I believe there comes a time when inevitably, you lose your edge. It is usually not permanent, but merely a disruptive occurence that all serious athletes go through. However, the quandry is that many times, you do not realize that you have lost it all.

I had a very productive year. I realized that although I may fight once again, it is really Greco where my heart belongs. I have never participated at this high of a level, sacrificed as much as I did, and competed with the type of people who do it all with such ferocity and intensity. Greco Roman wrestling, for the most part, is passed off and misunderstood by the majority. What people do not know is that basically every national level participant does so out of pure love for competition and the physicality the sport brings.

And it is physical. To me, it is the toughest sport in the world, bar none, and that is coming from someone who has fought MMA, been knocked out, all that. Greco is intense, and sometimes brutal, and you have to put everything aside to be proficient at it. Everything, EVERYTHING has to be secondary. Now, you can say that about your sport, but is it really true? Or better yet, do you really mean it? Because the one thing I can promise you is that most every US Greco wrestler does mean it when they say it.

However, I did not accomplish all of my goals this year. That is a failure, one I am most disappointed about. The positives I take from it though are everlasting. My devotion, discipline, and desire for the best training and competition only grows stronger each day. I have met and befriended many other great athletes who share my views. In turn, I have once again been motivated to try and reach my competitive potential. The journey in such is what has returned me to edge, my mental edge that had helped me so many times in the past. With my FAITH in GOD to guide me, I hope to further demonstrate these beliefs.