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“I had a pretty chaotic, violent upbringing. It was always something. My dad was pretty violent toward my mom and later on, my mom was sometimes violent toward me. It was kind of a crazy, chaotic household, really. My dad was in and out of jail, and he’s in prison now. There was so much trouble and violence all around me.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“That was something that messed with me a lot. I can talk honestly about it now, and I can see the truth now, and what was really going on. If you would have asked me when I was young if it bothered me and I had too much of an ego to say the truth, so I’d have bulls—-ed and said it did not. It did affect me a great deal, though. I can talk about it now, because I understand it.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I couldn’t do anything and I was so ashamed. It affected me when I was a kid. I mostly felt ashamed. My dad is this big Samoan dude and he and my mom were always in a physical altercation. I’d take my little sister and hide her to try to keep her safe. I was always kind of ashamed that I didn’t step up and stop my dad, but I was a little kid and he was this big Samoan guy and realistically, there was nothing I could do.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Once I was old enough to start going out on my own, when I was 14, 15, I started looking for trouble myself… I was young and stupid and I didn’t think a lot about the consequences of what I was doin. I was an angry kid and I was looking for an outlet. I loved to fight and if something happened, I was ready to go right away.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“When I got there, there was almost nothing positive going on in my life. I wasn’t really a bad person, but I didn’t know how to do the right thing. And I know this sounds stupid, but I didn’t know how to work hard or how to live a positive lifestyle. And that’s what those guys at Team Alpha Male were doing.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It was a slow transition. I spent a year there getting my ass kicked, because I was still partying and I wasn’t taking fighting seriously. But as I watched Urijah and Castillo and guys like that, and saw how they sacrificed to make themselves successful and how they were committed to living positive, productive lives, I began to get it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The best thing that ever happened to me was finding that gym and those guys. Being there and becoming part of that team, it saved me. I don’t want to think what I might have become. They showed me the right way and helped me become a real man and a real person.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports<\/a>, Team Alpha Males Andre Fili discussed his life changing decision to enlist with Team Alpha Male.<\/p>\n

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