08.354 --> 00:10.771 (slow music) 00:11.094 --> 00:13.344 (cheering) 00:13.752 --> 00:15.246 It doesn't matter what you do, 00:15.246 --> 00:17.292 as long as you're that individual of 00:17.292 --> 00:19.875 character, of honor, integrity. 00:20.499 --> 00:21.824 My name is Chad Hennings. 00:21.824 --> 00:23.859 Three time Super Bowl champion, 00:23.859 --> 00:26.227 principle at Rubicon Representation, 00:26.227 --> 00:28.894 and former Air Force A-10 pilot. 00:30.165 --> 00:32.312 Yeah, I attended the United States Air Force Academy 00:32.312 --> 00:35.986 from '84-88, very fortunate to play football there. 00:35.986 --> 00:38.327 Was an academic all-American, as well as 00:38.327 --> 00:40.667 unanimous all-American, won the Outland Trophy. 00:40.667 --> 00:44.386 ^Was then drafted by the Cowboys, but then fulfilled 00:44.386 --> 00:46.287 ^my commitment, went through pilot training at 00:46.287 --> 00:47.543 ^Shepherd Air Force Base. 00:47.543 --> 00:50.696 Received the assignment to fly the A-10, from there went 00:50.696 --> 00:54.863 through Lead-in Fighter Training at Holloman Air Force Base. 00:55.969 --> 00:58.896 You know for me the biggest challenge initially 00:58.896 --> 01:02.479 was having been drafted prior to graduating 01:02.602 --> 01:06.019 from the Air Force Academy I had a desire 01:06.589 --> 01:10.756 to want to see if I had the right stuff to play in the NFL. 01:11.908 --> 01:16.075 I knew, up here, that I needed to fulfill my commitment, 01:16.136 --> 01:18.733 but in here I wanted to play in the NFL. 01:18.733 --> 01:21.650 (slow piano music) 01:22.217 --> 01:24.360 We would have flyovers, you know four-ship of F-16's, 01:24.360 --> 01:27.336 whatever it take, fly overhead and everybody 01:27.336 --> 01:28.680 would look at me and think, 01:28.680 --> 01:31.336 "Hey, there's my little fly boy man, what's he thinkin'?" 01:31.336 --> 01:35.017 Particularly in that first Super Bowl, you know nine months 01:35.017 --> 01:37.136 prior to playing in that Super Bowl I was 01:37.136 --> 01:39.421 flying missions into northern Iraq. 01:39.421 --> 01:41.671 That to me was like, "Wow." 01:41.708 --> 01:43.266 That's where it kind went 01:43.266 --> 01:44.932 (explosion hand gesture) 01:44.932 --> 01:47.004 Life happens, can happen, at a pretty fast pace, 01:47.004 --> 01:49.649 so, strap it in and be ready to go. 01:49.649 --> 01:51.543 (cheering) 01:51.543 --> 01:52.543 - We did it! 01:53.093 --> 01:53.926 We did it! 01:53.926 --> 01:54.759 Yeah! 01:54.960 --> 01:57.558 And believe it or not I received the polite 01:57.558 --> 01:58.958 reception of a golf clap. 01:58.958 --> 02:00.413 (laughing) 02:00.413 --> 02:02.665 Because you know why, they can't move entry. 02:02.665 --> 02:04.274 Even cowboy haters can't do it, right? 02:04.274 --> 02:05.453 (laughter) 02:05.453 --> 02:08.451 I've authored three books, I do a lot of public speaking, 02:08.451 --> 02:11.784 both motivational speaking on character, 02:12.464 --> 02:13.631 on leadership. 02:13.797 --> 02:17.964 It's not a destination, it's a journey, it's a process. 02:19.609 --> 02:21.410 Now I have a commercial real estate company 02:21.410 --> 02:24.290 called Rubicon Representation where we, all of our 02:24.290 --> 02:26.701 service offerings are geared around the user, 02:26.701 --> 02:30.868 from tenant representation to developing buildings. 02:33.756 --> 02:36.957 It's not just about your aspiration, goals in the workforce, 02:36.957 --> 02:39.727 but it's truly who you are in pursuit of those goals 02:39.727 --> 02:41.057 and those aspirations. 02:41.057 --> 02:43.752 Even though it's easy to say, but emotionally 02:43.752 --> 02:45.476 I had to wrestle through all that stuff 02:45.476 --> 02:46.890 when I was going through pilot training and it 02:46.890 --> 02:49.902 was difficult, so for me, once I got through that 02:49.902 --> 02:53.069 and owned to be the man that I choose, 02:54.159 --> 02:57.169 that I wanted to be, that I chose to be, 02:57.169 --> 03:00.261 where my actions dictated as much as my words, 03:00.261 --> 03:04.428 that's where I think I learned the greatest lesson. 03:05.026 --> 03:07.859 (low piano music)