Relentless freshman quarterback Dante Moore is working to make UCLA a national power
LOS ANGELES — Dante Moore saw the family mantra more than he heard it.
His father heading out the door for long days at the Ford plant where he worked as an engineer. Bartending at Detroit Lions and Detroit Tigers games. Mowing lawns as part of another side job. Somehow still finding time to coach youth teams and make every one of Dante's games.
On the move from sunrise to nightfall, and often beyond, Otha Moore Sr. didn't have to say it for his son to feel it.
Hard work is undefeated.
Dante lived that motto himself, the quarterback running extra laps after youth football games while observers laughed. As a high school freshman, he met with a quarterback guru the mornings before games. The next morning, he'd rise early for another workout. His coach told him he had to slow down or he'd wear out his arm.
Doing everything he could to be the best was all the kid knew.
"I told him, 'If you work just like the
