When asked when he knew there was a presence of a higher powerKobe Bryant’s response was, Until you have to pick up that crossThat you can’t carry andHe picks it up for you,And carries you and the cross,Then you know. That’s when I “knew” also.
That there really is a universal plan, a plan that goes unnoticed but for a few seconds, twice a year.
Stillness has become the genesis of small miracles in my life.
So often, nowadays you see guys who are afraid to face the same wrestler multiple times for fear that the other wrestler might “figure them out.” Shame on them if they can be “figured out” so easily.
My life has bounced between the extremes of exhilarating and excruciating – sometimes on the very same day.
I was once told that the type of wrestler I was would be the kind of man I will be.
Never confuse simple and easy.
The age-old question on Long Island has always been,
“How do we retain our homegrown high school wrestling talent to stay and wrestle for a college program on Long Island?”
This picture is how.
There are so many young athletes whose stories would break your heart.
I don’t want my heart to break, I want to help mend theirs.
There is a time when a young team is in the process of developing when they learn a little about themselves that they may not have known prior to a competition.
John Passaro 