Johnny Manziel considers whether he would change anything about college experience

Ahead of last weekend’s clash between the Texas A&M Aggies and Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Johnny Manziel dished on his experiences in College Station.

During an episode of Kirk Herbstreit’s Walks With Ben series, Manziel joined the ESPN analyst with his dog prior to the Aggies’ Week 1 clash, where he answered the hard questions about his time as a superstar at the college level.

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“So when you went through some turbulent times, that’s the part I wonder, if you could change anything, would you change any of it?” Herbstreit asked. “Was that part of you growing up? Was that part of you growing up as a person, not just growing up as an athlete?”

Evidently, Manziel has some regrets, but it all made him the person he is today: “Yeah, I think as, you know, (during) my college football rise, at times, your ego gets the best of you and you maybe think you’re a little bit bigger than the game, and for me, you know, things were so easy and so natural, when I started to hit a little bit of a, you know, where I was doubting my confidence and doubting my abilities as a quarterback a little bit, I think, you know, part of it was just having some adversity, and now dealing with it in the best way as a 24-year-old kid,” the Heisman-winning quarterback said.

“Then, as you grow up and go through life, you learn a lot of things and learn what’s important about life, and I think it is just a process of growing up. … I had a different, you know, life, as well, from the time I stepped foot on campus, and what fame and it all does to you. I think everybody deals with it differently, and mine was the way I handled it. I didn’t always handle it the right way, but I mean, we’re still here today and still doing good things.”

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Manziel’s uneven time with the Aggies set the stage for a flameout in the NFL, as his time with the Cleveland Browns was short-lived. When it comes to advice he would have for any quarterback in his situation looking back on things, Manziel wishes he put in some more effort during his playing days.

“I think you just have to keep the main thing the main thing,” Manziel added. “For me, football was something I didn’t put as much time as I probably should’ve, and you know, to be great at something, you have to put the work into what it is. Looking back, I wish I would’ve worked harder, and I wish I would’ve grinned a little bit more.

“As much work as we did put in here at A&M, I think, for me, you have to take that step, if you want to be on the next level, and you want to be up here, you really have to work accordingly to that.”

Johnny Manziel still had an epic college football career, but he could still be playing the sport to this day if things went a little different during his life after Texas A&M. Regardless, he has a healthy perspective about the sport now, and sharing his story will only help present and future college athletes excel.