Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis with the front office of the New Orleans Saints Organization. He was an enthusiastic speaker particularly working with kids. His big personal goal is for what he is able to do with keeping children on the straight and narrow.

He wants to motivate them to be positive productive citizens. Teaching them to do the right thing and stay out of trouble. He shows them there is a better way than the way of drugs or crime.

He did not play college football, but went on to set records as a running back with the New Orleans Saints. He still holds Saints and NFL records to date. It was not easy to be a walk on with an NFL team. Michael had to work hard and gave up a lot to make his dream a reality. He quit his job as a beer truck driver to play indoor football. It was a big commitment in time, effort and money, or the lack of money. His dream was bigger and his commitment to his goal greater than anything else.  After he proved himself as an asset to the Saints, he had gained the nickname as “The Beerman”. Which he did not realize that until he heard an announcer call him The Beerman on the TV. He said ”Wait, that is me, who is he talking about”. Which got a chuckle from the club.

He feels that the story he has to tell is for the kids to have a dream or a goal regardless of how unlikely the goal seems to be.