WE OUT HERE- 11 days

Tonight was possibly the most grueling workouts I've experienced (36 sets of stairs...Ab workout...sprint/suicide wars...pushup/squat jump death circles :P ) There were several times where I really wanted to call it quits, but I didn't because every time I looked up those fucking stairs, I didn't see pain, I saw the faces of Purple Haze coming down those stairs behind me. Every time I wanted to quit on those planks, I wouldn't let myself look down at the wood floor where my own sweat was pooling and my hands shaking, I raised my head to look into the eyes of my teammates toughing it out with me. I am proud to play with this team because if I look into your eyes during gameplay/drills/workouts, I can see the hunger and the determination that burns in each player. That's what fires me up. Many of you hear me yell and scream and cheer as we run up those stairs to pump you all up...but I am not doing that just for you, I'm doing it for myself because I truly get my energy from you all. I get my second and third winds from two sources, anger (rampage power) and my teammates, that's you. Every time I want to give up, I think about each of you giving your all, sacrificing for the team, and I push harder. You inspire me to find that next gear. So thanks Haze. You have all helped me push myself past what I thought were my limits.

I'd like to think I dedicated myself to tennis in high school (3 hours a day on the court, countless days hitting against walls/machines) but after this season of ultimate, I can safely say I've never dedicated myself to or invested so much in anything else in my life. And that's pretty awesome to me. I want to win sectionals more than anything.

At one of our earliest team meetings, when we were discussing personal and team goals, I remember you all saying you wanted to: win sectionals, win a tournament, be in the best shape of your lives....and although I agreed with and shared in your goals, I had other things on my mind (i think i told you this at the meeting). For me, the most important aspect of a successful team is TRUST.

-Trust= being able to throw to space and knowing my cutter will run his ass off to catch that disc.

-Trust= KNOWING that every one of my teammates has put in the same or more time than me working on fitness and throws.

-Trust= running my ass off because every player on the sideline has my back.

The first two years I spent with Haze, I felt there was no accountability and more importantly, I didn't trust the team. I was literally afraid of messing up on the field because I thought Sean Carter would make fun of me or some shit like that. not the best learning environment. The players that made up Haze had their fair amount of skill and heart, but I dont think we were dedicated and I held that against some of the players and I definitely attribute our many losses to people either not working out enough or not working on fundamentals.

That's not the case this year. In the fall, I watched from the sidelines and saw displays of athleticism, skill, and heart. And this spring, once we stepped up our training and I actually got to play with you all, I learned I could trust each and every one of you. I know I can trust you guys because I've seen the pain on your faces running your ass off in suicides and I've been there, right behind you, running up those horrible stair. We, as a team, worked our asses off this season and I am jazzed as holy fuck to play with you guys at sectionals. No one has worked as hard as us and no one deserves a sectionals win more than us. I will not be satisfied unless we bring home that title next sunday.

I dont know what else to say, I love you guys. I'm gonna drop bombs next week and I trust all of you are ready to wreak fools. We're seeded #1 goin into sectionals, so everyone hates us and us gunning for us. I say bring it. I'm out for blood. LETS GO HaZE!!!

My hands are shakin' and my hearts beatin'.........but I'm still shootin bitches and I'm STILL gettin headshots and it's like.....

~Rampage