Never give up

Last words: "Keep the mind of a weapon, keep the heart of a lion.. Never give up"

Life is what you make it

The Strive Never Stops

You're in control of your destiny and don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

Striving for Excellence

A Champion

What's a champion?

A champion doesn't literally mean winning a championship or winning a trophy or whatever.

A champion can be waking up at 5AM for a jog before school or work.

A champion could be putting extra hours into something they love doing.

A champion will be able to volunteer or donate.

A champion would be going extra hard in the weight room when no one is looking.

It is the small things in life that makes you a champion. The small things that gets you to greatness.

Be a champ... #EXCELLENCE..

21 Roads 9 Countries 1 Bridge

A book composed of 21 amazing college essays about different life changing experiences and I was lucky enough to be apart of it. This essay right here is filled with inspiration and I hope it can put some fire into all of you when you read it. Check out my essay right below  "I Have to Get Up"  .. enjoy.

I Have to Get Up

         After so much hard work, so much planning, I was forced to step back from my goals and especially my desire. I couldn’t bear the thought of not playing baseball, the sport that I deeply love. I could not bear seeing myself sit out games. Being the fierce competitor that I am, it just killed me to know that I was not able to play.           

      I remember putting on my knee brace during my injury, forcing myself to run believing that I would get better in no time if I did. When I tried to run I felt a sharp pain in my knee like a knife was being pierced inside my knee cap. I suddenly fell to the ground. I fell so hard maybe the people around me thought there was an unexpected earthquake here in New York. I just closed my eyes and went on a journey in my mind. It felt like minutes but it was only seconds. I thought of my desires to become a professional baseball player and every negative possibility that could happen if I didn’t get better soon. I saw myself in Yankee Stadium digging up dirt in the batter’s box listening to the many different voices of the crowd, the smell of popcorn, my eyes locked in. I opened my eyes, got up and went home where every step was like torture during an “enhanced interrogation.”

            It seems like mothers have magical powers because they always know when something is wrong. To take me through this trauma, special words played a huge part, golden words which came from the person I love the most in this world, my mother. “Use your head, listen to your heart and in anything you choose as your career you will succeed because you have that light in you.” Words can be strong, and in this case they helped soothe the pain in my knee. Instead of having the feeling of nails being hammered into my knee, these words helped me take my mind off my knee and think of the sound that comes off the bat when you hit the ball solid.

            I’m a believer that everything happens for a reason, but also that what you do determines the outcome of that reason. After weeks of healing I could finally play baseball again, but things didn’t feel the same. I learned that you can’t only stick with plan A because anything can happen. You must have plan B and plan C in the back of your head. During the weeks of pain I learned to cherish time and give it my all. I know that, “you never know what could happen” because you never know. All the knives being stabbed in my knee, the pain, taught me discipline and I stored up my eagerness and fire, not only to play baseball but open the other doors of possibility that I had once closed. The pain and time made me think of all the great things I can do other than baseball. Patience taught me in this life there are options we all can choose from as long as we are willing to take actions. All these thoughts were influenced by my mother’s words spoken from wisdom which were silver to my ears and over time through my injury became golden in my heart. Sometimes you need setbacks to help you realize and learn. It’s like sharpening your sword and making sure you have the best armor to take on these everyday battles we have in life. One of the biggest battles in this young life I have lived so far was my knee and I know there’s a lot more. This was just preparation for more to come.

            Life was making me go through enhanced interrogation, strapped on to a chair, nowhere to go just to endure the pain and not let up. I felt like I was being interrogated or more like forced to tell life I would give up on my goals and dreams. That did not happen, will not happen.

Carpe Diem

As we get older the world gets colder,
seems like more weight gets carried onto our shoulders.
But we stay in our zone, cause we know
as long as there's a new day, there's still hope.                    #EXCELLENCE

What is life without a hustle?

Long Live The Strive

One life, one opportunity...

time chases us,
it tick tocks
i hear it as it mocks us
there's barely time to take a glance
at everything that comes,
not even a chance
to see it go.
viewing everyday like it could my last
That's the strive looking on today and not the past.

Motivation, Dedication.. 

             

MOTIVATION

Striving for the life neither of my parents had the chance to go for.

Give doses of motivation to those who feel like there's no one & no hope..

..when there is..