I want to be remembered as the kid that made it. I have sacrificed a lot during my high school years to become who I am and who I want to become and I'm not going to let anything stop me from being the best player I can be. Whether the sacrifices be parties, friends or fun, I'm okay with that because I know that's what it takes to play at the highest level and make it to becoming a great starter in the NFL. I want to be remembered as the hardest worker but that might be hard considering I do all of my workouts alone in my garage every single day. I truly believe nobody in the country is as focused on what they want to do when they are older and I take pride in that but that does not mean I have to show people on social media or workout in a gym to show what I do. I do it for myself and know that what I'm doing is keeping me on the right path to becoming who I dream about being.

Blog 15

• What did you enjoy most? Having the time to maximize my days and not waste my time doing worthless school work for two extra classes.
• Where were you most productive, what are you most proud of? I was most productive working out at my house and I am most excited about the progress I made and am continuing to make.
• What did you learn about your passion? I learned through IQuest that it really is my passion and I will go all out to achieve my goals regarding my passion. 
• What did you learn about yourself? I learned that consistency is the key to everything and I learned that I indeed can push to new limits.
• What do you wish you would have done that you neglected to do? No regrets
• Rate your individual effort toward the learning in your interest area? 7 I believe I need to master more about the history of quarterbacks.
• Where did you fall short? In my season
• How will this experience inform your future? It will have pushed me to levels that I will use in college that would have taken way longer without this class.
• Would you recommend this program to others? And Why? Yes!!!!!!!! It gives you the opportunity to maximize the busy hours of your day and gives you the opportunity to eat at Lawrences.
• Write anything else you would like to include in this blog entry. Thank you for the opportunity. I am truly thankful to have a teacher that cares about her students as much as you do.
• Add a photo that expresses your thoughts that you have written about!!!

This picture is of my two trainers in Arizona. They are working on Rocco who was announced paralyzed from the neck down and from the incredible belief and knowledge that Charles and Jay posses, they have got Rocco up and slightly walking. He should be walking on his own in the next year. This has never EVER been accomplished. Was never supposed to even move his arms or legs ever again.

Blog 14

"The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs

This is a very interesting quote that means a lot to me. It is a quote about self belief. The average person thinks they are confined to the parameters in which everyone else achieves. The reason for this is because everyone is lazy and wants to stay in the comfort zone. This quote means that the people who are willing to think about being the best and making a lasting impact of the world will be the ones who accomplish it. Except nothing will happen without the will to work harder than anyone ever has to achieve that greatness. Anyone and everyone will think it but doing it is a difference maker and is what separates the best from the average.

Compatability

Blog #13

Skydive
Play in NFL
Buy a helicopter
Travel the world
Own a pig
Own a pitbull
Work on wall st/Live in NYC
Bungee jump
Run for President
Squirrel suit dive

Blog #12

My eight people are:
1. Rob and Jennifer Davidson(Mom and Dad)
2. Charles Maka(Arizona Trainer)
3. Jay Shroeder(Arizona Trainer)
4. Adam Dedeaux(QB Coach)
5. Josh Johnson and Marshawn Lynch(NFL players who serve as mentors)
6. Princeton Alumni

I want to accomplish these five things
1.  Continue to review Princeton playbook
2. Not miss a day on my workouts and maximize every workout I have
3. Get down to AZ to get with my trainers face to face(Might be hard in the next 3 weeks because of my schedule but will try my best
4. Get to LA to meet with my QB coach(Hopefully going down 3/24 with my dad)
5. Prepare myself in the best way possible for Princeton football

Blog #10

Blog #9

By the end of this year, I would like to continue to develop into the athlete in which I believe I can become. I have come a long way so far and believe that there is a lot more that can be accomplished as far as my athleticism goes. I want to be the best athlete I can be before I leave for Princeton to give myself the best chance to be the best I can be.
Another aspect in which I would like to focus on in the second half of the IQuest year is learning the playbook. I will continue to have more and more access to the playbook as we move forward so it is something that I need to take full advantage of.
In order to accomplish the things listed above, I will need to stay consistent with the prescribed workouts every day. I have been consistent so far and I am getting closer and closer to my objective each day. As far as the playbook goes, I need to put in hours to start to memorize their scheme and familiarize myself with the system.
There are very few things that could interrupt me this semester. The goals will get accomplished because they are purely based on effort.
In order to achieve the first goal, I will need a new program once basketball is concluded. Therefore, I will head down to Arizona to make that happen.
For my second goal, I will need more and more of the playbook to have access to the entire thing to really be able to master it.

BLOG #8

BLOG #8

IQuest has been an absolute blessing so far. It has allowed me to make the most out of my 24 hours in a day to accomplish things that I love. My mentor owns FLEX gym in downtown Danville. I communicate with him on a consistent basis but most of the hours I put in are at my house doing my workouts and chasing my goals. I workout about 120 minutes a day and 75% of those workouts are at my house. I have a brief workout when I wake-up, a long workout during my IQuest hours, a brief workout to prepare me for practice and a 30 minute workout after practice. My workouts are completely customized to help me reach my potential.

Details around my project include much more than the workouts listed above. I throw with my quarterback coach for 2 hours on Sundays and have 1on1 trainings with my basketball trainer about 3 times a week for an hour as well as watch film with him once a week to learn from the previous game. 

Positives include being able to use the time that would have been wasted otherwise to work extremely hard doing what I love. I am using these hours every day to work towards my goal of playing in the NFL. Other positives are not having a 6th period and being able to have a legit 3 hours.

I cannot think of any negatives. The class is truly ran perfectly. 

I have learned that consistency is huge. Results come when you work hard consistently versus working out hard a few days a week.

The first semester of IQuest was great yet very busy with actual sports. The next semester will be a lot more open and I will be doing a lot more traveling to my personal coaches in SoCal and Arizona.

I will not make many changes because it is going so successfully. One change is I will use the FLEX gym in the mornings once I have more intense workouts before school but I did not have those types of workouts this semester because I was constantly in season. 

Blog 7

My favorite Ted Talk was one that was titled John Wooden: The difference between winning and succeeding.
This ted talk was inspiring to say the least. It took place in February of 2001 in Monterey, California.
He references his teaching career during the 1930's when he wanted to make a personal impact on every kids' lives. His years teaching english inspired him to become a coach because they have one main thing in common and that is being surrounded by splendid young men and women that are eager to learn.
The main principle he referenced was the importance of being on time. Mr Wooden saying this really means a lot to me because it is the attention to detail and doing the small things right that makes athletes reach greatness. He believed that practice must begin on time and end on time.
Two favorite quotes:
"There is no progress without change and faith is a necessity in that process."
"Never mention winning."
He says he has felt like he has won when he has lost so it is not the proper measure.
John Wooden is the best coach of all time and I recommend listening to this because the philosophy learned is priceless.

Blog #6

So far, IQuest has been a blessing. I have been doing my workouts consistently based on my Arizona protocols. I have also been reading my Russian Psychology which has been a huge part of my quest. I do my workouts mostly in my home because I have the specific equipment I need for the workouts. I also use Flex, which is a gym located in downtown Danville where my mentor works. My mentor has been involved with my family for a long time. He started to train my dad in the early 90s. He is a personal trainer who also trained me a few years ago. My workouts have been increased to a athletic expert and I now use his gym as a place to train performing my program. This training has been the best thing to happen to me and IQuest has helped me make the most out of my time. I believe I wouldn't be as successful in my sports without IQuest. I have so much other activities including homework, practice, college activities and other miscellaneous activities to do and IQuest allows me to focus on my athletics. I'm doing this because I want to dominate college football and play in the NFL. It is an insane process that I am taking on head on. I'm excited for this journey.

The positives have been basically everything. It is great being able to go home to prioritize my favorite activities and not have to take pointless classes that would limit my potential. The blogs are chill and not too hard because they are every other week and they are on topics that are interesting and fun to write about. There have been no disappointments. I was unsure about the expectations for the first quarter proof of our goals so I messed that up but now I know for quarter two. Can't wait for the rest of the year.

Through my Russian book, I have learned a lot about myself.  The only reason I have had time to read that book is because of IQuest. This book is about the experiences of a Soviet philosopher that helped over a hundred athletes start at ground zero and work to be Olympic gold medalists. The experiences and stories really help you learn from others mistakes. I have learned a lot about my mental strength from my workouts with my Arizona trainers. They push you to a new level using a modality that makes you question why you're doing the training but in the end, makes you feel proud of what you accomplished and makes you stronger for your sport. I have learned so much including about the mental strength of the best athletes. It is a new level that Americans have no idea can be reached. I want to reach it.

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady

I have chose to do my blog on Tom Brady. I chose him because he has been extremely successful in the sport and position in which I want to pursue. He has won four out of the six Super Bowls in which he has participated in and is arguably the best quarterback of all time. I want to pursue the accolades he has accomplished. I will conduct my research on Tom's journey to his success. How did he make it? Who were his mentors? What has Tom learned from his mistakes? I was interested in Tom because he is completely dominating; more so than anyone else at the highest level mentally and physically. I have read that Tom had a very important mentor in his life that helped him achieve the greatness that has come his way. I am very interested in seeing what I am missing and learn from his journey to being the best.

I hope to learn about the details behind Brady's success. Being the best is all about details and I am hoping to find the little things that make him a special player to implement it into my game. Also, learning about his childhood and upbringing is important to compare life and how on track I am with his youth schedule. Tom was raised in the Bay Area and has a similar stature to me which is encouraging because my goal within the next 10 years is to dominate college football and play in the NFL for many years. Doing more research will help me get more comfortable around Brady because I might be able to get connected through another mentor of mine. I'm excited to research Tom because it will help me get more familiar with the paths of the best athletes in the world.

Responsibility

Responsibility

Responsibility is the topic that I chose. Responsibility means the most to me out of the words to choose from because it is something that I am going through right now. I have a lot of personal responsibility that I need to complete and hold myself accountable to every day if I want to achieve the goals that I do want to achieve. Responsibility is a personal job that nobody else can do for you, yet it is the most important trait for being successful because it helps in every aspect of your life.

My opinion on this topic is that 90% of teenagers in our area are lacking responsibility. I believe this is purely because there is no sense of urgency or necessity to become something because they believe that everything will be handed to them. The sad part about this is that most things will be handed to them because of the parents and people they were born into. Responsibility helps you be content with your personal accomplishments rather than the accomplishments around you. Being happy with your personal accomplishments ultimately creates happiness.

For example, I have Russian workouts every day that require me to push my limit. These workouts are specially designed for me by my trainers in Arizona to maximize my potential. There are two ways these workouts can go and both are just based off of my attitude. I can either have a great vision of where these workouts are taking me and do them 100% even though they test my mental strength because of how much they hurt or I can skip a workout every now and then and become average. The workouts I do every day consist of multiple parts including a brief workout when I first wakeup, then a main workout after lunch and then I am required to sleep with my machine on at night. It is a grind but there is no better feeling than when I complete them and hold up my responsibility to being the best. In closing, responsibility can either help or hurt every aspect of your life and I believe it is one of the most important values to possess.

The name of my super hero would be the Soviet Cheetah. Basically, this super hero would be 6'4 230 pound human who has reached his peak performance. I named him the Soviet Cheetah because the Soviets are the originators of having athletes reach human potential. The potential of a human is far from what everyone in this world today believes. I don't believe anyone in this world has reached human potential and I believe that 99% of people haven't come anywhere even near it. The problem with America is everyone is okay with being mediocre and following the ways of others which ultimately creates mediocrity. I chose a cheetah because they are some of the most explosive athletes on this planet. Cheetahs can accelerate at an insane pace. This pace I am talking about is three seconds flat at an acceleration to 60 miles per hour.

His powers would include running at speeds of forty miles per hour and have a vertical jump of fifty five inches. Basically, he is an undeniable monster in every aspect of his life. He would also be mentally strong which would increase his mental capacity to earn IVY League degrees. This super hero would be the smartest of the smart and connecting this to Russian Philosophy, he would be chosen to be one of the students at the highly secreted, training facility in Russia. He would be put through a few tests and ultimately given the tools to become the best athlete in the world. He would be the ultimate example of how to maximize human potential.

I need these super powers because I could become the ultimate football player in college and ultimately dominate in the National Football League. This would be important because I could get huge contracts and ultimately make a ton of money. I won't take all of this money, however, I will share it with the charities I work with. Obviously running at forty miles per hour and having a fifty five inch vertical will help me dominate other football players and out-run the fastest of defenders.
This would make my last year  at San Ramon Valley High School amazing because I could dominate in every aspect of my life. Domination is ultimately the word that this Super Hero would achieve. I would use these super powers on the football field and on the basketball court. I would undeniably be a different species on the field and on the court because of the painful preparation I chose to sacrifice for. The sacrifice would pay off and help me with my overall big picture. It would also help me in the classroom because I could maintain a maximum amount of focus especially when I am in my favorite class, Mrs. Sekera's class.