His voice cracked, and he swallowed hard to push back that painful memory. There were times, he said, when his body didn’t feel like getting out of bed for morning workouts. There were times when his mind doubted whether all the work, all the discipline, was worth it. And he found his heart yearning more and more for his other love, his family — wife, La La, and 12-year-old son, Kiyan. “I had to get over that hump, mentally and emotionally,” Anthony said. “It was challenging, I will tell you that.”