Goods Hopes to Use Degree, Experience to Help Others

By Charleston Southern on April 14, 2010 - 8:32 am in Serving / no comments

Quinton Goods, who will graduate in May with a degree in social science, plans to use his years of basketball experience as a way to help others upon the completion of his playing career. Specifically, Goods will use basketball as a means to teach and work with youth who are less fortunate than himself.

“I definitely want to use my degree when I’m done with basketball,” says Goods. “I want to teach and work with youth in some capacity. That’s my passion in life.”

Goods says his fondness for youth work comes from his mother, Martha. “She raised me to love others and to give back as much as possible,” Goods says of his mother. “My older brother also took care of me when I was a kid and showed me the importance of giving back. Now I feel like I can do the same for others.”

Goods saw the positive impact he could have on young people when he worked during the summer at CSU Head Coach Barclay Radebaugh’s basketball camps. “Working at those camps was a great way to spend time with kids,” Goods says of his summer experience. “I was like a magnet for those kids, and they really took a liking to me. It showed me that I can have a positive impact on kids.

“I had a passion for youth work before I came to CSU, but being here has definitely helped me,” says Goods. “Being around other Christians everyday and hearing from the Word has really benefitted me and made my commitment to pursuing youth work even stronger.”

Whether he ends up as a teacher, a youth counselor or some combination of the two, there’s no doubt that Quinton Goods will make a positive impact of the generation of tomorrow. “I feel like God has given me a passion for basketball so that I can reach kids for His glory,” Goods says of his life’s calling.

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