Life Is Not Always Beautiful
Show the world your struggles, and it will show you its beauty
The You Flu – Spread It
Infect everyone whom you come into contact with –
with belief, optimism, hope, and love.
Be More Proud Than Disappointed
The world looks magnificent through the lens of gratitude and pride.
There Is No Guarantee Of Success
There is a possibility, heck, maybe even a probability, that you will give everything you have and not get the reward you sought after. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing.
Do Your Everyday’s Every Day
Your life is a sculpture. Chip away, Every day. J.R. Rim Greatness begins when practice ends. It is not what you do during a scheduled practice which makes you great. It is what you do after one that does. Early in his career, an elite wrestler will realize […]
Be Humble or Be Ready To Be Humbled
In the long run, a loss that makes you humble will more beneficial than a win that makes you arrogant.
Walt Whitman Speech 2019
In 2018 the Walt Whitman High School wrestling team lost their coach Vin Altebrando to a rare auto-immune disease. He was 51. Here is a speech I gave at Walt Whitman HS this spring communicating that Wrestling is More Than a Sport It is a Lifestyle. A Lifestyle […]
My Dear, My Love
I wish my eyes were camera’s and my heart was a DVR, so what I am currently witnessing could be forever saved to my soul.
Behind the Bookcase
Imagine, if Anne Frank’s struggle stayed behind her bookcase; and was never revealed to the world.
Whole People
We just couldn’t see it destroyed.
We just had to help rebuild it.
It means that much to us.”
John Passaro 