From Oakland Technical High School to USD to 15 years playing professional football, Josh shares his journey and his learnings from an adult life consisting of understanding, playing, and coaching the game of football. Josh details how his formative high school and college years set the table for where he is at today as he continues to be one of the best quarterbacks in the world. Lots of USD Football talk in this one.

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Michigan Alum, Dave Sulfaro, proudly talks about his grind from community college to rubbing shoulders with 1st Round NFL Draft Picks and head football coaches. Dave highlights his hunger and ambition to do his absolute best while working in the world of sports.

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Cam Bell was a walk-on college lacrosse goalie who worked his way into becoming a professional lacrosse player. Along the way, he found ways to keep taking his performance to the next level. Cam talks about constant improvement and commonalities between success in sports and success in his professional career. Cam wraps up by talking about his love for the New York Jets.

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The fundamentals of success in football are referred to as blocking and tackling and few know literal and metaphorical blocking and tackling like Josh. He shares his football experience and how he got started in the fitness & strength training programming business that led him to success with TrainHeroic. A great friend, father, husband and businessman, Josh details his personal and professional path to success before speaking on his personal health discoveries. Awesome episode for all types of listeners.

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After playing QB at some of the best high school and college programs in the country, John reflects on lessons learned and lives impacted through the sport of football. John also talks about a willingness to grind and how his family instilled him with work ethic. The interview wraps up with comparisons of football to war and a fondness for Pulitzer Prize winning photographer David Turnley.

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A well-versed PR expert with experience in many industries, Mike Chavez Booth is in the running for Most Interesting Man in the World. In this episode, we exchange stories about interactions and hard work while Mike breaks down the nuances of how he achieves success in multiple professions, often times concurrently. A diverse and entertaining conversation between Toreros!

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Craig Elsten has covered the San Diego sports scene on camera, on radio, in print, via podcast and seemingly via any way sports content is consumed. He talks about how he stayed in the game and worked to find his path towards his current role as CMO of the best San Diego sports institution, the San Diego Soccers, and a host of several successful podcasts.

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Hollywood Producer Pat Raymond describes some of the secret sauce in movie making along with how he got the recipe! (Hint: Hard work, dedication, and passion) Pat reflects on his upbringing and his growth inside of the film industry. Lots of good insights and dialogue about achieving at a high level!

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Accomplished Chemistry professor and researcher reflects back on the path to becoming personally and professionally successful. Undertaking new ventures, unforeseeable challenges, and the relatively great unknowns of science were unable to deter Brent from leading a life of fulfillment. Highly rated by his students on RateMyProfessor, Brent focuses on students learning rather than his own teaching and we discuss New Orleans, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Utah Jazz scene (not really).

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Friend and former Torero Logan Gelbrich does hard work on a regular basis. He shares knowledge from his diverse array of experiences while constructively laying out the case for pursuing difficult progress in life. The dialogue in the episode reflects on lessons learned through sport and how they are applied to seemingly unrelated life experiences.

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