At 21, I thought my NBA dream was over. I dropped out, went home, and didn’t believe it was possible anymore.

This episode is about the skill that kept me going anyway: long-term thinking.

I share how a single idea from Mastery reframed my entire career, why belief isn’t required to keep moving forward, and how a skill I worked on for seven years finally showed up when I stopped measuring it too early.

If you’re doubting yourself, stuck in comparison, or feeling like your effort isn’t converting yet — this episode is for you.

This week, I’m talking about frustration — not the obvious kind, but the quiet, corrosive kind that shows up when effort doesn’t convert into outcomes.

2025 was a year where I chased hard, worked hard, and still fell short of the goal I set for myself. And instead of motivation, what followed was resentment, burnout, and anger.

In this episode, I unpack what I got wrong: how expectations quietly turned into entitlement, why frustration isn’t caused by failure itself, and how a simple idea from Buddhism helped me separate pain from self-created suffering.

This isn’t a lesson about lowering standards or wanting less.

It’s about learning how to pursue excellence without poisoning yourself along the way.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated despite doing “everything right,” this episode is for you.

I scored 47 points — a career high — five days after becoming a father.

This isn’t a story about a “dad game” or confidence. It’s about presence, flow, and what happens when the noise finally drops away.

From the outside, success looks clean. From the inside, it demands a rebuild. In this first episode, I share how chasing my dream nearly broke me, and what I had to change to become the kind of person who could live with success. This isn’t about motivation or basketball tips. It’s about pressure, identity, failure, and the quiet inner work that turns ambition into something sustainable.

Today is about finding your home base.

Mindfulness helps us relax.

But it also is like getting in the gym.

It is an exercise that builds up very specific mental muscles.

One of the first muscles I noticed improving for me was concentration.

The ability to choose what I wanted to pay attention to.

This is extremely helpful on the basketball court and off it.

You don’t have to let your mind be unconsciously hijacked by whatever thought comes along.

No matter the stress of sport or life.

You don’t have to wait for the circumstances to be perfect to change what's going on inside your mind.

You can do this by paying attention to a different part of your experience.

This is episode one of Mindfulness with McVeigh. I needed mindfulness early in my basketball career. But there was no one there to help guide me. I had to sign up for expensive apps and find my own way. This is a 30-day mindfulness guide. It will be taking you through lessons on how to be mindful, strategies for performance, and how to deal with the pressure and expectations of being an athlete.

I talk about my decision to leave Nebraska Basketball after 3 years and go home to play in the NBL. My experiences and the ups and downs of college hoops.

JordyTshimanga comes on the show and talks about his childhood, transition from Canada to America, his three chains and life as a college athlete.

Johnny Trueblood comes on the show to talk about being a walk-on, life in Nebraska and being a rec league All-American.

Evan Taylor talks about his journey through college basketball and all the steps he has taken to get to where he is today!