“I don’t recognize the guy in the mirror,” says top-ranked middleweight boxer Daniel “The Honey Badger” Hayes. Hayes came out of a winning fight on December 3, 2016 with a fractured left hand that required surgery five days later. “It’s tough to look in the mirror because I’m used to […]
“I don’t know if you’re going to win, but I know you’ll come out of this a better fighter.” Those were the words of professional boxer Mehdi Abidi to his friend Daniel Hayes, just before a Golden Gloves (amateur boxing) tournament. Hayes went on to win the tournament and became […]
As an elementary school-aged kid, I learned how to ride a bike. My father held the back of the seat and ran as I pedaled. He let go, and seconds later I fell, blood dripping from my knee. “Get back on” my father encouraged. I did, and eventually graduated from […]
On July 6, 2016, during the men’s quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Marin Cilic is ahead at 7/6 and 6/4 to Roger Federer’s 6/3 in the third set. In a fourth set tiebreaker, Cilic is at match point, three times. Federer pulls out aces and a winning volley that shifts the momentum, […]
