Muscle Minute #3: Blue-Collar Mentality

“This spot is blue collar all over it—embrace it.”

When I drove to Huntington to speak to the Marshall baseball team, I felt it immediately. The coal being loaded on the river, the power plants, the construction—it was everywhere.

I wanted the players to understand something crucial: Pay attention to your environment. Embrace the grind of where you’re from and let that work ethic fuel everything you do, both on the field and in life. When you apply that level of grit to something you love, it’s an unstoppable combo.