His Story as an Outstanding Athlete

One of the many things I love about TeamK is the environment, which stresses hard work, fun, and discipline. Being in San Diego, one of my biggest personal battles is the struggle to keep the TeamK mentality and continue to do what I should be doing while I am away from my teammates, coaches, and the TeamK family where those values are embodied in everything we do: from how we wake up, go to school, do homework, eat food, to how we warm up, how we train, and how we compete and conduct ourselves as human beings. This past week, I was sick with fever, and I wasn’t able to train or really do a lot, and because of I that, I chose to be lazy and take extra time to rest when I should have kept doing what I can. I stopped running, doing my lunges, and lost progress in my 100 days challenge to build a new habit. Today was the first day I ran again, and it was very difficult to tell myself to finish through and not stop halfway because I was “tired”. I still managed to complete it, and after meditating, I formed these thoughts and wanted to share it with everyone. It will always be easy to work hard when others are there with you, and coach K, Young, Zach and coach Matt are there to push you in the right path. But what defines our character is who we are when we are by ourselves, and our willpower is tested without guidance from our mentors and friends. I am not perfect, and I’ve made many mistakes in these moments, but I will continue to keep trying, and I will be able to achieve these goals the more I work and believe I can do it. To the TeamK parents and teammates who are reading this, I hope this message was able to inform you all of some of the issues I struggle with, and I hope you are able to find inspiration for your own battles, as I believe you can fight and persevere through them as well 💪