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Tyreek Hill learning life lessons through Deion Sanders' coaching

Coach Prime encouraging the new generation of NFL stars
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Tyreek Hill learning life lessons through Deion Sanders' coaching
Tyreek Hill learning life lessons through Deion Sanders' coaching

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Tyreek Hill is one of the fastest humans in the world. But even the self-described "Cheetah" needs to slow down every once in a while. He recently welcomed Carolina Panthers star Brian Burns for a sit down on his 'It Needed To Be Said' podcast.

The two Pro Bowlers chopped it up with several topics put out on the table, including the coaching style of Deion Sanders. Hill went into detail about how watching Coach Prime work has inspired him to be a better father and husband. He also talked about the similarities with him and Sanders, both having five kids.

"I follow Deion Sanders a lot," Hill said. "Because of the way he coaches football. Not only is he a Hall of Fame football player, but the way he is with his kids. The way he is with (Shilo and Shedeur). I've got two sons too who're really good at football and I want to be a coach. So, I watch everything that Deion does."

Hill believes in Sanders' leadership qualities and has taken a page from his playbook of life. Cheetah noted how Prime's influence from afar has guided him toward the coaching realm once his NFL career is over. However, Sanders' journey to this point wasn't a conventional route, but neither has the one for Hill.

"I was watching (Deion) talk to his coaches, and he said the same thing. He said, "Wherever your feet are, that's where your head is." I don't want you to take your football problems home to your wife."

Back in 2020, the NFL on FOX tweeted out a graphic featuring Prime vs. Cheetah and asking followers to chime in on who would come out on top. It sparked a hilarious response between the two.

Hill responded with "Try me." Deion wasn't going to take it.

"Lololol. You know my clip is loaded and I normally don’t have the address of the high road but this time I do," Prime wrote. 

Hill enters his second year with the Miami Dolphins after signing a four-year, $120 million extension. The former track star spent his first six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, earning a ring in Super Bowl LIV. 

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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