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PolishHammer1977
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I thouht about this today as I sat in my office..................
What it took me to become a professional, what it took my brother to be a professional, and what it took our father to be a professional. I would like to share them with you all;
Perseverance - My father came from a small hick town in upstate NY and played for a D2 school through college. The bigtime schools shyed away from him in high school bc he didn't "play against top competition". Apparantly being 6-5 240 and throwing a 97 mph fastball just wasn't good enough. All-Star in 1979 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Oh were they wrong
Dedication - I broke my back in 1997. Everyones DR and there surgeons told me I would have to get my lumbar fused together bc of the size of the break. I denied pain medication and decided to take it all in. I needed to remember the pain and allow it to fuel me for my goal of becoming a professional basketball player. I lived through the most horrible pain I could have ever imagined. I rehabbed and came back twice as strong. Funny how the same people calling me a non-scholarship athlete were the same ones congratulating me when I signed my first pro contract with clube Desportivo Nacional. Oh they were wrong.
Believing in Yourself - My brother was counted out like I was. The bigger schools turned him down bc he didn't meet "their" requirements for a blue chip athlete". Funny how he broke and set almost every single record in the Sacred Heart University record book as a baseball player. All this from someone that was never considered for a major college. He is now in his second year in the St. Louis Cardinal organization and finished last season with the Tennessee Smokies (AA). Oh they were wrong.
What it took me to become a professional, what it took my brother to be a professional, and what it took our father to be a professional. I would like to share them with you all;
Perseverance - My father came from a small hick town in upstate NY and played for a D2 school through college. The bigtime schools shyed away from him in high school bc he didn't "play against top competition". Apparantly being 6-5 240 and throwing a 97 mph fastball just wasn't good enough. All-Star in 1979 with the Toronto Blue Jays. Oh were they wrong
Dedication - I broke my back in 1997. Everyones DR and there surgeons told me I would have to get my lumbar fused together bc of the size of the break. I denied pain medication and decided to take it all in. I needed to remember the pain and allow it to fuel me for my goal of becoming a professional basketball player. I lived through the most horrible pain I could have ever imagined. I rehabbed and came back twice as strong. Funny how the same people calling me a non-scholarship athlete were the same ones congratulating me when I signed my first pro contract with clube Desportivo Nacional. Oh they were wrong.
Believing in Yourself - My brother was counted out like I was. The bigger schools turned him down bc he didn't meet "their" requirements for a blue chip athlete". Funny how he broke and set almost every single record in the Sacred Heart University record book as a baseball player. All this from someone that was never considered for a major college. He is now in his second year in the St. Louis Cardinal organization and finished last season with the Tennessee Smokies (AA). Oh they were wrong.
