Never Give Up

As a competitive athlete you learn very quickly how strong you are, how fast you are, and how talented you are. Many fail to realize there are others who are training to be just as strong and just as fast. My point is this, yesterday during one of my workouts I injured my finger. I was performing hang cleans when all of a sudden midway through my first set I snatched the bar and loosened my grip. This in turn caused the bar to roll down my fingers and bent one of my nails half way, and ripped a piece of skin off.

My initial reaction upon looking a my finger was that this did not look good. I quickly washed my hands and got a band aid to cover my nail. As I proceeded to the bar to put the plates back and end my workout something came over me. I realized that I was quiting and quiting isn't something I was raised to do. Growing up in a family of strong individuals who instilled in me that I CAN do anything I set my heart to and I cant are words that don't belong in my vocabulary made me regain focus.

So I continued my workout. I will admit that it wasn't easy and that I could have made my finger worse. On several occasions I had to drop the weight because I either had to fix my grip, my finger was throbbing or the pain was beginning to bother me. However, that did not stop me. Forty five minutes later I completed my workout and went on with my day training clients.

So this bring us back to my first statement. There might be many people who are working to be just as strong and just as fast. The truth is, they can try as hard as they can and they will fail because they lack what I have. "THE WILL". No matter what happens, how many times I fall, how hard the task ahead might be or how much pain I'm in, I WILL NEVER QUIT. I don't know how and I refuse to start learning to do so. For me its simple, you either do or you don't. If you choose not to continue moving forward the world will pass you by, people will forget your name and you only have yourself to blame. Always remember anything is possible. It all comes down to, HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?


BELIEVE.ACHIEVE.INSPIRE