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talks about how he offered to quit to take care of his sister and her kids, when he is brother-in-law was killed in Iraq serving in military
Williams once had other plans
The biggest surprise concerning Williams? The defensive end's dream day nearly didn't happen.
Williams pledged to quit football three years ago in order to provide for his sister, her young son and unborn baby after Sgt. Nicholas Hodson, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade was killed in a Humvee accident during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 22, 2003.
It turns out Williams is in the best possible position to fulfill his promise after signing his new contract because his sister urged him to fulfill his football promise.
"The war started on the 19th and Nick died on the 22nd near Nasiriyah," Michelon Hodson says.
"After Nick passed, as soon as they told Mario at college, he came to my grandmother's house where I was five months' pregnant and my oldest son was 15 months.
"Mario touched my hand and said, 'Missy, I'll give it all up. I'll quit football and I'll work at McDonald's. He said, 'I'll take care of Marius and your baby.'
Hodson, 26, fought back tears as she spoke.
"I said, 'Mario, if you want to do something for me, then you go and be the best you can be and you make that big money and you will take care of us,' she says. "He was willing to give up his dream for something I needed."
What you do speaks volumes over the hyperbole of a sportswriters
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/texans/2006-04-30-williams-pledge_x.htm
Williams once had other plans
The biggest surprise concerning Williams? The defensive end's dream day nearly didn't happen.
Williams pledged to quit football three years ago in order to provide for his sister, her young son and unborn baby after Sgt. Nicholas Hodson, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade was killed in a Humvee accident during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 22, 2003.
It turns out Williams is in the best possible position to fulfill his promise after signing his new contract because his sister urged him to fulfill his football promise.
"The war started on the 19th and Nick died on the 22nd near Nasiriyah," Michelon Hodson says.
"After Nick passed, as soon as they told Mario at college, he came to my grandmother's house where I was five months' pregnant and my oldest son was 15 months.
"Mario touched my hand and said, 'Missy, I'll give it all up. I'll quit football and I'll work at McDonald's. He said, 'I'll take care of Marius and your baby.'
Hodson, 26, fought back tears as she spoke.
"I said, 'Mario, if you want to do something for me, then you go and be the best you can be and you make that big money and you will take care of us,' she says. "He was willing to give up his dream for something I needed."
What you do speaks volumes over the hyperbole of a sportswriters
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/texans/2006-04-30-williams-pledge_x.htm