I'm back in Baltimore preparingy for the Baltimore Blast pre-season which will be in a couple of weeks.

We have five players coming up from ISL/Hope4Life in Bermuda to have trials with the team.

I will be sure to keep you updated on their performance.

Next week on Saturday I will be on blog talk radio with the legends of sports giving the 3.8 million listeners an update on ISL/Hope4Life and Bermuda.

It will be good because most of the legends who have community programmes will be chatting about how their programmes are helping their community and what it takes for them to be successful.

This week I want to share with you a conversation I had with a young man when he came to pick me up from Philadelphia's airport and drove me back to Baltimore.

I will not use his name but will talk about his passion for wanting to move forward. This young man is around 26 and has plenty in life that he wants achieve. One is to be a professional soccer player and he also wants a shot in the music industry.

He is full of energy and has a great love for the game and would do anything to make it.

He is well aware of needing to develop his skills further and will stop at nothing to show that he has what it takes to get a shot.

During our journey from Philadelphia to Baltimore, he chatted about his life experiences and how he had many challenges but planned to overcome them through focus and hard work.

If you would have seen the determination and passion he showed on his face when he was talking about his soccer training and music.

The smile on his face when we was talking about professional players training habits and how great it is getting paid for doing something you love to do, told it all.

To watch and listen to him was a great feeling because it reminded me of when I was young.

I did had to explain to him that it takes great discipline, sacrifice and responsibility to be at the level and every mistake made is magnified.

This young man has no worries about coming up short or failing, he keeps himself grounded by focusing on being positive and hoping one day he gets that chance on the field or in the studio to show why he loves what he does. Yes, he does understand that it may not work out the way he may want it and there is a great challenge is in front of him, especially with him not having any experience at a high level in these areas. But he does strongly feel that not going after what you want in life is a bigger failure than getting cut from a tryout.

I chat about this young man with hopes that it could be a lesson for some out there that may have things too easy, some that have the talent but do not go for it.

Many in sports or the workplace do not realise their gifts and tend to take things for granted.

Sometimes it is the ones with all the talent that do not understand how far they could go if they had more focus.

They have to realise that they could conquer a lot more if they could see further than the headlines in the local papers.

I have seen many talented players and people fall short becuase they felt they had it made and did not do any extras to be successful.

You only get out what you put in, no matter how much talent you have it will not go far if you have no desire.

As Thomas Edison said "If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves."Until Next Time!