Hard Body Island

The real world will slap you in the face when you are first starting out. You won’t see it coming, and it will hit you differently than it hits your friends. The question is, can you get back up after you get knocked down? Were you able to come back to play after that injury? Did you lose that game last week and then win the game the following week? Did you make more plays or score more than you did the last game? YES, YOU DID! And you can do it again.

We all have gone through adversity through our athletic careers. We were able to power through it because we were having fun, we were motivated, or for whatever reasons you all had. In life, you have to take the same approach. You are brand new to this world; it will take some time to get the hang of it and truly understand what this life can offer you. When you started playing your sport, you weren’t as good as you were your last year. What makes you think life is different? You have to work hard again and figure it out.

I got knocked on my ass when I noticed I didn’t make enough money to live the life that I wanted. I partied after college still, ate out like no other, barely went to the gym, and got into a huge amount of credit card debt. I thought I could just scrape by a couple of payments, but it eventually piled on. It was a tough time, and I’m currently battling through it. But I got my head out of the sand and figured out a way to right my wrongs. I have paid some of those debts off, and those are the little successes that I needed to keep moving forward. I got knocked down and felt life’s tough grip, but I understand what I need to do. I know all of you can find your purpose and find your success in the real world too. I want all of you to focus on what is truly important to you. Everybody has their own struggles and don’t believe for a second that you are the only one going through it. Take control of your life and work just as hard as you used to.