9 yr NFL vet, All Pro Linebacker, Brian Cushing discusses how he developed his passion and standards of play and violence on the football field, and in life. A powerful conversation on why the game is so important to him. He elaborates on the boundaries he developed around the game and the field, and the powerful importance to protect the right to play in the NFL and the commitment he demanded from himself and his teammates. He talks about never being out violenced and maintaining his level of play in practice. He talks about transitioning from the NFL. How he left it all on the field, how JiuJitsu helped him transition, and his change from playing to coaching with the Houston Texans, and now coaching his sons. He touches on some of his parenting methods with his boys. Then, Brian also dives into his journey through 27 surgeries and 9 years in the NFL, elaborating on the training methods and recovery methods that helped him protect the dream and his 56 locker. This leads into training to callous the mind and live optimally after football, and the righteous quest to never be average. The boys touch lightly on JiuJitsu, supplements, advice and frustrations for other players, as well as a case to ban the words lucky and genetic freak from the game of football. Phenomenal conversation with an elite mindset for success and pursing more out of mind, body, and life.
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