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Gainesville High students motivated in kickoff of summer leadership program
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More than 100 students took part in Sunday’s opening ceremony for this year’s edition of Generation Inspiration, a program that helps Gainesville High students with life skills, volunteer experience and opportunities to learn about the area’s history and economy.
Deshaun Watson’s extraordinary rise from Gainesville High School to first-round NFL pick of the Houston Texans became a motivational tool Sunday afternoon for 100-plus students at his former campus. “You say … I’m not a great quarterback, I don’t have that talent,” Gainesville Police Deputy Chief Jay Parrish said. “What I promise you is that you have a million-dollar talent.