I recently loss a lot of weight (almost 6olbs in 60 days) which I thought was impossible so I will not say what is possible or not possible. Mahalo for your invitation I will be there this summer with my stopwatch to watch a 39 year old run a 4.4 40-yd dash. Hell in my book if you come anywhere near sub 4.6 your a winner. If you haven’t tried Purium I got a $50 gift card for you go to http://www.mypuriumgift.com code: ulumanaia because I want to see you do it. Mahalo for your inspirational story, I am a GOV but I am excited to watching your Tigers play this season. GO GOVS!!!

To be honest, it really doesn’t matter how fast I ran the 40 yard dash in high school at 17 years old or how fast I ran the 40 yard dash well into my 30’s. Right now in my career, it’s not about me. It’s about the student-athletes that I will have the privilege of coaching at McKinley. I want to be clear on that. Moving forward…

I’m sure no one would believe that I’ve seen players throw 80 yards with a 3 step drop, seen players bench 225 well over 50 times and I have even seen players run 40 times faster than the documented times of Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Chris Johnson, Darrel Green — the list goes on and on. The people I have seen do this all have the same thing in common with me: we never gave up on the dream of playing in the NFL, we trained countless hours to get to the big show, and it never happened. We all never made it.

I’m sure everyone knows that it is not easy to get into the professional level. There are countless individuals that I have met on my football journey that had tremendous athletic ability and physical attributes. But for one reason or another, they never got their shot. These are the people that you never hear about. After a while, they, like me, are sitting on the couch watching football on Sundays and wondering what went wrong, asking themselves, “What if I did this or that?” and just wishing they could be out there playing.

That’s why the Semi – Pro level exists. Because it facilitates the needs of football players who can’t give up the game. The age range for players are 18-45. There are no tv reporters, our games aren’t broadcasted, the newspapers don’t care, no hype, no nothing. Our crowd consists of some friends who have time to go to the game and wives and girlfriends who are forced to attend. But to us playing in the game, it doesn’t even matter. We just can’t fathom the thought of giving up football. There is always a chance in our minds.

In my twenties, I started sending out VHS tapes to every NFL Team at least twice a year to no response. Then it became DVD’s to every NFL Team to no response. Then you come to the realization when you are 34 years old, that it’s over. You have no chance. The next thing you know you end up turning all of your football memories into a BBQ because you realize that you have failed. Consequently, you put on 60 pounds as an excuse not to play because you know you can’t compete being out of shape.

I’m also sure most of you on this forum know at least one person who should have played in the NFL because they are an amazing athlete and they are not. Not everyone who is amazing makes it, and that’s just life. Anybody here knows Terrell Sinkfield? Probably not. I didn’t know about him until I typed in “fastest 40 yard dash” on Google. He ran a 40 at his pro combine in 4.19 seconds. According to my 10 second research, that’s the fastest documented time. He’s not in the NFL.

So with that being said, on a personal note, I am oddly motivated by all of this. So here is what I propose. I was at 280 lbs in January. I am now down to 240 lbs. Sometime in July, I will post a date on the football website inviting all of you to come down to McKinley. With 5 months to train, I am guessing I can get get my 40 time down to a 4.4 at around 205-220. I will run two 40 yard dashes. If I don’t run a 4.4 (which is respectable for a 39-year-old man), I will buy everyone there pizza and soda, and we can hang out and talk story. Either way it should be fun for everyone 🙂

GO TIGERS!!

Mahalo!!

Hello, I just spoke to Sam again today and he did not back down. He added that the 4.19 was with a hand-held timer in Las Vegas and that it would round off to a 4.28 or 4.29. He texted me a photo of a story from the Honolulu Advertiser when he was in high school, and the writer attributes Cantiberos saying his 40 went down from 4.4 to 4.2. Yes, it is him that is saying it — to the reporter then and to me now — and yes I can understand how people may doubt it. … He said that when he’s in shape this fall, anyone is welcome to come down and watch him run a 40. He think it will be good motivation for the kids. He also says that he thinks he could do a 4.4 and that he will be turning 39 soon. He plans to run in Hawaii’s Fastest Human race. … Now of course it certainly is hard for anyone to comprehend how someone without a name like Jerry Rice or Bo Jackson could run that fast. It’s possible that he’s not telling the truth. But, this man said he tried to make the NFL and never gave up on that dream until he was 34. He said he trained specifically for the 40 because speed is his thing. … If there are tons of unbelievers, I can press him for more documentation of his time. He went to “tons” of combines and maybe there’s something in writing that would help people understand where he’s coming from — and either verify his words or not.