Before Eric Hyman left his post as athletics director at the University of South Carolina to take the same position at Texas A&M, he sat down with The State newspaper’s sports columnist Ron Morris for a question-and-answer session.
In reflecting on your seven years at USC, what would you say was your single biggest accomplishment?
I don’t necessarily think it is something I have done, but I think the accomplishment that I think has taken place in the athletic department is that people really believe success can be obtained now. If you think you can, you can. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome here was the confidence people have, and I’m talking about student-athletes, coaches and Gamecock nation. I almost sense when we would go to a competition, people would wring their hands and say, “What are we going to do to keep from losing?” I’ve just been a big believer that if you think you can, you can. It’s 70 percent of the battle. I think our student-athletes today, our coaches today and Gamecock nation today feel that when we step out into the field of competition that we’ve got a great chance of being successful. It’s a matter of believing in yourself. Athletes, coaches, across the board, believe we can be successful, and that has shown up with the results.
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In reflecting on your seven years at USC, what would you say was your single biggest accomplishment?
I don’t necessarily think it is something I have done, but I think the accomplishment that I think has taken place in the athletic department is that people really believe success can be obtained now. If you think you can, you can. One of the biggest obstacles to overcome here was the confidence people have, and I’m talking about student-athletes, coaches and Gamecock nation. I almost sense when we would go to a competition, people would wring their hands and say, “What are we going to do to keep from losing?” I’ve just been a big believer that if you think you can, you can. It’s 70 percent of the battle. I think our student-athletes today, our coaches today and Gamecock nation today feel that when we step out into the field of competition that we’ve got a great chance of being successful. It’s a matter of believing in yourself. Athletes, coaches, across the board, believe we can be successful, and that has shown up with the results.
Read more here: http://www.thestate....y#storylink=cpy
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