My 1st Workout!

Whats up yard I told you guys that I would keep you informed with my where abouts and actions so here it goes. Every morning at 10 a.m. my wife and I work out together at Body Sculptor Gym in Buckhead, Ga.( www.bodysculptorinc.com for those of you who want to check it out. They get the job done there!!) On Friday morning I had a 10:15 Radio interview which delayed my workout drasticly! Sitting in Body Sculptor's parking lot I recieve another phone call from my agent telling me the Saints are on the phone and they wanna fly me in for a workout today! My wife immediately starts to tear up as I told my agent send me the flight info I'm ready! Hell at this point I'm ready for anything. Then the Saints called me and gave me the down low. At this point now my wife can't stop tearing, as she wipe her tears they steadily flow. She was crying like I just got drafted. LOL. This is one of those reasons why everyone should get married. See as my wife she has to deal with my highs and my lows, my sadness and my happiness. So she seen what this injury/free-agency has done to me. It has not been pretty. This is what being married is all about. It's a blessing to have someone more happy for you than you are. She knows me and she knows that when I'm motivated about something I go harder than ever. Well to make a long story short I flew to New Orleans that afternoon and worked out the next morning. NFL workouts are insane. The entire coaching staff, the scouts, trainers etc; all come out and watch your every move! With so many eyes on you its very hard not to be nervous. But for some reason I wasn't nervous at all. I felt as though I would be the TE they would pick. It was 4 of us, 2 from Denver, 1 from Greenbay and myself, the X Raven. Well I left New Orleans that day feeling confident, feeling like I crushed the workout. The only thing is is that I didn't get signed... no they didn't sign me. I guess I wasn't what they were looking for. I wasn't that perfect fit, or maybe its the toe surgery, or the hand surgery, or maybe it's my age. I honestly don't know. Man I must admit sometimes my career really, truely sucks. Well I guess its back to the drawing board. Im still waking up every morning and working out.

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• razah12 said September 08, 2009

  Dan the Man,
  
  Congrats on the workout.
  
  Keep your head up, it will come.
  
  You always have your loving family to back you.
  
  Best Wishes Bruddah.

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• AlanaG said September 08, 2009

  It all happens for a reason... yours will come!

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• Wheelman said September 08, 2009

  How you doin` with The Maker?

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• khollen said September 09, 2009

  keep your head up. good things come to those who wait. and you are too good a person for something good to not happen for you. and i am with you on the wife perspective, my wife is the same exact way. so we both married great women.

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• Betsy4259 said September 09, 2009

  Sorry to hear you didn't make it, hopefully another team with pick up on you. Good luck with football, but you are blessed to be loved by a woman like your wife, she is really a great woman.

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• Betsy4259 said September 09, 2009

  Sorry to hear you didn't make it, hopefully another team with pick up on you. Good luck with football, but you are blessed to be loved by a woman like your wife, she is really a great woman.

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• NPhillyBirdman said September 09, 2009

  Being an Eagles fan, I have been filled with ups and downs believe me. You my friend mentioned the very thing, the most important thing, a person who means the world to you and that's your wife, a loving and supportive wife. Guess what, she will never get traded, or released, whether injured or not and she will never trade you. No matter where you land, you will always have my support as a fan of football and fan life. God Bless you man and I hope all ends well for you.

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• jaymz77 said September 09, 2009

  You had to fly in that day to work out AFTER you just got done working out! I wish you the best, keep working hard, it will pay off!

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  • DanielWilcox replied September 09, 2009

    Thanks guys for your kind words. Football is a hard job to keep. Its out with the old and in with the new. I remember when I was the new and now I'm the old! I'm still focused and working extra hard to try to prepare my body for the physical torture that football requires. My wife Is God's blessing to me, because God knew that I did not need to go thru this alone! Once again I Thank God!
• hockeygoddess said September 09, 2009

  Keep smiling - God does have a plan for you and whatever happens is meant to be. You and your wife sound like a very good couple and I believe good things happen to good people. I can't imagine having a career where you are "too old". I'd have been washed up years ago!

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• speedwell said September 09, 2009

  Daniel, you're the type of positive athlete that YB needs in the Yard. Even when things don't work out the way you hope, everything is still coming up roses. Hard work is always rewarded, keep blogging too!

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• ncguitarplyr said September 16, 2009

  If the NFL doesn't work out I think you should come back to App State and be a coach!

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• JayBallz said September 19, 2009

  Great job with the blog and on the Shore Sports Report!

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• JDAndrea said September 22, 2009

  Keep your head up! You'll get signed....I know it!! BTW the way, I shot you a text the other day.

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