Throughout my life I have had several major influences that helped me achieve my goals and dreams. Obviously my parents had a major impact on my development as an athlete and person. My dad, Bob, taught me the right way to play ball and never let me accept second best. My mom, Linda, was always there to support and push me to excel. I owe a great deal to my parents for spending the time and money to let me develop my athletic talents. Another big influence in my life is my wife, Tammy. Since my freshman year of high school she has been there to support me throughout my trials and triumphs. Without her I certainly could not have made it to where I am today.
The last, but certainly not the least of the influences in my life, is my faith. Through the course of my life I have always believed that if I live my life right and treat others the way God had intended everything would work out. The Lord has certainly blessed me greatly and for that I am truly thankful.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
25Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
My greatest single joy in life is getting to spend time with my wife and four children. I am truly blessed to have such wonderful, healthy kids and a supportive wife. Other things I enjoy are watching movies, listening to Christian rock music and being an active member at Oak Ridge United Methodist Church.
Having played multiple sports growing up, I obviously enjoy watching and playing sports. I don't really have any favorite teams, but there are certain players I admire. Athlete's such as Joe Montana, Mark Price, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan and Greg Maddux are a few of my favorites. I also enjoy working on my computer and surfing the internet. I have an Apple Powerbook that I take with me everywhere to keep me entertained and my business running. The website you are viewing was created by me in a joint effort with my good friends Ted and Amy Mead at Ten Talents.
FAVORITE QUOTES
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will."
Sugar Ray Robinson
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even through checkered with failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory or defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"If you're not afraid of losing, then losing means nothing."
Joe Montana
"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows us what we have become."
Brooke Foss Westcott