LaVell Edwards, Guest Speaker at the 2008 USCAA Cross Country National Championship Banquet

Buena Vista, VA.- The 2008 Cross Country Championship banquet was graced with the presence of LaVell Edward, former BYU football coach and a member of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame.

Edwards, the sixth all-time winningest coach in college football history with 257 victories, shared reasons he enjoys athletics and what can be learned from competing. He noted that athletics gives a person the opportunity to conquer one's self, to learn discipline and to truly believe in your abilities.

Other counsel Edwards offered was that limitations only exist in peoples' minds. He added that while coaching he had several quarterbacks earn All-America honors and that often they were not even the most physically gifted quarterback on the roster. Edwards said that those quarterbacks maximized the tools, talents and gifts they had been given.

Edwards noted that by applying the principles learned through athletics of discipline and maximizing the talents one has can help athletes find success in all facets of life.

Article by Kyle Chilton, SVU Sports Information