– Walter Payton

It is difficult at times to see progress. We try and try and yet time seems to yield results slowly while others seem to see progress faster. This can be depressing unless you look at life situations as that of “hands on a clock”. If you look at a clock, notice the “seconds” hand. This…

Sometimes in life we want to give up. We do because we do not see results. We have been conditioned to see instant weight loss, better health and succeed at any sport overnight. It doesn’t work that way. When we do not see them, we quit. This is how I felt many times while going…

In 1970 (yes, I said 1970), I was a kindergartner, a quiet kid who was a joy to my teachers. Having grown up in the south, everyone had a nickname, it usually had to do with whatever unusual characteristics you possessed. For example; if you had large teeth you would be called “Buck Tooth John”,…