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45 Years ago today, my brother Joe asked me to get him right before Hank Aaron came to the plate for his historic Babe Ruth breaking 715th Home Run…I forgot.
JohnA Passaro
I always knew that I would write, I just had no idea how personal my first book, "6 Minutes Wrestling with Life", would be to me.
I love to inspire, motivate and show a different approach to dealing with or solving life's problems through my writing.
As a former athlete and current coach, I believe that in sports there are valuable life lessons that can have a tremendous impact on a young athletes life.
I pull these life lessons out from my own experiences in sport.
Hopefully I have touched you through my writing and have stirred your emotions enough to live life more fully.
I Dare You to Dream
William Floyd Wrestling Awards Night speech.
My Way of Giving Back
Wrestling is the Greatest Sport on Earth, and talking about the life lessons of this great sport is a passion of mine.
I Thought I Knew, But Now I Know
Just as the benefit of writing is not to be discovered, but to discover; the key to life is not to live, but to be alive.
Be Delusionally Optimistic
Your mind is magical. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Coupled with hard work, grit and perseverance it can produce results far beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. Your mind is also logical. Nothing magical ever happens being logical. Scott Green, the head wrestling coach of Wyoming […]
Don’t Beat Yourself
Your lifestyle must protect the three most valuable areas in your life; your mind, your body, and your spirit.
Re2pect For When the Stars Align
It was in this brief, easily missed exchange when I realized that Adam had a great appreciation of difficulty of the stars aligning once again.
Championship Composure
Know, your own will to succeed is greater than any one thing.
A Phenomenal Final
I knew I was witnessing something special.
Still UIF
This may be one of my all-time favorite wrestling photos. Anthony surprises Nicky by showing up to the Oklahoma St vs Iowa match. Nicky pins Spencer Lee. The moment the refs hand hit the mat, instantaneous pride was sent up the spines of thousands of Section XI fans, […]
