Origin.
Hi, I'm Tyler Williams, and I'd like to share my story with you.
I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, where everyone sort of did their work and lived their lives. All told, it was pretty normal stuff.
As for me? Well — growing up, I was always a bit of a troublemaker. A misfit.
In fact, that's really where my story begins.
One Word.
It's "Meet The Team Night." This was the night where all the teams that were in-season would group together, and one-by-one, your name would be introduced in front of your family, friends, and significant others.
"Varsity Lacrosse, Tyler Williams" — this combination never got called.
Twelve years ago, I was kicked off the varsity lacrosse team. Thirty minutes before we met to be introduced — I was summoned into the coaches' office, where I was told that I was "uncoachable."
Uncoachable? I didn’t even know what this word meant, but it just — stuck.
That night, I told myself — from that point forward — I would do everything I could to learn, to grow, and to be as coachable as possible.
And that's exactly what I did. The following year — I was a player-voted Team Captain.
Over the next six years, I would actually coach side-by-side with that very same man — a great friend to this day — who once kicked me off his team. I was blind, but he helped me see.