I'm going to ask for your full attention this week.

I'm going to ask you to put this column in front of as many young people you can.

I will apologise in advance for not giving you any more information about the Baltimore Blast than just saying we won against Philadelphia 19-8 at home.

I just feel this week it is only right that I talk to my young people about finding out who they are and where they want to go.

Who are you? I ask. Are you the young athlete trying to achieve greatness or are you the young athlete wasting time on the sidelines with the fear to step out of the box away from your troubled peers.

Who are you? Are you the young lady with those goals of being a successful businesswoman and looking to help create dreams for others, or are you the young lady sitting in that dark room with low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence because you feel you do not fit in.

Who are you? Are you the young student who is working so hard in school because you have the vision to want more, or are you the thug hanging in the hallways trying to bring others down because you believe that education is not needed for the street life.

Who are you? Are you the young dreamer destined for all your dreams to come true and will stop at nothing to fulfill them, or are you the one sitting around rebelling at the world because you have had a rough life and you choose not to dream at all.

Who are you? Are you the cool one, or the thug, are you the smart one or the silly one, are you the sensible one or the one lost out there following the crowd looking for attention. I ask who are you because many of us need to know.

Many look at you and see greatness, but your actions say otherwise, we see joy inside you but also see fear.

My young people you have to find yourself, you have to want more.

Some of you seem to be moving in the wrong direction, some of you do not understand what you possess, some of you are there with low self-esteem and lost in emotion, some of you are searching for a safe place and the furthest you've reached is the streets.

Many of you out there may feel that you are not good enough, well you are wrong, many may feel that your not smart enough, you are wrong again.

Many may feel you do not fit in or cannot stand tall and have your own voice, wrong again, many may think that causing destruction to your life and others make you free, wrong, wrong, wrong.

You must understand that you are special and are somebody, do not get caught up into how others say you have to be, but focus on who you are, focus on being you and not someone else.

Understand only your feet will move you in the direction you want to go. We all are just passing through this life and making the most of it is important, do not spend all your time following, but leading and it is never too late to get back on track.

As some of my young people try to figure out who they are, we as parents, coaches, teachers, counsellors and friends must open that door a little wider, we must help them move in their challenge by giving up a piece of ourselves about who we are as well.

Some of my young people need to trust that we are there to guide them in the right direction.

If there are any experiences you may have gone through in your life, open up a little more to my young people as this will help them trust and understand that we all have had great times and suffered, but survived through the worst.

I ask this of you because if my young people do not find who they are soon we must prepare for a greater ride than the one we are on now.

If we all start right now and try our hardest in saving one person that needs help, it would help change and give strength back to our community.

I ask you to listen to the desires of our young people. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

Until next time!