I moved to Texas from South Carolina in 2007. My swing was too tight, my delivery was terrible, and my riding was terrible. I never thought I belonged with the best guys in the world. I’d pull up at the rodeo and there’s Tee Woolman and Speed Williams, and here I am trying to compete. I never figured I was capable of roping with them, by any means. Just to be a part of it was good enough for me. At least I was there trying. That was the most important thing to me.
I moved in with Chad Masters, who had just won the World, but who I knew from back in the Southeast. I got a job with Allen Bach, and I worked hard. Between the two of…
