Texas high school football player personifies passion in video gone viral

Watch this video from Time Warner Cable News in Austin, Texas, and then ask yourself this question: If you were a football coach anywhere from Pop Warner to high school to college, would you show this interview to your team? If not, why not?

His name is Apollos Hester. He plays wide receiver and outside linebacker for East View High in Georgetown, Texas. The interview took place after East View defeated Vandergrift, 42-41.

Hester doesn’t have any stars next to his name on his Rivals.com profile, but the guess here is he will inspire football players across America to play football harder and enjoy life more. In a world with too much focus on negativity, Apollos Hester practically jumps out of your computer telling everybody watching that everything’s going to be OK.

With one interview, Apollos Hester has transformed from anonymous high school football player to inspirational superhero.