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.