AROUND THE WAY WITH EJ

"Dreams come true. I have to go do this. I can do my hobby as a full-time job."

"I'm trying to get the relationship built, the foundational relationship built with 6, 7 and 8-year-olds while their brains are still pliable."

The owner/operator of the non-profit, "Building Bridges Over Barriers" fills us in on some upcoming events.

"When it came time to play division one basketball, VMI came into the picture and gave us a chance."

"Tennessee had always been on my mind previous to me getting recruited."

"I don't know everything, I'm still learning every day but I'm not selfish with any of my knowledge or my wisdom."

"I think I like challenges, challenges is what creates a good foundation for your success."

Overstreet recently was named an assistant coach for the Depauw University field hockey team.

"If you would've told me that I'd never leave this town back when I was 18, I would've said I don't know about that."

"There's always a different way of life."

"I knew if I was able to get to the next level and I was able to have the coaching that I knew was needed, I would be able to do what I could."

"We believe in community. That's the sole source of our inspiration."

The Patrick Henry standout is heading to Penn State to suit up for the Nittany Lions.

"We're best friends we never fight. Everyone always asks but we always boost each other."

"A typical day for Frank Beamer involves involves I-77."

"I enjoy athletics. Athletics have been good to me. It allowed me to go to college."

"Young people keep you young. You know, I'm getting on up there in age."

"I was learning so much and I was passionate for it and I love to see kids getting better and I wanted to bring it home."

"Football was something I always played but was always secondary."

Daniel Brooks joins us again on Season 2 for an expanded talk on athletes and mental health and shares new things on the horizon for "Motivate the Game".

"Your walk of life ends up being your future. We need to know our history to go further."

Jeff Johnson has spent 31 years leading the Patrick Henry track and field program but is ready to step down.

"I have to try and make myself believe that I'm going to do something great."

"Doesn't matter where you're from---Covington or small town 'God's Country USA' you can still go out there and make a global impact."

"I'm learning the playbook of my life that I can hand down to other people and say hey go do these things."

I'm excited to bring you more conversations from some of the great people that make up the communities in which we call home.

Ferrum College Alumni Sports Hall of Famer Nate Daniels checks in and discusses the release of his upcoming children's book, "So You Want to be a Hoop Star?"

Daniel Brooks founded Good Counsel LLC in 2019 with the goal of bridging gaps between mental health providers and the community.

The interactive photography studio provides content creation solutions to professional and personal creators in and around the Martinsville community.

The former Ferrum football standout currently owns and operates Daniels Sports Performance in the Richmond area, providing clinics and training opportunities for athletes across the Commonwealth.

The Ferrum alum, Hall of Famer and current football coach breaks down his philosophy of success for the Black Hats.

The 2002 William Fleming graduate reflects on his journey from his playing days to now being a veteran coach at Southern University and the lessons he's learned along the way.

A familiar face to the Roanoke Valley wrestling scene, Nate Yetzer has been hard at work on "The Build"-- the new wrestling program at Roanoke College that will debut this fall.

Pine Valley Golf Association and partnered with Rebounding Roanoke to provide golf clinics for the boys and girls in the Renaissance and ELLE Academies.

“You start getting more serious like waking up at 4:45 for 5:30 practices and start doing other things outside of swimming.”

Thomas made an immediate impact upon his arrival at VMI where he earned Southern Conference Honors.

"We get so caught up in trying to outdo the next person, out talk the next person and out-accomplish the next person, that we forgot to help out this community and make these kids understand that there's other things to do other than the foolishness that they choose to do."

Creating a change through positive and honest conversation is the goal of the new digital-only show coming to wsls.com