[M.D. Holloway]

He puts out 100%+ - thats the way he is bilt. Tonite for instance, he played the whole game - viasibly tired come 3rd Q. The coach was short of players and asked him if he would like to sit out the 4th. They were behind big which is rare. He looked him straight in the eye and said "Coach, I'm good. I want to stay in." I asked him if he was OK and he told me " Dad, I'm good for this, I need some water but I know what I gotta do. We can get these guys dad, I know we can...what do they have like 5 on us?" "More like 8 buddy". " Geeze dad, we can do betta..."

The kid was real tired but the coach played him the 4th - as the quarter started he barked orders at his team mates and worked the field like a pack mule. One kid from the other team had great skills and juked my boy twice on D and scored. Each time he told the coach "Coach! That was me." Finally I yelled from the sides to "Rush him buddy! He comes at you don't wait, go for him and clear the ball!" He nodded at me and wouldn't you know, the kid tried to strike 3 more times and my boy cleared each. Each time he stopped the strike he looked over and smiled. He has more than enough heart with slighly above average skills. He is the type that would run through a brick wall. He gets that from his Mom.

I just gotta figuer out how to just relax and savor the days...