MARK DANIELS JR.: “If you’re doing something you love, you can’t replace that – it’s priceless”

Sometimes life has a way of pushing you in a direction that you didn’t plan for. Sometimes, though, you have to take life by the horns and make it go the direction you choose. Team Toyota pro Mark Daniels Jr. knows a little about both paths.

As a fishing-mad teenager growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Daniels took his first step down the road of being a professional bass angler when a fire in his childhood home roundabout delivered him his first boat. Just a few years later, Daniels and his wife Taneisha packed up their young family (and dog!) and moved across the country to live with her grandmother in Alabama – taking a chance so Mark could pursue his dream of fishing as a full-time pro.

Now 12 years into his pro career and one of the most popular anglers on the Bass Pro Tour, Daniels can safely call his gamble a success. His keys?

“My saying since the beginning has been ‘Follow your dreams’,” Daniels says. “Follow your dreams, man! If you’re doing something that you love, you can’t replace that, it’s priceless.”

Find out how Daniels’ family helped shape his passion for fishing, how he prioritizes sharing that love with others, and the importance of pursuing your own dreams. It’s Marks’s Story presented by Toyota USA.