Thought this was worth reading...a (long) but amazing tweet from Boyd

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_boydisland#TBT 3 years ago I had my heart broken. I got so close to being where I wanted to be and came up short. I lost friends & close ones. I didn't know what to do I was broke, no where to go, no one by my side. I gave up on the game. My own friends laughed at me and said things like "Toure said he going to Boise but he still here".I started working at a best buy warehouse just so I could have some money in my pocket with no thoughts of getting back on the field. My uncle had a coach from a junior college reach out to me and I went on a visit to Fullerton College. I would have went there but my money situation was not in the right place at the time being. So I decided to move out on my own and started school that spring in Palm Springs. I had no money, my financial aid didn't go through at first , it was hard for me to eat. I got stuck in the situation to where I couldn't leave that school until the season was over. I got in trouble numerous times and had to sit out 3 games. The very first day I was at this school we had to introduce ourselves and state our goals. I recited, " My name is Toure Boyd and I'm going to the SEC". Everybody in the room laughed at me. The coach even had a smirk on his face. I played that season and had an okay season and transferred to Chaffey College where I met my first family. When I first got to Chaffey the coaches sent out my film from the previous school and Utah & Arizona offered me. This stirred up a lot of jealousy amongst people on the team and I heard things like," I don't know why Utah offered you your weak" , "you won't even start". As the season went on I was having a great year and the coaching staff at Utah assured me to commit because they had other options on the table and I wanted to weigh my options. Both Arizona and Utah pulled their scholarships and I was left with some small schools like Georgia St. & Southern Miss(which is still a blessing). After the season I was discouraged after being jumped and the next day got a call from USC. I stand today, 3 years later from embarrassment. 3 years of struggle. 3 years of disbelief from people. God saw the best in me when everyone could only see the worst.

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