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Jeff Rice:<\/p>\n

One of Talor Battle\u2019s favorite commercials is the spot Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow did for an energy drink a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said I couldn\u2019t win a Heisman,\u201d Tebow\u2019s voice says, cutting through montages of the player wearing thick metal chains around his neck or flipping a giant tractor tire. \u201cThey said I couldn\u2019t win a national championship. \u2026 They said I couldn\u2019t play in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tebow, who went on to do all of those things, concludes the segment by saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cAppreciate it.\u201d Then a message flashes across the screen: Find your fuel.<\/p>\n

Battle ate it up. And though the message was one he had already carried with him through most of his young life, he needed a reminder of it last spring, when the Portland Trail Blazers told him after his only workout for a pro team that it was in his best interest to return to Penn State for his final season, and that his NBA prospects weren\u2019t great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used what they said to me as fuel, and that\u2019s the way I go about my whole life,\u201d Battle says. \u201cWhen people say, \u2018You can\u2019t do this\u2019 or \u2018You can\u2019t do that,\u2019 it makes me want to show people that I actually can.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Fueling his fire: Battle hopes to play in NCAA tourney game – Sports | Centre Daily Times – State College, PA | Penn State, Nittany Lions, weather, news, jobs, homes, apartments, real estate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeff Rice: One of Talor Battle\u2019s favorite commercials is the spot Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow did for an energy drink a couple of months ago. \u201cThey said I couldn\u2019t win a Heisman,\u201d Tebow\u2019s voice says, cutting through montages of the player wearing thick metal chains around his neck or flipping a giant tractor tire. … <\/p>\n

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