It Means More

As we enter into the new year, Jamiee and I expound upon what our goals are for 2021, and encourage every listener to write down 3 goals that they have for themselves and actually focus on accomplishing them!

In this episode hear from pro-basketball player Shannon Shorter as he explains his journey from JUCO to D1 to battling with overseas teams, & finally become a pro-basketball player! You don’t want to miss the wisdom he has to share with all the young players out there!

tune in this week as we talk about the importance of managing time, and hit on the reasons why analyzing how you manage your time is important.

This week is all about being coachable. Something that sounds like an easy task to do, but we all struggle with it. We touch on how we feel about the pros of being coachable, and the cons of not.

In this weeks episode hear from The University of Florida’s Redshirt Senior Women’s Basketball Guard Danielle Rainey as she talks with us on the plan that she would have never envisioned but the perfect plan God had laid out for her. We touch up on topics regarding transferring, mental health, & battling injuries.

With #5 Being Dre’s favorite number it was only right this episode was run with him! This episode is all about overcoming adversity, and overcoming the hand that you were dealt. Andre shares his powerful story, and is hoping that others can learn from his experience, as well as see his journey has been a battle but he has learned and gained so much positivity from it.

BEFORE WE ARE ATHLETES, WE ARE BLACK WOMEN & MEN... IT MEANS MORE TO US TO TRY AND SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD AND BE RESPECTED AS SUCH... BEFORE WE ARE ATHLETES WE ARE SOMEBODIES CHILD, SISTER, BROTHER, MOM, DAD, COUSIN, AUNTIE, UNCLE, GRANDDAUGHTER, GRANDFATHER, GRANDMOTHER, GRANDFATHER, AND SO MUCH MORE. BEFORE WE ARE ATHLETES WE ARE PEOPLE (HUMAN BEINGS) IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT OR JUST NEVER UNDERSTOOD BUT YES OUR BLOOD BLEEDS JUST THE SAME. OUR LIFE MATTERS, OUR VOICES DESERVE TO BE HEARD, WE DESERVE RESPECT, WE DESERVE TO BE LOOKED AT NOT BY THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN, BUT THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER.. YEARS AND YEARS HAVE GONE BY AND WE SEEM TO STILL BE PREACHING THE SAME SPEECH, YOU’D THINK SOMETHING WOULD GIVE, BUT I GUESS SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WE’D GIVE UP... THEY WERE WRONG, SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND EVEN FRIENDS THAT WANT TO MAKE CHANGE WITH US LETS USE OUR PLATFORMS TO MAKE SOMETHING SHAKE, STOP ACTING LIKE THIS ISN’T ALL OF OUR FIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS. THESE SITUATIONS MIGHT NOT HAVE AFFECTED YOU OR YOUR FAMILY PERSONALLY .... BUT GOD FORBIDDING..... IT COULD. FIGHT WITH US, LISTEN TO THIS, AND GO DO WHAT IT SAYS AT THE END. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

In this episode hear from former Laney College Football Player, Mr. Dior Walker- Scott 5’9 Wide Receiver (who also was just in season 5 of Netflix’s Original show LAST CHANCE U) talk on the adversities he has battled since being a young kid with a dream, to maturing into a grown man and realizing he can turn that dream into a reality by putting himself first.

In this episode hear from Texas A&M women’s basketball guard #11 Kayla Wells as she talks to us about her college basketball experience, the adversities she’s overcome, how non-supporters of the BLM movement has affected her, the importance of patience, and much more!

In this episode hear from Former D1 Track Athlete Sydney Johnson who ran at the University of Texas at Arlington. Hear about her love for track, her journey after track, and many other life lessons she has been taught along the way.