A Message from the Past

2017 has been nothing but busy.

I started a new position at Fox Sports as Broadcast Associate, which I am really grateful for, but it's consumed my life since this past March.

From working in the production truck for a baseball game, golf event and right now, NFL games and everything in-between, with working 7 days a week, I haven't had time to even blink for one second. And to be honest, it's wearing me out and I haven't been myself lately.

Today, I got a picture message on Instagram by one of my former college teammates with some writing on a piece of paper, laminated and everything. It read...

"Don't take the sport you play for granted. Every time you play, you better be damn thankful that you get to do something you love. Don't show up to practice complaining about not wanting to be there; you're there hopefully because you love it. Work hard every moment. If you're not working hard, you don't deserve to play. Play every practice or game like it's your last, because it very well could be. When you finally reach the day that you can't play, and you can only watch, then you will know how much you love something that you once took for granted."

I remember (the old cliche) back when I was playing college baseball, I never became a starter until my 5th year as a senior.

In the 4 year prior, my teams played about a combined 195 games and I played in only 35 of them. It was a struggle every day for me knowing I wasn't going to get playing time but throughout those year, even though when I knew I wasn't going to get any playing time, I always worked as hard as I can preparing myself for the day I got into the game.

Back then, I used to post a lot statuses on Facebook, most of them being some kinda of quote and the  one my teammate sent me was probably one of them. And little did I know, he told me it helped him throughout his college career.

To sum this up, do the little things right and set an example to others.

Just a little pick-me-up for me today.


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