When Circumstances Suddenly Change

When you’re winning, everything seems to go right.
When everything goes wrong, you fight.

Life on Earth

Maybe there are people on this earth who are undercover.
People who have been sent by a higher power.
People whose lives intertwine with ours for a brief time.
People who are sent into our lives at the exact moment we need them.

Small but Powerful

What most people dismiss as too little to matter is often exactly what adds up to make someone impossible to ignore.

Today is my Birthday, but it is not the Day I Became Alive

Although I would do anything to change the circumstances that made me a member, I would never renounce my membership.

Life Is Not Always Beautiful

We live in a world where people put their best foot forward.
Where, from the outside looking in, everyone’s life seems perfect.

Why Do You Wrestle?

To me, the word “handicap” is a word that describes what one “can’t do.”
That doesn’t describe Nishan.
Nishan is doing.
The word “gift” is a word that describes something of value you give to others.
And without knowing it, Nishan is giving us all a gift.
I believe Nishan’s gift is inspiration.

The Greatest Day of Your Life

Whatever day that may be in your life, will you know it at the time?

The Last Mile

The last mile takes longer than all the other miles added together.

Applause Can’t Be Your Motivator

If applause is what drives you, silence will break you.

I Fight Every Day – Official Release

This short book is for anyone still fighting—on the mat or in life.

I Fight Every Day

Fighting no matter the score is paramount to a competitor.

Check In on Your Athlete’s Mental State

Today, ask your wrestler how they are doing mentally, no matter how great they seem they be doing physically. Sometimes, superhuman athletes are far superior at being athletes than they are at being humans.

Change One Word and Change Your Life.

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Trinidad Chambliss: From 0 Star Recruit to Ole Miss Star

The Eyes Don’t Lie.

I Don’t Care What the Rankings Say, You’re Not #1 Until You Become the Best.

Is your goal to be ranked #1 or to be the best?

The 2nd Best Time to Lose

The best time to lose is never.
The second best time to lose is…

Finding Belief Through Adversity: Insights from Ernie Johnson

A little more than a month ago life had finally kicked my ass.

Put an Arm Around Them and Coax Them Back.

If you see someone who has gone off course, put your arm around them and coax them back.

My Vision

Here is my vision for my life and for this blog

A Letter to My Ten-Year-Younger Self

Every life has a “Before and After” line in it, where your life has been one thing up until you reach a specific event and it suddenly then becomes something totally different.
You are approaching your line today,

Be the Fruit

Every block of stone has a statue inside it.
It is the task of the sculptor to discover it – Michelangelo