Today's podcast episode is an interview with my former wrestling coach, Mitch Johns. Mitch is a business owner and extremely wise man. During out interview, he made a very poignant statement: "You learn only that you don't win a whole lot from winning. You take a lot more out of losses." In line with this [...]
Are you a competitor? It doesn't matter if you're an athlete or not, but are you a competitor? Do you love to win and hate to lose? Does losing bring a stink to your face? The best of the best are obsessed with winning. Just the other night, I was watching the Jerry Rice story. [...]
Most of us have heard the old adage: There are 24 hours, 1440 minutes and 86,400 seconds in a day. It is up to each one of us how we use them. Utilizing your time efficiently will elevate you from mediocrity to excellence. It's what will distinguish you from the pack. By reading John Wooden's [...]
When I was 15, my parents made a deal with me: Become an All-American in freestyle wrestling this summer, and you can get a tattoo. Neither party involved actually thought it would happen...Be careful the deals you make. As it turns out, I did become an AA at nationals, and I did get my first [...]
Think back to the last time you said, "Because I said so, that's why." For me, it was yesterday. I was talking to my daughter. Technically, I think I said, "Because I'm big and your small, and that's why," but I made my point (That's a little saying my sister-in-law taught me). Outside of speaking [...]
There were a handful of times in my wrestling career where I totally lost control. I can remember one, in particular, that sent me flying across the mat toward my opponent. I had lost, and he had mocked me. I lost it. Thankfully, my dad caught me before I made the regrettable mistake of letting [...]
I can count on one hand the amount of concerts I've been to in my life: there was Blink 182, KISS, Naughty By Nature, Dashboard Confessionals, Dierks Bentley...OK, maybe two hands. But the point is: I'm not a regular concert goer (BTW, if you can find any continuity in that band list, please let me [...]
I was fortunate to speak at two different high schools yesterday (Portage/Central Cambria, PA), spreading a message of "fight". Not the kind I did in a cage, rather the kind we are all faced with on a daily basis; is fighting for what I really want/believe in really worth the struggle? Do I have the strength/will/fortitude [...]
In the past few years, as I'm comfortably in (past) the twilight of my professional fighting career, I've begun to reflect much more. Introspection, looking within yourself and your experience, is an extremely valuable habit (It often drives me/my wife, crazy, but I believe it's paramount to optimizing yourself, physically and mentally). A few weeks [...]
Have you ever heard a song, interview or soundbite of some sort, and you remember exactly where you were/what you were doing when you heard it? Maybe it wasn't revolutionary in the standard sense, either, but it carried with it intense personal meaning? About six months ago, I was walking down my sidewalk listening to an [...]