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The Sport Fuels Life PodcastSFL Podcast Hosts Truly SoarSport Fuels Life sparks inspiration and builds community through the shared journey of athletic triumphs and personal growth. This year our Sport Fuels Life podcast will celebrate its third year of content. The start of a new year is the perfect time to reintroduce our hosts and share the why behind this movement for new listeners or even veterans who might need a reminder on the power of sports.
2023-01-1326 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastAllistair McCaw Clip2022-11-0402 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastRulon Gardner2022-11-0404 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastMonica Abbott Clip2022-11-0402 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastCraig Boynton Coach Advice Clip2022-11-0404 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastKarin Korb Clip2022-10-2801 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastHeather Macy Clip2022-10-2801 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastApril Ross Clip2022-10-2802 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastSiri Lindley2022-10-2802 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastShannon Miller Clip2022-10-2801 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastZach Brandon Snippet2022-10-2001 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastSean Swarner Snippet2022-10-2000 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastOlympian Khadevis Robinson Snippet2022-10-2000 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastCraig Boynton Snippet2022-10-2003 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastLeveraging the Power of Athletics for LifeToday we talk to Nathalie Elliott about her transition from student-athlete to the working world as High Point University’s athletic trainer for cross country and track and field. During her Division I athletic career of five years, Nathalie earned honors of a 3x Big South Conference Champion and 4x NCAA Regional qualifier in the women’s pole vault while completing her Master’s degree in Athletic Training. As a recent graduate, Nathalie shares a unique perspective on how she has turned the chapter from pole vaulter to athletic trainer, still keeping sports close to her heart.
2022-09-2941 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastUnleashing Superpowers with Kate LeavellShe demonstrates these concepts in actionable ways in her new book, Superpower: An Inspiring Story to Overcome Self-Doubt and Unleash Your Authentic Greatness, a fable for any age.
2022-09-0245 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastMental Skills Make the DifferenceZach Brandon, mental skills coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks, understands how perfecting one’s game and realizing peak performance in athletics requires both physical ability and mental strength. This mental performance expert shares how working through challenges to find the fun is all part of the growth process for professional baseball and for life.
2022-08-2655 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastFinding and Reinventing One’s Champion SelfSiri Lindley, world champion triathlete, coach to the elites, television sports analyst, popular speaker and author shares remarkable insights about her career path and her passions. She highlights overcoming anxiety in many areas including entering a triathlon despite not knowing how to swim, coming out to her father, and finding her true passion in coaching.
2022-08-1951 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastConnections Between Failing & WinningHow Failing and Learning from Failure are Important Steps to Winning
Scott Doerner discusses his varied championship tennis career and how a winning team culture helped fuel a national championship. Those principles still apply!
2022-06-1053 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastOvercoming Adversity, Enjoying the Process & Developing Perseverance with 2-Time Olympian, Khadevis RobinsonOvercoming Adversity, Enjoying the Process & Developing Perseverance with 2-Time Olympian, Khadevis Robinson
2022-06-0257 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastSean SwarnerMotivational Speaker Sean Swarner Redefines the Impossible.
2022-05-1257 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastKate Leavell’s Journey from Star Lacrosse Player and Coach to Bestselling Author and Speaker Inspires AllJoin us at Sport Fuels Life as we hear from Kate Leavell about her transformation from lacrosse
player to coach and now bestselling culture/performance building author, expert, and public
speaker.
2022-03-231h 13The Sport Fuels Life PodcastOlympic Medalist, Cancer Survivor, and Businesswoman Shannon Miller Shares Instructive Highlights from her Fascinating LifeJoin us at Sport Fuels Life as we sit down with legendary gymnast and cancer survivor Shannon Miller.
This conversation is one you do not want to miss. Shannon explains the mindset of an Olympian athlete,
cancer survivor, and successful businesswoman.
2022-03-1846 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastWell Known Author and Coach Allistair McCaw Says Your Choices Will Determine Your SuccessJoin us at Sport Fuels Life as we talk with Allistair McCaw, motivational speaker, bestselling author, athlete, coach, and consultant, who daily lives the principles of his latest bestselling book, Champion Minded. He uses the acronym (HIP) as a reminder to demonstrate a helpful, inspiring, and positive attitude. His tools are extraordinarily helpful in athletics and all aspects of life.
2022-03-1134 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastOlympic Gold Medalist Wrestler Rulon Garner Also Excels at Overcoming AdversityDon't miss out as Sport Fuels Life gets up close and personal with Rulon Gardner, Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler. Gardner, a native of Afton, Wyoming is the last of nine children. He credits his strength from working on the family dairy farm.
2021-09-1057 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastFrom College Quarterback to Prisoner to Criminal Justice Professor, Damon West Shares His Inspiring StoryA Division 1 starting quarterback at the University of North Texas, Damon West had it all. But at just 20 years old, he suffered an injury that tragically ended his ability to play football. He started using drugs, became a functioning addict, and held high profile jobs…until he turned to crime. One life ended and another began on July 30, 2008, when he was surrounded by a SWAT team and their guns. A 65-year prison sentence followed.
A promise to his mother and a conversation with a special person changed his perspective and gave him strength to make parole; he ev...2021-08-1331 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastTyree Washington: From Asthmatic Child to Astounding Athlete, Speaker, and TrainerJoin us at Sport Fuels Life as we talk with Tyree Washington about his amazing life thus far… as an asthmatic child to a 400-metre World Champion in Track and Field to Motivational Speaker and Trainer.
2021-06-2441 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastListen and Learn from Paralympian Tennis Player and Diversity Expert Karin KorbJoin us at Sport Fuels Life as we learn more about the amazing life of Karin Korb. Listen as she describes her journey from gymnast and aerobics instructor to a world class Paralympian and 10-time member of the USA World Team. In addition, learn from her life-changing insights and her advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
2021-06-181h 07The Sport Fuels Life PodcastMonica Abbott’s Story Is Filled with Pitching Skill and Superb PositivityFrom Being a Tagalong Little Sister to Signing a $1M Softball Contract, Monica Abbott’s Story Is Filled with Pitching Skill and Superb Positivity
2021-06-1131 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastNASCAR Driver, Jessie Iwuji, Shares His Incredible Story of Vision & Determination!Join us at Sport Fuels Life as we talk with Jesse Iwuji about his journey going from a D1 football player to Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and his newest title of professional NASCAR racer. Jesse’s story is one of vision and determination.
Jesse is among the top up-and-coming NASCAR drivers and one of only two African Americans on theprofessional stock car racing circuit. He attributes the discipline he learned in the United States Navy, as well as playing football for the Naval Academy, to his success. Jesse has tremendous passion for serving his countr...2021-06-0432 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastSuccessful Coaching Comes From The Heart, Here's HowGustavo Osorio is a strength and conditioning coach for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, currently serving at the Elite Athlete Training Center, in Chula Vista, California.
There, he oversees the training of all the center's 32 Paralympic athletes and also works with its Olympic athletes.
This summer, he will head to Tokyo with his athletes who will compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We got to pick Gustavo’s brain on everything from his personal athletic journey to training elite Paralympic athletes with their eyes set on gold at this...2021-01-2730 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastBe The Best You Can Be With Diego MoyanoDiego Moyano is an accomplished former professional tennis player from Argentina. As a USTA coach, he has trained ATP players Tommy Paul and Reilly Opelka, and coached Denis Kudla and Andrea Collarini. Currently, he's coaching world ranked number 82, South African player Kevin Anderson. We caught up with Diego in the middle of the Vienna Open in October of 2020, while Kevin was on his way to the semi-finals.
Diego joins us in today’s episode to discuss his incredible journey from leaving home at a very early age to set out on his quest for tennis greatness...2021-01-141h 07The Sport Fuels Life PodcastClearing The Bar Of Life With Paralympic High Jumper Isaac Jean-PaulIsaac Jean-Paul is a Paralympic Track and Field Athlete with a visually impairment who set a world record in the men’s high jump at the 2017 World Para Athletics championship in London. He joins us on this episode of the Sport Fuels Life podcast and shares how he’s cleared the bar on so many of life’s challenges to defy the limitations that most people said would hold him down. Now he’s training at the Olympic Training Center in San Diego, aiming for the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Take a listen below and then come...2020-12-161h 11The Sport Fuels Life PodcastTracking Success With Dan JansenDan Jansen is a four-time Olympic long track speedskater, who won an historic gold medal in the 1,000-meter during his fourth and final Olympic Games. He set a junior world record at only 16 years of age during his first international competition, and he made the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team when he was just 18. Jansen was a seven-time overall world cup champion and two-time world sprint champion, holding eight world records and over 75 world cup medals. Though Dan had realized success outside of the Olympic Games, he hadn't won an Olympic medal until the final event of his Olympic career...2020-11-1936 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastTransform Your Mind and Body With The Healing Power of The Great OutdoorsWhen former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver, Sydney Williams, unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, she set out on a mission: turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and 80 miles later, she founded Hiking My Feelings to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and put her disease into remission.
Having more than 12 years of marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies and emerging brands, Sydney serves up her “tru...2020-11-1147 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastHow To Control Your Competitive Performance By Controlling Your MindsetThe Sport Fuels Life podcast is excited to bring you the Mizuno Volleyball series! Mizuno has been an elite performance brand for decades helping volleyball athletes attain peak performance on and off the court.
This episode, we’re speaking with Mizuno athlete Tri Bourne; professional beach volleyball player, former professional indoor player and NCAA Division 1 Men's Volleyball player for the USC Trojans. He’s a native Hawaiian, born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and spent lots of time on the beach, where he discovered volleyball.
We cover a lot of to...2020-10-0832 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastStrategies To Perform Your Best With April RossTwo-time Olympic medalist and professional beach volleyball player April Ross knows the value of having great coaches that push their athletes toward their greatest potential, because she has lived it. She joins us in our first episode of the Mizuno Volleyball Series on the Sport Fuels Life podcast, and shares her secret to building a home court advantage wherever she competes.
This episode is sponsored by Mizuno. Visit MizunoUSA.com for more information.
2020-10-0143 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastSetting Good Habits That Lead To Greater ProductivityToday’s guest is the all-time winningest coach in the history of East Carolina University women’s basketball: the great Heather Macy.
Heather covers a multitude of topics from failure, pressure to succeed and the top three traits that create strong coaches.
Listen to this episode and connect with Heather here
2020-09-1734 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastChoose Your Own Adventure With Ultrarunner Pete RipmasterCheck out this conversation with Pete Ripmaster to learn how you can create your own life of adventure!
Be sure to visit www.peteripmaster.com for more!
2020-09-1044 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastHow To Build A Confident Athlete with Tami MathenyConnect with Tami Matheny at the following:
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2020-08-1926 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastThis Just In with Legendary Sports Talk Radio Host George PlasterGeorge Plaster is a sports talk radio pioneer. He joins us on today's show to discuss his career and weighs in on the latest sports news.
2020-08-1136 minThe Sport Fuels Life Podcast5 Inspirations From Luke with Tim SiegelWe are chatting with Tim Siegel about his foundation, Team Luke/Hope For Minds as he shares his son Luke's inspirational journey with us.
Visit https://www.teamlukehopeforminds.org/ for more info
2020-07-2225 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastThe 5 Stages of Successful Coaching with Craig BoyntonATP tennis coach Craig Boynton joins us in this episode and shares his coaching strategy for player evaluation as well as his top 5 tips for becoming a successful coach and mentor to your players.
2020-07-1626 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastThe Beauty of Community with Angela StricklandClick here to shop the #DeanStrong fundraiser now.
You can follow along with Dean's journey on his #DeanStrong Facebook page.
2020-06-2211 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastEmbracing Diversity on Your Team and in Your Life with Markita SuttleDr. Markita Suttle shares her experiences as a black athlete from a small town high school, the transition to a more diverse community competing at the college level, the pressures of performing perfectly and how coaches and athletes can celebrate diversity and embrace our differences.
Connect with Markita via Facebook and Instagram
2020-06-1243 minThe Sport Fuels Life PodcastWelcome to the official Sport Fuels Life podcast!A brief introduction to the official Sport Fuels Life podcast and quick background of our hosts, Megan Zimlich and Ashley Reale
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