Our pain today fuels the strength we’ll feel tomorrow, as every challenge offers opportunity for growth. Therefore, pain is the name of your game.

During those wet and snowy winter months in rural upstate New York, while most of my classmates were smoking behind the school, trying out for the basketball team, or hanging at the mall, I was running the halls of my high school, wearing a rubberized sweat suit trying to cut several pounds of water weight before next wrestling match. Trying to motivate and inspire our ragtag wrestling team, Coach “Dutch” Sturdevant barked one-liners like, Read More →