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- 4 days ago1h 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
- 1 weeks ago1h 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
- 1 weeks ago1h 17m
How The Greatest Olympian of All Time Wins - Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps won more Olympic gold medals than most countries. This episode is about how. I spent over a week inside the mind of the most decorated Olympian ever — his book No Limits, New York Times profiles dating back to 2002, and every interview I could find. What I found wasn't a story about talent. It was something stranger: a training philosophy most athletes would refuse, a coach who pushed him to his limits, and a confession from Phelps about what he saw when he looked in the mirror that I haven't stopped thinking about since. This is a chapter-by-chapter deep dive into how Phelps thought about preparation, losing, doubters, and the price of being first — told in his own words, from primary sources. Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Buy No Limits: The Will To Succeed By Michael Phelps: amzn.to/4vCgFLW New York Times Articles: nyti.ms/4wdTRDq nyti.ms/4wmYn2n Interview With Will Ahmed: bit.ly/3TaBjoS Interview With Tony Robbins: bit.ly/4fJp6jJ Interview With Bhrett McCabe: bit.ly/4yvyGhE Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Steph Curry: Spotify: bit.ly/4wwEfuk Kobe Bryant Spotify: bit.ly/4bhUkfc
- 2 weeks ago1h 6m
Seth Greenberg On: Lessons From 30+ Years of Coaching, Coach K & The Camp That Built Michael Jordan
Prior to taking the position at ESPN Seth Greenberg was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the head coach at Long Beach State, the University of South Florida, and Virginia Tech. He was a two-time ACC Coach of the Year. This conversation is about what all those years actually taught him. Inside: the mindset he calls "being an everyday guy" and why he believes winning and losing are byproducts of something else entirely, the story of the night he got thrown out at Duke — and what happened three weeks later, the legendary summer camp where he learned in the shadow of Bob Knight and Chuck Daly while future Hall of Famers ran the courts, the mentor who saved his career in 1983, and his rule for handling critics who've never walked in your shoes. Plus: what he learned about resilience, why he says the grind is a privilege, and the advice he gives every young player trying to make it. Connect with Seth: Instagram: instagram.com/sethonhoops/ X: x.com/SethOnHoops 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
- 2 weeks ago1h 4m
Larry Bird: Inside the Mind of Basketball's Greatest Underdog
Magic Johnson said there was only one player he ever truly feared. This episode goes inside the mind of Larry Bird — not a career recap, but a deep dive into how he actually thought. How he practiced, why he took losses personally, what he did the summer after getting swept, and why the man who "couldn't run or jump" became one of the greatest to ever play. The episode is built around eight principles pulled from Bird's own words — his autobiography Drive: The Story of My Life, newspaper archives from the '80s and early '90s, and a rare interview from his final NBA season. Including the story of the night he decided to play an entire game with the wrong hand — and announced it beforehand. All sources linked below. Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Buy "Drive: The Story of My Life" by Larry Bird: bit.ly/4pecGDD NBA Interview With Larry Bird During His Final Season: bit.ly/4vm2NFe Other Episodes You May Enjoy: Steph Curry: Spotify: bit.ly/4wwEfuk Kobe Bryant Spotify: bit.ly/4bhUkfc
- 3 weeks ago1h 28m
The Brutal Reality of the NFL Fans Never See - Alex Barrett
Alex Barrett spent nine years in the NFL — undrafted out of San Diego State, through stints with the Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, and San Francisco 49ers. But his journey looked nothing like the highlight reels. In this conversation, Alex opens up about the side of professional football that rarely gets told: the constant uncertainty, the sacrifices behind the scenes, and what it takes to keep showing up when nothing is promised. We discuss what it means to be a "pro's pro," the habits that kept him in the league, the role luck plays in every career, life on and off the field, and the mindset he now brings to helping the next generation of athletes. Connect with Alex: Instagram: instagram.com/alex.barrett/ X: x.com/alexbarrett Website: alejandrobarrett.com/ 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
- Jun 29, 20261h 56m
He Shared a QB Room With Aaron Rodgers & Brock Purdy: This Is The Harsh Truth About Elite Success - Kurt Benkert
Kurt Benkert is a former NFL quarterback, content creator and entrepreneur. Kurt spent his career inside the quarterback rooms of some of the best to ever play the position, and the perspective he gained there has made him one of the more thoughtful voices on the mental side of the game. Today, we get to go through his best lessons about mindset, human behaviour, psychology, resilience and life after the game. Expect to learn why every quarterback Kurt backed up went on to become the highest-paid player at his position, what Aaron Rodgers taught him about handling failure, the real reason talented players ride the bench, how to stay motivated when success isn't guaranteed, the hidden cost that comes with winning, the mindset differences between Rodgers, Brock Purdy, Jordan Love and Matt Ryan, why doubting whether you'll succeed is a waste of energy, the relationship between balance and leverage, what playing in a Shanahan system actually demands of you, how to put yourself in position to get lucky, the one thing he'd tell himself heading into the draft, what football taught him about building a business and much much more… Connect with Kurt: Instagram: instagram.com/kurtbenkert X: x.com/KurtBenkert Website: thedimelab.com 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
- Jun 26, 202656 min
The Relentless Mind of Steph Curry
This video recaps everything I learned about Steph Curry, his mindset & how he operates from reading the book: Shot Ready By Stephen Curry bit.ly/4g3jRfr Connect with Nik: Instagram: instagram.com/victorywithnik/ Twitter: x.com/victorywithnik Sources: Bleacher Report Interview: bit.ly/4vzvlfq Chris Mullin Interview With Mark Jackson: bit.ly/4gHJfHJ NY Times Article: bit.ly/4gJDcT3 Chris Reilly Article: bit.ly/4eN6u0L Coach Bob McKillop & Steph Curry Interview: bit.ly/3R90aIZ Davidson Steph Curry Interview: bit.ly/4uZrLu6 Alex Hormozi Tweet: bit.ly/4v44Uh9
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