On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we chat with Mark Moyer, former college athlete, author, founder and CEO of the Win Again Academy.

Mark on the difficulty of athlete transitions: 

"I always thought that retired athletes are living the dream. Then I started speaking to them and I found that almost none of them are living the dream when they retire because suddenly they're losing not just their identity as an athlete, but they're losing the locker room, the camaraderie...their second family, they're losing their daily routine, their fitness routine, their nutrition routine. They're losing the adrenaline rush of playing in front of fans. There are so many things that suddenly are gone the day that they retire. And now they're sitting on their couch, and they may have a magnificent home and some nice golf clubs, a couple of nice cars, whatever it is, but their mission is gone. They just don't have that anymore. And that, to me, is the big missing thing, whether you're a successful retired professional athlete or you're a student athlete playing at the university of nowhere...but if you've been playing a sport your whole life and suddenly the switch is turned off and you don't know which way to go...the analogy I use all the time is that it's almost like being thrust into a life raft in the middle of the ocean. And there's water everywhere, and you've got a big giant paddle. And because you're an athlete, you're strong, and you can paddle a long way. The problem is, you don't know which direction to go. You don't know where land is. So you're paddling in circles, and you're nervous, you're scared, you're depressed, you're lonely, you're all these things, because you don't know which way to go. And sometimes what you need is that guidance, whether it's from a coach like myself, or books, or internal collegiate resources that will help give you the coordinates of that island that's over that way. And then you can get there."

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