Breakfast Club

I wasn't drafted coming out of the U of I in 2005, I barley got a scholarship to a D1 school coming out of high school, and I have never been the "star" player on any team that I ever played on. With that said grinding to be on top is not hard for me, its been a part of my life. When ones back has been against the wall for his whole playing career a chip the size of the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas tends to form.  The fact that I tend to get overlooked or get the short end of the stick in my career does not take place of the hunger I have in my belly to be the best fullback ever. I didn't grind this far to just be on the team or just be a "guy". No, to me that's dying because I'm settling, and I refuse to settle or get comfortable. The G.O.A.T. at my positions is what I wanna be and although its not a easy or short term task it is achievable. That's why I Put myself in the Breakfast club, I get up early in the morning to get a little workout in because I feel like the other guys wont! See you at the top.

Fatherhood

Fatherhood is one of the cornerstones of the the family and it has been lacking in many of our black homes. This is nothing new, this epidemic is nothing new in our communities, but its something that is increasingly becoming a bigger and bigger problem. I was blessed to be raised in a household where i went to sleep and woke up with a man in the house everyday so I don't know any other way. A lot of friends were not as blessed so my father shared a lot of his fee time with the neighborhood kids in order to try and fill a void they had missing. Fathers have to break the cycle some way in order to provide young men with part of maturation needed to go from a young man to a man. Its a situation we all can fix and work on together. Lets get get get get it.

Double Overtime

My beautiful God daughter Miss Kyra Tristiana Hayden was dedicated to the Lord Sunday so as a proud God Parent my wife and I attendance was mandatory at House of Hope church at 10am. No problem right?????........ WRONG! WRONG! The Bulls played the Celtics at 12pm on the other side of own. Ok Ok they not gone get the kid we make it to the dedication by 10 and be out by 11:30 tops miss the pre game and be in my court side seat. Yea court side I failed to mention we were sitting next to Messy Jesse Jackson! He a Reverend and he even skipped church for the game Shm. I was good but i forgot to factor in a how long a baptist preacher and stretch a sermon!  The word was good and it touched my soul, but of course he held the bay dedication to the end of service and it was all of 120 seconds long. I'm pulling my hair out at this point because its 12:45 and I'm getting text from my teammates who is already there on the latest. Oh, forgot to mention this was one of those major churches and getting out of church was like leaving a Jay-z concert. I'm full blown panic attack by now but I speed to the west side drop the bears line on the parking lot attendant and park free to enjoy the best playoff game I have ever seen with my own two eyes!!!! Love you Kyra duh.....