Undoubtedly one of the hardest parts of Johnny Jolly's prison sentence was trying to find a way to stay in shape. Jolly struggled at first to find the motivation to keep his physic and motivation in tip-top shape — after all, what are the chances he'd even be welcomed back to the NFL when his time was up? Thankfully, his fellow inmates had his back and pushed him to keep up with a routine.
"From Day One, they (provided) motivation," Jolly told USA Today upon his release in 2013. "They were like, 'Man, you don't belong here. Get back out of here and go to the field. Get yourself together.'" Jolly added that other inmates would join him for workouts which helped keep him focused on his end goal of rejoining the league. "(They'd say), 'Don't get in no trouble while you're in here. Just do what you're supposed to do, and everything will work out for you.'" After just six months, Jolly was released from prison but given a "shock" probation of 10 years — something reserved for people deemed not emotionally equipped to deal with prison.
All the while, all Jolly wanted was to rejoin the packers. He was a free man, but by then, he hadn't played football in three years, and it seemed impossible. Even though he'd done the work to stay in football shape in terms of getting reinstated, the hard work was just getting started.
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