At the end of the 2013 season, I remember watching 15-0 North Dakota State win their third straight FCS title. An ESPN reporter got to Head Coach Craig Bohl in the end zone for the post-game interview. At the end of the interview I heard coach Bohl say, “We pursue perfection and along the way we touch excellence”. It takes an incredible attitude to push for something so unattainable that it can never be reached and then ultimately settle for the by- product. Excellence is coach Bohl’s by-product? That’s an amazing mindset. Pushing for growth by pursuing the untouchable, he is driving his players to learn through effort. The process of pursuing perfection will become the flavor of excellence we taste on our tongues. Stay hungry for perfection and we will dine on excellence. Of course we all know that NDSU won a lot of
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