In 2018, Kobe Bryant spoke at the USC Performance Science Institute to share his competitive and business philosophies with students. In this episode, you will hear Kobe respond to these six questions from the audience:

1.) What did you know and learn at the end of your career that you wish you knew at the beginning?

2.) Have you had to tone down your competitiveness and approach in a new work environment?

3.) Basketball players like Kevin Love and DeMar DeRozan are coming forward and sharing their stories on mental health, what’s your take on this and why is it important?

4.) How do you see dance and other art forms like athletics in alignment with one another?

5.) What's the most important thing that you can take away from competing in sports to life after sports?

6.) Off the court, how do you inspire and foster the mamba mentality within a child?

#MambaMonday

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Special Edition: Conversation w/ Rex Walters

Work hard, play smart, and compete unselfishly. These three lessons from Rex's legendary basketball coach Roy Williams will lead to success in sports and life. In this episode, Danny explores these principles while sitting down with a 7-year NBA veteran and 15-year coach, Rex Walters. What makes players such as Isiah Thomas, Tim Hardaway, and Allen Iverson so great? Their preparation! Which Rex expands upon while also discussing his mentality guarding Michael Jordan, the importance of maintaining your confidence, "the will to work" and what it takes to reach the pro level.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out Real Talk Basketball with Rex Walters @ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-talk-basketball-with-rex-walters/id1422398100

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Special Edition: Conversation w/ Taylor Cummings

"Expect nothing. Be ready for everything." This was a lesson Taylor learned from her college coach at Maryland and in this episode, we explore it as an approach to life during COVID while discussing how her Team USA teammates have all relied on one another while training remotely, her approach to coaching at the high school where she won four state championships as a student-athlete, the importance of being organized and benefits of using a planner, how to create a culture of success, and much more!

Taylor is passionate about growing the sport of lacrosse while encouraging young girls everywhere to fight for their dreams. Learn more about her business @ www.taylorcummingslacrosse.com

Please also make sure to follow Taylor on Instagram @taylorcummings_ & Twitter @tcummings_21

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What is a goal that you have always wanted to achieve and haven’t? Why haven’t you? In this episode, we're discussing QB Tom Brady's quote about mindset while also sharing the story of the first man to run a sub-4-minute mile; and what happened after he showed the world that it was possible. Are there any mental barriers or stories that you tell yourself about what's possible and what you're capable of achieving? Reflect on this and remove them! You're capable of so much more, but it starts with supreme confidence in yourself.

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Special Edition: Conversation w/ Tianna Bartoletta

To become a world champion, it takes what it takes. It comes down to the million different decisions you're making daily and for Tianna Bartoletta, it was the result of being intentional because as she put it: "when my motivation runs out, my discipline takes over.” In this episode, Ian and Tianna discuss her mentality and journey from a small town to the Olympic stage, her aversion to distance running although she's one of the fastest women ever, how she's approached training during COVID in preparation for Tokyo 2021, losing with grace in the era of social media, how meditation and yoga have improved her performance, the power of reframing every situation to extract something useful to propel you forward, and much more!

How can you become #OnePercentBetter each day? Check out Tianna’s new website @ www.tiannabee.com/links

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The world’s best athletes think differently. They’ve embraced a growth mindset and they realize the power of setting goals. From business to sports, numerous studies on goal setting report an improved motivation and an increase in overall productivity by upwards of 25%! In this episode, we discuss the process of reaching your performance and outcome goals by examining a quote from two-sport legend Bo Jackson: “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”

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Special Edition: Conversation w/ George Bovell

How do you live a life based on love instead of fear to become the hero of your own story? In this episode, Danny sits down with 5x Olympian and Olympic Bronze Medalist George Bovell for a conversation about self-actualization. Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, George became a champion swimmer and today his passion for health optimization and self-mastery has led him on a journey to explore Amazonian medicine, Ayurvedic knowledge, and the mind-body-spirit connection. In this interview, we go deep to explore these topics, and much more. Are you ready to remove fear from your decision-making process? It begins with strengthening your mind to control your consciousness versus reacting to your environment. #HeroEnergy #VictoryEnergy

Please make sure to follow George on Instagram @georgebovell.live & Twitter @GeorgeBovell

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When combining visualization with all five of your senses (vision, taste, sound, smell, and touch) it's possible to build images in the mind that your body feels are as real as external events. In this episode, we're exploring the idea that "if you can see it and you can feel it, you can become it" by discussing the Jack Nicklaus quote: “I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head.”

Ready to begin your own 5-step visualization practice? Step 1) Determine what you want and why. Step 2) Describe to yourself this vision in detail. Step 3) Tap into all five of your senses. Step 4) Practice. Step 5) Persevere...reap the rewards.

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