In Part 1 of our conversation with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum, Co-Chair of Medical Affairs for the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Major League Soccer, he highlights the impact of a magical childhood moment with baseball legend Mickey Mantle, what he learned from his biggest — and ultimately his best — disappointment as a high school freshman, and how he was called to his career by an experience and an inspiring example.

Winning Is Not Everything is a podcast aimed at bringing sanity back to youth sports with conversations with blue-chip athletes and coaches.