“I’m thinking of majoring in chemical engineering and maybe going into business or something,” he (Zahir) said. “My advice for others is to remember that in anything you do, there will be times you don’t want to do it. You have to remember why you do what you do.”
-Zahir Muhammad
https://thedcline.org/2018/11/28/introduced-to-chess-at-the-age-of-3-ward-7-teen-now-holds-national-ranking/

Zahir teaching Lily about pawn structure in Chinese. Beijing, China.

Zahir teaching young students at Kids and Culture Camp about the opening. 

In the long term, Zahir hopes to start his own chess team. Zahir is the oldest of four children, and credits his father for teaching him how to play chess and his mother for driving him around to numerous practices and tournaments. When asked who inspires him most towards excellence, he points to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan whose consistency and strength motivates him to achieve greatness in chess and in life. 
-DC Scholastic Chess 
https://dcscholasticchess.org/chess-news