Plan A was to go to college, get an education and do something that would make a positive impact in the world. As kids we had dreamed of playing together in the NFL, but whenever we talked about it, our dad would remind us that if we made it to the league - especially if we got to play together - that would be an added blessing. My dad used to tell me and my brother that. But something was missing.Īnd looking back on it now, I think that what was missing was my brother. I was still the same player - energetic, happy, always working. Petersburg, I was happy to be back in Florida. Then, after the 2020 season, my brother signed with the Jaguars, and I joined the Dolphins down in Miami. I went down to the practice squad, worked my way back to the active roster, and went back and forth between the two for a while. The only thing that matters is how I respond to yet another obstacle and what I choose to do. And after talking with my brother, I realized that it doesn’t matter what people think about me at all. There’s this thing we used to always say in Seattle: “Be where your feet are.” It basically means to stay in the present and control what you can control. I don’t like people feeling sorry for me.īut at no point did I ever think that that was it for me in the NFL. I didn’t want people thinking, Aw, the one-handed player got cut. I was more worried about how other people would perceive me. Now that I look back on it, I can see that the reason I was upset wasn’t that I’d gotten cut, or because the news had leaked early, or the uncertainty. I was able to be vulnerable with him about my mindset - and honestly, my fear. I’m staying here with you and we’re gonna figure this out.” He was supposed to be back at the facility the next day for practice, and I remember he said, “I’m not going. My brother and me - we been through it, man. I remember showing it to my brother and saying, “Yo, is this real? This ain’t real….” The news had leaked early, and at first I couldn’t believe it. I’m sitting in the kitchen looking out at the lake - all the pine trees, just beautiful Pacific Northwest scenery - when I check my phone and see the news come across social media. We had a couple days off from camp and a friend of our’s invited us out to his girlfriend’s lake house to do some paddleboarding and just relax. Me and my brother were still up in Seattle. The overall effect is complemented by the scenery, which, thanks to the clear glass windows, seems to enter each room, offering ever-changing views and becoming part of the building itself.But allow me to pick up my story where a lot of you probably left off - tell you what the last couple of years have been like, and where my journey will lead me next. The furniture and lighting fixtures were either specially designed for this villa or chosen by the architect Fabio Mazzeo and his team from some of the most outstanding contemporary design products. For instance, the decorations in the home theater room evoke natural materials and the skyline of Cala di Volpe. The architect came up with a number of scenic and inventive solutions for the interiors by drawing inspiration from the landscape and reinterpreting it. From the south façade, a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Pevero can also be experienced. The façade on the east side is virtually transparent due to its large, full-height windows that blur the boundary between interior and exterior. On the north side, where the main entrance is located, a frame with an asymmetrical splay draws the observer's attention to the entrance door.
The west part of the villa, which can be seen from a distance, has a highly symmetrical and even façade that gives it a fortress-like appearance silhouetted against the horizon among a centuries-old olive grove. It is in perfect harmony with the surrounding environment, which includes a terraced garden and swimming pool with a panoramic view and, last but not least, a beautiful scenery. As the architect explains, he took a holistic and organic approach to the project by involving talented professionals with cross-disciplinary expertise in order to achieve a harmonious effect in which art, design and craftsmanship are balanced and intertwine in order to meet the client's requirements.Ĭonceived as a dynamic polyhedron generated by the orography of the soil and the wind, the villa is spread over three levels and all its façades are completely different. The architect Fabio Mazzeo has designed a luxurious new residence in the Costa Smeralda, on the Abbiadori promontory looking out over Cala di Volpe, in one of the most stunning and scenic locations in Sardinia, which celebrates the relationship between architecture and landscape.
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