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by Nik Atanackovic
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- Yesterday1h 14m
40 Years. 11 Championships. 10 Powerful Lessons From a Hall of Fame Coach to Unlock Your Potential - Charles Smith
Hall of Fame basketball coach Charles Smith joins The Victory Degree to discuss confidence, discipline, and what separates talent from fulfilled potential. From his upbringing in rural Louisiana to his experience coaching a young Kyrie Irving, we explore the lessons behind a lifetime in basketball, overcoming setbacks, and building success on and off the court.Connect with Coach Smith: Instagram: instagram.com/thecoachcharlessmith/Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Other Episodes You May Enjoy:Josh DobbsSpotify: spoti.fi/4cmtQXuApple Podcasts: apple.co/4e9hmVBGeorge MumfordSpotify: spoti.fi/4bIywaRApple Podcasts: apple.co/45ltHBRDr. Jim LoehrSpotify: spoti.fi/3yyddu8Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3AcnX21
- 1 weeks ago1h 34m
Someone Half As Smart As You Is Making 10X More - Ed Latimore
Ed Latimore has lived a life shaped by boxing, discipline, adversity, and a relentless curiosity about what makes people succeed. In this conversation, we explore the psychology behind resilience, fear, hard work, happiness, confidence, and what it actually takes to become someone you’re proud of. This is a wide-ranging conversation about navigating difficult seasons, using negative emotions productively, developing real confidence through preparation, and learning how to take action when most people hesitate.Connect with Ed: X: x.com/EdLatimoreInstagram: instagram.com/edlatimore/Buy Ed's Book: edlatimore.com/bookConnect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Other Episodes You May Enjoy:Josh DobbsSpotify: spoti.fi/4cmtQXuApple Podcasts: apple.co/4e9hmVBGeorge MumfordSpotify: spoti.fi/4bIywaRApple Podcasts: apple.co/45ltHBRDr. Jim LoehrSpotify: spoti.fi/3yyddu8Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3AcnX21
- 3 weeks ago1h 23m
10 Harsh Truths To Build An Unbreakable Mindset From Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis’ journey was shaped by adversity, discipline, self-belief, and an relentless commitment to becoming better. In this episode, I break down 10 of the most powerful lessons, stories, and mindset principles from his life, from the experiences that shaped him as a kid to the mentality that helped him become one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history. All quotes/stories are from Ray's book: I Feel Like Going On This is a deeper look at the mindset behind the player, the struggles that fueled him, and the principles he carried throughout his career. Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Buy I Feel Like Going On: bit.ly/4wRfJ6R Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Steph Curry: Spotify: bit.ly/4wwEfuk Kobe Bryant Spotify: bit.ly/4bhUkfc
- 4 weeks ago1h 27m
10 Powerful Lessons From The Inner Game of Tennis To Unlock Your Potential - Ryan Sweeney
Ryan Sweeney is a former college tennis player, filmmaker, and founder of The Inner Game, a modern performance platform inspired by the work of The Inner Game of Tennis author Timothy Gallwey. Through his work, Ryan has spent time learning from elite athletes, coaches, psychologists, and high performers, including figures such as Pete Carroll and Michael Phelps’ longtime coach Bob Bowman, while exploring what allows people to perform at their best under pressure. In this episode, Ryan and I dive deep into the psychology behind elite performance and the battle that takes place inside our own minds. We discuss self-talk, confidence, pressure, visualization, discipline, coaching, creativity, and why trying to eliminate negative thoughts may be the wrong approach entirely. Along the way, we examine lessons and stories involving Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Steph Curry, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Steve Kerr and other world-class performers to understand how their mental approach can apply far beyond sports. This conversation is ultimately about learning to trust yourself when the pressure rises, understanding the thoughts that interfere with performance, and developing a healthier relationship with discomfort, failure and uncertainty. Whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur, creator, student or simply trying to perform better in your own life, Ryan offers a fascinating perspective on what it means to master your inner game. Connect with Ryan: Instagram: instagram.com/ryanpsweeney/ Inner Game Instagram: instagram.com/theinnergame/ Buy The Inner Game of Tennis: bit.ly/4gtM11L Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Josh Dobbs Spotify: spoti.fi/4cmtQXu Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4e9hmVB George Mumford Spotify: spoti.fi/4bIywaR Apple Podcasts: apple.co/45ltHBR Dr. Jim Loehr Spotify: spoti.fi/3yyddu8 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3AcnX21
- Aug 10, 20261h 19m
12 Harsh Truths To Stop Wasting Your Potential From Saudi Arabia's First Pro Boxer - Zizo Almaayouf
Ziyad "Zizo" Almaayouf is Saudi Arabia's first professional boxer. He has fought at Madison Square Garden and on undercards in front of millions worldwide, all while building a path that did not exist before him. In this conversation, Zizo breaks down why self-belief has to be delusional before it can be earned, the difference between confidence in your skills and confidence in your abilities, and what Canelo told him after the first loss of his career. He explains why he forgets his wins as quickly as his losses, what he calls the gray area and why he has learned to love it, and the advice that added five years to his career. We also get into the Thriller in Manila, why comparison kills more dreams than failure does, and what he wants people to say about him when it's all said and done. Connect with Zizo: Instagram: instagram.com/therealzizo/ Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Josh Dobbs Spotify: spoti.fi/4cmtQXu Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4e9hmVB George Mumford Spotify: spoti.fi/4bIywaR Apple Podcasts: apple.co/45ltHBR Dr. Jim Loehr Spotify: spoti.fi/3yyddu8 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3AcnX21
- Aug 3, 20261h 12m
15 Harsh Truths On Fear, Doubt, and Discipline From The NFL’s Greatest WR - Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice is widely considered the greatest wide receiver in NFL history, and by some measures the greatest football player, period. But the mindset behind the records is less understood than the highlights. This episode covers everything I learned from reading his 2007 book Go Long, along with quotes and stories pulled from his interviews over the years. We get into his childhood in rural Mississippi, the relationship with his father that shaped everything, the rough start to his NFL career, his approach to practice, and what he says he'd change if he could do it again. Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Buy Go Long By Jerry Rice: amzn.to/4yQrmNG Interview With Graham Bensinger: bit.ly/4g9EJ48 Interview With Joe Buck: bit.ly/4cin1sS Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Steph Curry: Spotify: bit.ly/4wwEfuk Kobe Bryant Spotify: bit.ly/4bhUkfc
- Jul 26, 20261h 27m
12 Brutal Lessons On Success From Basketball's Greatest Coach - John Wooden
John Wooden won ten national championships, seven of them in a row, and eighty-eight consecutive games. He also never talked about winning. In this episode I go through "Wooden on Leadership" and pull out the lessons that made him the greatest coach in the history of the sport. What success actually meant to him, why he refused to let his teams look at the scoreboard, the obsessive attention to detail that shaped every practice, and the standard he held himself to long after the titles stopped mattering. Wooden never called himself a coach. He called himself a teacher. By the end of this you'll understand why that distinction was the whole thing. Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Buy Wooden on Leadership: amzn.to/4pHfut5 Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Steph Curry: Spotify: bit.ly/4wwEfuk Kobe Bryant Spotify: bit.ly/4bhUkfc
- Jul 21, 20261h 57m
Maxx Crosby & Brock Bowers’ Hidden Habits & How Constraints Built The Greatest Athletes | Eagles Coach Beyah Rasool
Coach Beyah Rasool has coached football at nearly every level of the game where he spent last season inside the Raiders building around Max Crosby and Brock Bowers before joining the Philadelphia Eagles. This conversation is about what he saw up close. What actually separates the players at the top — and why it's not what most people assume. What he noticed watching Max Crosby's practice film that he still can't get over. Why he believes a weakness is something else entirely, misread. And a theory about winning that I haven't heard from anyone else in a hundred-plus episodes of asking. We also get into evaluating talent, the mindset lesson Pete Carroll taught him, constraints, courage, and the question he's still wrestling with in his own career. Connect with Coach Rasool: Instagram: instagram.com/coachbeyrasool/ X: x.com/CoachBeyRasool Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Seth Wickersham ESPN Article: bit.ly/4vQUYbe Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Josh Dobbs Spotify: spoti.fi/4cmtQXu Apple Podcasts: apple.co/4e9hmVB George Mumford Spotify: spoti.fi/4bIywaR Apple Podcasts: apple.co/45ltHBR Dr. Jim Loehr Spotify: spoti.fi/3yyddu8 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3AcnX21
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