During the pinnacle of his football career as an all-state quarterback in Texas, Trey's trajectory unexpectedly shifted with a severe ankle injury, tearing ligaments on already weakened ankles, threatening to shatter his dream.  Faced with the choice of sacrificing his passion or enduring another surgery, armed with tools acquired through reading and meditation, Trey forged a third path – one of innovation. Recognizing that surgery would sideline him for the season and beyond, Trey refused to accept defeat, a mindset ingrained in him for life. "I need to get a scholarship to play football somewhere. This is my gateway to college. I have to play. I cannot get another surgery," he declared. Fueled by unyielding determination, Trey turned frustration into inspiration, sparking the vision of Achilles, a revolutionary ankle machine born out of personal need that he and his dad constructed using simple materials from a local hardware store. The early Achilles prototype's effectiveness, unverified by data but validated through Trey's subsequent achievements of winning two National Championships as a starting linebacker without ever experiencing another ankle injury and earning a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, speaks volumes.

Beyond the product and its prototype lies Trey's deep understanding of the human spirit. "What cancer taught me was mental strength," he shares. His own battle with stage 2 cancer in 2019 was another milestone that shaped his outlook on life. Instead of succumbing to despair, he embraced the challenge with a competitive spirit, viewing it as a game to be won. "I wired my brain to think that we're competing against this disease," Trey shares, highlighting the mental strength that saw him through and infused Achilles with a deeper purpose. "At the time, I was questioning my life... I questioned whether I was going to be an entrepreneur?. Am I going to create something?"

His reading list during this period included life-changing books like "Becoming Supernatural" and "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind." These spiritual and mind-expanding works, along with "How Not to Die," which guided him during his battle with cancer, became cornerstones of Trey's transformed outlook.