Believing and Achieving

What do you do when the doctor tells a football-obsessed kid to quit the sport he loves -- and he refuses to listen?Michael "Bigplay" McKay grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, the youngest of three, raised on faith, discipline, and Saturday mornings on the football field. But behind the championships and the nickname was a boy fighting his own body -- a life-threatening asthma attack, a hospital stay, a breathing capacity doctors compared to a four-year-old's. He played anyway.Believing and Achieving follows Michael from Pee-Wee football championships to a college scholarship, through heartbreak, faith milestones, and the hard-won lessons that only come from losing before you learn how to win. Woven through every chapter is a simple, steady conviction: nothing that happens to us is random, and God has a purpose even in our hardest seasons.This isn't a polished highlight reel. It's an honest, often funny, deeply personal account of a life built one hard practice, one prayer, and one act of accountability at a time -- for anyone who has ever had to fight for what they believe is meant for them.If you've ever needed a reminder that your setbacks are setup for something greater, Michael's story will meet you right where you are.Pick up your copy today and start believing -- and achieving -- for yourself.

-- Michael McKay