Sports Episodes

[SPOTLIGHT] Kenny Stoddart with Luke Stenson & Wyatt Porch | 1,577 Kenny Stoddart works where leadership is measured by the quality of a person's thinking under pressure. As the founder of IronMind Advisors, he helps executives, founders, and high performing leaders strengthen the one asset that determines every decision they make: the mind behind the role. Joining him for this conversation are the founders of Athlete Check, whose work aligns with the mission of helping athletes and leaders build greater self awareness, resilience, and long term mental performance. Rather than focusing on motivation or productivity, Kenny develops the internal discipline that sustains clear judgment, emotional composure, and decisive execution when complexity, uncertainty, and responsibility collide. Through the IronMind Mentality, leaders learn to eliminate mental interference, regulate pressure in real time, and perform with consistency when the margin for error disappears. His philos…

How Marc Hopkins Pushes Beyond Limits | 1,544 Marc Hopkins believes the finish line is never the real destination. An endurance athlete, coach, and speaker, Marc has spent years testing the limits of human performance, completing the grueling Bigfoot 200, eight Ironman distance triathlons, and more than 200 endurance events ranging from marathons to ultramarathons. But his work is not really about racing. It is about what happens when excuses run out and the only thing left is the conversation you have with yourself. Drawing from a background in philosophy, business leadership, and endurance sport, Marc helps individuals and organizations explore resilience, accountability, and personal growth through a deeper lens. His coaching has guided hundreds of people through challenges that extend far beyond athletic goals, helping them confront fear, self doubt, and the beliefs that quietly limit what they think is possible. Through his framework, The Six Steps to Completing Yo…

1,481 | Lee Bakewell on Building Resilient Athletes for Life Lee Bakewell is the founder of Penn Prospects Soccer Schools and RAISE Mindset and Performance, where sport becomes a vehicle for building something deeper than skill alone. With more than two decades of experience across youth development, collegiate programs, and the U.S. Soccer landscape, Lee has shaped an approach that goes beyond traditional coaching. His work focuses on developing individuals who can adapt, think, and grow in environments that are constantly changing. At the center of his philosophy is Adaptive Intelligence, a practical framework that strengthens resilience, awareness, and decision making over time. Through soccer, education, and storytelling, he helps athletes and families build confidence that lasts beyond the field. Lee is the author of Recipes for Resilience, a book that explores how everyday experiences quietly shape strength and character. He also hosts the podcast Embracing the Journ…

1,480 | How Geoff Greig Trains Athletes for High Pressure Moments Geoff Greig is a former two sport professional athlete and an award winning mental performance coach focused on one outcome, helping athletes deliver when the moment demands it most. While most athletes are trained to develop physical ability, Geoff works beyond the surface. His 3D approach targets the full spectrum of performance, integrating physical execution with mental control and emotional stability. The result is not just better play, but more consistent performance under real pressure. Drawing on neuroscience, sports psychology, mindfulness, and breathwork, Geoff equips athletes with the tools to stay composed, focused, and decisive in high stakes environments. His work is built around a critical gap in performance. Talent alone is not the issue. Accessing that talent under pressure is. Through coaching and his written work, he helps athletes train smarter, compete with clarity, and respond to advers…

1,418 | Greg Thomas on Leadership Mentorship and Championship Culture Greg Thomas has spent 29 years serving students in public education as an at risk counselor and mentor. For more than 22 years, he has also coached high school athletics, including serving as an assistant basketball coach on the 2023 to 2024 6A State Championship team that finished a perfect 40 and 0 season, as well as sponsoring a bowling program that has won four state championships. He is the author of two five time award winning books and is passionate about guiding young people toward confidence, purpose, and success. Greg is married to his wife Becky and is proud of their blended family of seven children and ten grandchildren. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://gregthomasconnect.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agenc…

1,412 | Dr. Scott Geise on Leadership Through Service and Sport Dr. Scott Geise is a lifelong supporter of the Niagara County community. A graduate of Newfane High School, he went on to attend Hobart College, where he was a two sport athlete. He earned All American honors in football and played defense for three national championship lacrosse teams. In recognition of his achievements, he was inducted into the Hobart Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. Dr. Geise received his dental degree from the SUNY Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 1988 and was commissioned into the United States Army Dental Corps. He served in Germany from 1988 to 1991 before returning home to care for patients throughout Niagara County. In addition to his dental practice, Dr. Geise is a published author and an active contributor to his community. He lives in Newfane with his wife, Larina, and their three sons, Stone, Myles, and Thorne. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check …

1,411 | Benjamin Smith on High Performance Without Burnout Benjamin Smith is the founder of Inner Life of Sport, a performance coaching practice that supports elite athletes, coaches, and executives who may be succeeding externally while struggling internally. A former athlete himself, Benjamin has spent more than a decade helping high performers build what he calls the inner foundation for sustainable excellence. His work blends performance science, contemplative practice, and deep self awareness to help individuals perform at a high level without losing themselves in the process. Benjamin has worked with professional athletes, championship coaches, C suite executives, and organizations across sport, business, and healthcare. His core belief is simple: high performance and wholeness are not opposites. They are partners. Learn more at innerlifeofsport.com. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.innerlifeofsport.co…

1,399 | Seyti Sidibay on Leadership Lessons From the Soccer Field Seyti Sidibay was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1986 and moved with his family to Queens, New York at age 11. After spending his middle school years in New York, his family relocated to Delaware. A decade later, Seyti moved to Seattle, Washington, where he has now lived for nearly 16 years. His calling is coaching, teaching, leading, and inspiring. Since March 2013, Seyti has dedicated himself to coaching the beautiful game of soccer, a sport that has been part of his life since birth. For him, soccer is more than a game. It is a vehicle for mentorship, character development, and empowering others to believe in themselves both on and off the field. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.youtube.com/@thepeoplescoach10 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier qu…

1,191 | How Michael Bugary Overcame Addiction and Cancer to Inspire Millions Michael Bugary is a former Division I and professional athlete who played baseball at the University of California, Berkeley and with the Boston Red Sox organization. His journey, however, extends far beyond the field. Michael is a recovering drug addict and brain cancer survivor whose story is one of resilience, redemption, and hope. Today, he travels the country as a motivational speaker, sharing his powerful journey with audiences of all ages. His mission is to inspire others to find strength in their struggles, meaning in their adversities, and hope in the face of life’s greatest challenges. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.michaelbugary.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creator…

1,186 | Chris Natzke Reveals How to Awaken True Leadership Chris Natzke, known as America’s Breakthrough Sensei, has been guiding people to discover their Inner Champion for more than four decades. A 9th Degree Black Belt, Master Instructor, and former national Taekwondo champion, he ranks among the top 1% of martial artists worldwide. Today, as a life-leadership coach, keynote speaker, and author, Chris shares his signature Black Belt Leadership principles to help others find clarity of purpose, confidence, and the courage to take inspired action. His teachings have transformed thousands of students, business professionals, and organizational leaders, leaving audiences empowered to create lives and careers of impact. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Northwestern University, where he was a four-year football letterman, and a master’s in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. A former sales executive at Procter & Gamble, he blend…

David Kloser is a Certified Mindset Coach who helps athletes win the game within by breaking free from perfectionism, staying composed under pressure, and transforming fear into confidence. He is the author of Stepping Up to the Plate, where he interviewed more than 300 Major League Baseball legends including Randy Johnson, David Ortiz, and Alex Rodriguez to uncover the mindset strategies behind peak performance and resilience. As a motivational speaker, David has delivered inspiring talks to organizations across the country, including the Baseball Hall of Fame. A former pitcher himself, he once faced Barry Bonds in college and proudly held him to only a double. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://davidkloser.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, a…

1,163 | Ray Roberts Reveals How to Tackle Life After the NFL Ray Roberts is a former NFL offensive tackle, primarily known for his time with the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions. He was the 10th overall pick in the 1992 NFL Draft, selected by the Seahawks. Roberts played four seasons in Seattle before finishing his career with the Lions. He was a two-time Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner at the University of Virginia and earned first-team All-American honors. After retiring from football, Roberts has been involved in coaching, education, and motivational speaking. He currently hosts a podcast focused on mental health called "Big Ray's Garage Grind". ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://mindfultherapygroup.com/ 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands …

1,144 | From Powerlifting to Peak Performance: Benjamin Nevares on Health & High-Level Living Benjamin Nevares is a performance-driven entrepreneur, former Team USA powerlifter, and the founder of IE Health — a Las Vegas-based personal training and supplement company dedicated to optimizing physical and mental performance. With a Master’s degree in Exercise Science and a background in elite-level coaching and research, Benjamin has spent over a decade helping individuals unlock their full potential through intentional living, training, and recovery. A published researcher and world champion athlete, Benjamin’s journey bridges the gap between science and real-world performance. He’s competed on the global stage, broken records, and coached clients from everyday professionals to high-level athletes. Today, he’s scaling IE Health with a mission to make intelligent, results-driven health solutions more accessible — from custom training to high-quality supplements. Benjamin also h…

1,136 | Jen Mueller on What Sports Taught Her About Business & Breaking Barriers Jen Mueller is an Emmy-award winning producer and sports broadcaster. She is the Seattle Seahawks sideline radio reporter and is a member of the Seattle Mariners television broadcast team on ROOT SPORTS. Jen specializes in building relationships, delivering meaningful content. Throughout her 24-year career she has been on the sidelines of NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, WNBA and college football and basketball games. Jen was honored for her work in the industry in 2022, as the recipient of the Keith Jackson Media Excellence Award presented by the Seattle Sports Commission. In addition to her work on the sidelines, Jen is established as a business communication expert and the founder of Talk Sporty to Me. She delivers keynote presentations that motivate and inspire. Jen works with companies that want to level up their communication skills and provides actionable conversation strategies based on her locker r…

1,085 | How Chris Natzke Helps You Break Through and Unleash Your Inner Champion Known as America’s Breakthrough Sensei, Chris Natzke is not only a champion himself, but he has been training others to find their own Inner Champion for over four decades. As an 9th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor and former national Taekwondo champion, Chris ranks in the top 1% of all martial artists in the world. Now as a life-leadership coach, keynote speaker and author, his passion is sharing his unique brand of Black Belt Leadership so others may discover the most empowered version of themselves – leading to clarity of purpose, increased confidence and the courage to take inspired action to make their dreams come true. Chris’s principles of success and leadership have transformed the lives of literally thousands of students, business professionals and organizational leaders. His message of inspiration, empowerment and belief in one’s self, leaves audiences moved and inspired to take …

1,072 | How High Performers Are Made: Success Strategies from Athlete & Entrepreneur Michael Seiler Michael Seiler combines a background of 30 years in a variety of industries with experience as a high-level endurance athlete for a unique perspective to the path to success. Michael works with organizations, teams, and individuals to support the development of sustainable high performance. His approach is hugely practical, harnessing the simple (but not easy) ingredients of what it takes to deliver sustained success. Michael has over thirty years in the corporate world in a variety of roles and industries including human resources, television and healthcare. For over 20 years, Michael led digital strategy initiatives to solve consumer problems. Michael is also a serial entrepreneur who has founded successful companies in e-commerce, digital strategy and endurance coaching. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.me…

1,050 | From Pro Basketball to Mindset Mastery | Dwayne Morton's Inspiring Journey to Greatness Dwayne Morton is a powerful, inspirational speaker whose life story is a testament to the indomitable human spirit. As a former international basketball player, Dwayne understands the crucial role of mental performance in achieving greatness, both on and off the court. Today, Dwayne dedicates his life to inspiring athletes and high achievers to master their mindset, overcome adversity, and unlock their fullest potential. He firmly believes that obstacles don't define a person—it's their mindset that truly matters. Through his powerful speeches and workshops, Dwayne empowers his audiences to rise above their challenges and achieve the seemingly impossible. Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids NordVPN - https://positivetalkradio.net/NordVPN Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Fac…

1,028 | MLB Mindset Secrets: David Kloser on Overcoming Pressure, Fear & Playing Your Best Game David Kloser is a Certified Mindset Coach, who works with person - inside the player... to help athletes overcome the need to play perfect, manage their emotions when under pressure, and release the fears and doubts that block them from being the best player they can be. He is also the author of the book, “Stepping Up to the Plate” where he personally interviewed over 300 Major League Baseball players, coaches, managers and Hall of Famers such as Randy Johnson, David Ortiz, and Alex Rodriguez about what it takes to handle adversity and achieve success at the highest level. As a motivational speaker he’s spoken to hundreds of organizations, most notably at the baseball Hall of Fame. David’s other claim to fame is pitching against Major League Baseball's all-time home run king, Barry Bonds, one time in college. David can proudly say that he “held” Bonds to only a double! Suppor…

1,005 | From Athlete to Inspiration: Shaun Robert Grant’s Journey to Destiny Shaun Robert Grant was born September 4, 1981 in New Orleans, LA. The third of four children, Shaun was always quiet, but this quietness could not stop him from destiny. However, he displayed an early disposition toward sports; his early love being football. Growing up in the inner city he was hailed for his athletic prowess as he performed like an artist on the field. Support our podcast show by: https://kmmedia.pro/our-store Affiliate(s): Lyric Vids - https://positivetalkradio.net/Lyricvids NordVPN - https://positivetalkradio.net/NordVPN Patreon - patreon.com/positivetalkradio Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/positivetalkradio Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/positivetalkradio/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@positivetalkradio?lang=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/positivetradio https://www.positivetalkradio.net/support/

986 | From Cornell to the MLB? Jakobi Davis on Leadership, Travel & Chasing Big Dreams! Jakobi Davis is a 22-year-old senior at Cornell University, where he is pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Renewable Energy Systems. Born and raised in Sarasota, Florida, Jakobi is the son of Curtis and Michele Davis, whose unwavering support and adventurous spirit have profoundly shaped his life. From a young age, Jakobi embraced a diverse range of interests, excelling in sports and the arts. He played nearly every sport imaginable and was a dedicated member of the Sarasota Ballet’s Conservatory from third through eighth grade. Jakobi’s worldview was significantly expanded when his parents took teaching positions at Oberoi International School in Mumbai, India, during his fifth-grade year. Living in India and attending an international school exposed him to a rich tapestry of cultures and ignited his passion for engineering. That year, his family traveled to 20 countries,…

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