Mariah

"I had no idea you could work in sports."

"It's rare that any role within the sports industry, you just do one job."

"So I only work Monday through Thursday. So that means that like my utilization of those four days needs to be on point."

"So I always try to be one step ahead of everybody else, but I only do that by listening and being able to communicate with everybody."

"It's like the puzzle of how it's all gonna fit together."

"I'm completely outta my own comfort zone right now."

"Like, it might be the smallest part of their story, but knowing them as people and seeing them, um, you know, grow is, is the best part."

"You have to have a passion for sports. Everything you do is around the game."

"It's a huge trust component and that might be different than other industries, but you really have to let the person trust you before the work follows."

"look for those coordinator roles. 'cause those are entry level, um, and you're gonna learn a lot."

"you learn something from [every person you've worked with, and] like people on your team all have different perspectives, all have different ideas."

"I said yes to everything. Any job within sports, anything."

"Knowing that my passion was in football and in sport, I knew right from the get-go, men play football, men coach football."