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The Key to Staying Disciplined

August 11, 2021August 19, 2021 Rick 98 Views 0 Comments athlete, commitment, determination, discipline, fitness, focus, grateful, gym, inspiration, inspirational, inspired, leg day, lift, motivation, motivational, passion, plant based, plant-based athlete, power, sacrifice, strength, strong, thankful, vegan, weightlifting, will, workout

“I could never live like you. I wouldn’t want your lifestyle.” Said to me by a 19-year-old elite junior hockey

Challenging Convention: Saroya Tinker

March 8, 2021October 31, 2021 Rick 194 Views 0 Comments black girl hockey club, black lives matter, blm, commitment, courage, end racism, gratitude, hockey, hockey is for everyone, hockey player, ice hockey, international women's day, love, metropolitan riveters, monday motivation, motivation monday, NHL, nwhl, passion, respect, saroya tinker, strength, strong, the players' tribune, yale, yale hockey

“Hockey saw me — specifically, the white people in hockey saw me. To them, it mattered what I looked like.

45 Years Later

January 14, 2021April 16, 2021 Rick 187 Views 0 Comments ageless, athlete, blessed, commitment, dairy free, discipline, do what you love, focus, grow, hard work, heart, hockey, hustle, improve, inspiration, motivational, over 50, passion, plant based, plant powered, plant-based athlete, plant-powered athlete, sacrifice, tbt, throwback thursday, vegan, vegan athlete, vegan fitness, veganhockeyplayer, vibrantNRG

This photo was taken January 14, 1976, exactly 45 years ago at Tarken Ice Rink in Philly. I was 11.

“All I ever wanted, all I ever needed is here…”

December 26, 2020April 16, 2021 Rick 174 Views 0 Comments anniversary, athlete, california, dairy free, dairy-free athlete, depeche mode, LA, los angeles, passion, plant based, plant powered, plant-based athlete, plant-based diet, plant-powered athlete, plantstrong, PR, prince, publicist, publicity, spiritual, vegan, vegan af, vegan athlete, vegan fitness, vegan life, vegan lifestyle, veganhockeyplayer, vegans of instagram, vibrantNRG

Prince whisked past me on a golf cart in the airport. It was Christmas 1989, moving day from from Miami