Mike Santana

And went out on my own.

And I always say, like, I knew it was going to happen because no matter what I do, my daughter is going to eat and I'm always going to make sure that she eats.

So that was all the motivation that I needed.

100%.

And I think for me, like in the beginning, it was a lot of, I need to prove people wrong.

And then it turned into, I ain't competing with nobody but myself.

Right.

And I, every day that I wake up in my life, I look in that mirror and I say, that's the person I'm competing with.

Nobody else.

I think with me too, it's...

Today, I know who I am and I love who I am and I'm comfortable with who I am.

That's the dream, man.

And that to me, it's not cockiness, it's not arrogance, it's just I have this confidence in myself that especially coming from where I come from, I made something from nothing.

you know, I, my life could have gone in a totally different way.

And I chose to, uh, you know, make something of myself and, and constantly prove to others that it's possible.

You know, now you're also going to have roadblocks.

But I love it.

I mean, that's part of the journey.

That's part of the process, right?

Because at the end of the day, those are the things that you learn from the most, right?