He did not step away from it. Instead, he leaned on the structure and expectations set at home. His mother encouraged him to hold his ground, not through confrontation, but through consistency. At one point, he aimed for a career in football, but a serious knee injury closed that path. Rather than holding onto what was no longer possible, he redirected his focus toward performance. In his early twenties, he moved to New York City to train more seriously, choosing a path that required both discipline and uncertainty.
