I did not believe I could do it because years ago I had suffered 3rd degree burns on my feet. I was a baton twirler in high school and was rehearsing with the band during the summer. I had flip flops on and one of them busted while marching on the boiling hot pavement.

This is the kind of pain you NEVER forget.

There were approximately 1000 of us at the Hilton Hotel @ LAX and he told us to take off our shoes & socks and walk up to the roof of the Hotel where 12 lines of fire coals were waiting. I went through the motions fearing I would quit just before walking over the red hot coals and just hoped for a miracle.

I was one of the lucky ones. Tony was at the front of my line and when it was my turn to walk, he asked me: “Are you ready?” (how can you tell Tony no?). He said “Just repeat: COOL MOSS…COOL MOSS”.

Well, the drumbeats synchronized with my heart and I looked up to the starry sky and DID IT!!

After they threw cold water at my feet, I ran to the back of the line again to do it again because I didn’t believe I had done it.

Tony said: “Always remember that if were able to walk on fire today, you can achieve anything you set your heart out to do.”

He was RIGHT!! Thank you Tony.