Dumb Athlete: How My Biggest Fear Became My Biggest Motivator

Not all legend is about victory. Sometimes it’s about the struggle.

Spearheaded by the media’s portrayal of African American men, it is believed by many, that most urban inner-city youth will be dead or in jail by twenty-five. Although cliché, with high school drop-out rates escalating and unemployment impacting minorities much more severely than other races, today’s urban youth who lack hope and direction, have embraced dying young or spending the rest of their lives in prison. Faced with s...