As many of you know, I am currently interning at Quinnipiac University with their head strength and conditioning coach Brijesh Patel.

Coach B preaches daily “give more of yourself to someone else” while pushing his athletes through grueling workouts.  It always stuck with me as an amazing concept to dig deeper in pursuit of a much greater goal, a bigger goal that could only be achieved as a team.

One day during a conditioning workout for the Men’s basketball team I was fortunate enough to see this come to life.  The team was running a conditioning test that needed to be completed in a predetermined time or the whole team must re-run the missed sprint.

Now, normally when approaching the tougher bouts the more conditioned players sprint along side the players whom might not make the time to give moral and verbal support.  Today was no different in that manner, except instead of just being there for the less conditioned player, the stronger player grabbed his slower counterpart and finished the second half of the sprint pulling on his shirt crossing the finish line with seconds to spare.

Physically leading his teammate whom didn’t think he could make it through that workout speaks volumes of the great leadership and commitment each player has towards one another.  Seeing that with my own two eyes was moving to say the least.

Today one of my best friends from college is taking this to a whole new level.
To make a long story short, a girl whom previously attended Sacred Heart University is in dyer need of a new liver.  I am proud to say that my friend is becoming a living donor for Alison today.  Talk about giving more of yourself to someone else, my friend has never met or seen Alison before, but was so moved by an e-mail that her family sent out to the university that he took her life into his own hands and is trying to give her a second chance at life.

Please take a moment today to pray and think of both Alison and my friend as they both go through major, potentially life changing surgery and wish them the best.

If anyone is willing to donate to her cause please visit this link.