Michael Dumas, Jr.

University of Memphis Alum, Proud supporter of Memphis Tiger Athletics, Local Weekend Warrior soccer coach, Christian, Brother, Father, and Grandparent.

[Ben DiNucci @B_DiNucci6]

I don’t understand why I’ve never followed soccer

That stops after this World Cup

Absolutely electric couple of weeks

What are best leagues / teams to follow ?

[Trump Girl 🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲 @MAGA__Patriot]

I had no idea..

"This man was born in 1809.
In 1816, at age 7, he was forced to work because his family was expelled.
In 1818, he lost his mother.
In 1828, he lost his sister.
In 1831, he opened his first business and went bankrupt.
In 1832, he stood in the legislative elections and lost.
In 1833, he borrowed money to open another business and went bankrupt again.
In 1835, he met a wonderful woman. He falls in love with her, they get engaged, and she dies.
In 1836, he entered a dark period of his life: deep depression.
He remains bedridden for 6 consecutive months. But he gets up.
He gets up and in that same year of 1836 he runs in the legislative elections and loses again.
In 1840 he presented himself as an elector; he loses.
In 1842, he met the woman he would end his life with.
They fall in love, get engaged, get married and she gives him 4 children and they lose 3 (three).
In 1843, he appeared at the congresses and lost.
In 1845, he appeared again at the congresses and lost again.
In 1850, his son died.
In 1854, he ran for the Senate and lost.
In 1856, he ran for Vice President, he didn't even have 100 votes.
In '58, he ran again for the Senate and lost again.

And in 1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN was elected President of the United States of America 🇺🇸.
He was elected for two exceptional terms (he was assassinated in beginning of the second term.) He was one of the most respected and impactful Presidents in the history of the United States 🇺🇸.

It's important to tell this story of perseverance because we see the hero, but we don't see the backstage of the afflictions. "

Wow. ...
I think this is a great example of Never Never Never Give Up! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Everything we need is right here with us.

The postmatch speech from Mauricio Pochettino. ⤵️

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

Watching the World Cup has me asking questions. Do Europeans get issued 8 weeks of vacation, unlimited airline miles, and a trust fund at birth? Because every match I turn on there are 40,000 fans following their team to a different state or country on a Tuesday afternoon while Americans are hiding in a work bathroom checking scores.

[Antonio Anderson @ToneAnderson5]

What a time man!!!! Forever @Memphis_MBB 🐅 💙

[👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson @ScoopB]

Desmond Bane rsponds to LeBron James’ recent comments regarding the city of Memphis. 🏀

"The people who live there in Memphis and spend their time there understand how special it is. It’s just real genuine people. If you’ve been there you know.”

🔗My Story - https://t.co/cQrKWYTXrj

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[David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS]

LeBron (and his peers) trashing Memphis to his golf bros is corny. The city deserves better from these brothers. I want yall to hear every word of this.

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

In 2022, Zach Randolph wrote about his love for the city of Memphis: “Listen man, Memphis is one of the most underrated cities in the country. They have so much underground talent in that city that hasn’t even been tapped yet. I know that for a fact. Memphis has so much creativity and history, just on the music side, from the blues to Isaac Hayes, to even Elvis.

There’s no denying it’s a cultural city.

But it’s a hard working town, you feel me? With blue collar, hard working people.

It has its tough spots and rough moments, but the thing that makes Memphis special is that they accept all their people. People who got knocked down and got up resilient. People who ain’t got the prettiest journey story. Bottom line is, you can be you in Memphis — you don’t have to act a certain way.

So when I got there, I felt like I fit right in.” https://t.co/UkGgadYRQP

[The Rubber Chicken🇨🇦 @Gunblaze1969]

This is madness

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Steve Jobs gave a 15-minute speech at Stanford in 2005 that still changes lives today:

"Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories."

Story 1: Connecting the dots

"I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months. I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best decisions I ever made."

Steve shares what happened next:

"Because I had dropped out, I decided to take a calligraphy class. I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the space between letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh, it all came back to me. It was the first computer with beautiful typography."

He reflects:

"You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path."

Story 2: Love and loss

"At 30, I got fired from Apple, the company I started. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone. It was devastating. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley."

Steve explains what saved him:

"But something slowly began to dawn on me, I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over."

He shares what came next:

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. During the next five years, I started NeXT, started Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple."

His advice:

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life. The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

Story 3: Death

"When I was 17, I read a quote: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.' Since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Steve shares why death is such a powerful tool:

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

He concludes:

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

His final words:

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Men,

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

That was fantastic, outrageously cool!!

[Steve 🇺🇸 @SteveLovesAmmo]

I miss watching Rodney Dangerfield.

This is a longer video but worth the watch.

[Vaibhaw Purohit | Motivation @FreakyTheory]

Don’t forget that time is a gift others are praying for. Make every moment matter.

[LifeHaxx101 @LifeHaxx101]

Save this now.
These knots could save your life in crucial moments 🪢

[Eric Matheny 🎙️ @ericmmatheny]

Wisdom from a man who was coming to terms with his own mortality.

Take the 2 minutes and 50 seconds to watch this.

Incredible. What a great human being.