Greg has participated in sports and fitness-related activities throughout his life -- including basketball, football, baseball, running and weightlifting. 

So, he knew from experience that athletics can help seemingly different people find common ground -- and he began to use sports as a way to bring diverse people together when he started The Brunch Bunch Mentoring Program (thanks to the support of the management and staff of FFC - who made their health clubs available). 

Part of his book, The First Thirty, and expanded version The Silhouette Man, highlights positive life lessons we learn from sports and the life lessons that are relevant to sports -- including leadership, teamwork, work ethic, perseverance, diversity and how to play the game the right way.  And a major part of the book revolves around Greg's real-life efforts to use food (and milkshakes!) to bring communities closer together. The book was honored in 2007 as NSDLC Multicultural Relations Book of the Year.   The First Thirty has been incorporated into the community-based programming of a number of major sports teams including the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants.  In another instance, Foot Associates of New York ordered copies of the book for runners in their community, as well as food/health-related groups/restaurants like Bistro Provence, Brinker International, The Republic of Tea and others.

Others related to health and fitness - such as branches of GNC Live Well and Jamba Juice, and health clubs like Wellbridge Athletic Club have ordered copies as well for their own staff and/or students in their area.

"For anyone who's been knocked down or told, "you can't do it," The First Thirty is an uplifting read that will make you want to get up, dust yourself off, have a milkshake, and get back to work..." --- Fresno Famous

Greg has been invited to speak to sports & health/fitness-related groups like: a college basketball team, a college football team, an event for high school athetes, an annual banquet for hospital volunteers, an annual event for donors of United Way in Canada, an event for the staff of a center that works with people affected by cancer, and an event for staffers at General Mills.

In his personal life, Greg continued to work out regularly in the years after college. His workouts usually consisted of weightlifting four days a week, running two or three times a week, and doing sit-ups most every day.

He also did his best to have a healthy diet. It included: Cheerios, hard-boiled egg whites, protein milkshakes, pasta, turkey, chicken and fish. (He also chose to live completely free of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes).

In October 2008, Greg entered (and completed) his first triathlon  -- on just two weeks notice and one week of informal training.