Pro Mindset® Podcast

Adi Kunalic joins Pro Mindset host Craig Domann to share his journey and experiences about moving to the U.S. from war-torn Bosnia as an eleven-year old, earning a college football scholarship at Nebraska, getting his shot in the NFL, and currently being CEO of Opendorse, a sports social media marketing company that matches companies and brands with athletes. Opendorse is built on the foundation that athletes have significantly more engagement value than companies because people on social media will stop their strolling way more often for faces than logos.

Adi talks about how sports teaches you that entitlement doesn't matter and nothing is owed to you but rather you have to earn everything you get. If you take an entitlement approach and complain about your circumstances, then you will find out no one listen or cares about you. Instead, Adi believes you should take the "hardest worker in the room" mentality to everything you want to accomplish and that's what he does.

He also shares his convictions about practice, preparedness and repetition. Adi shares his mindset about how much practice counts and sometimes people forget that practice really matters. When he played kicker, his mindset was to practice, practice and practice more so he got lots of repetitions thus he was prepared for any situation, could block out the noise and focus on his job.

Adi's company is Opendorse headquartered in Lincoln, NE. Adi and his best friend, college roommate and teammate, Blake Lawrence, co-founded Opendorse in 2013.

He mentions one of his secrets to success is getting up at 4:30am every day to start his day.

Four-time USA Olympic Triathlete, two-time World Champion, and seven-time U.S. National Champion, Hunter Kemper, shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his experiences on his Olympic journey and competing across the globe in the Triathlon as one of the best in world.

Hunter talks about his mindset, preparation, focus and overcoming adversity in competing in the triathlon on the world stage. He talks about the need to prepare the mind as much as an athlete prepares his/her body.

Hunter believes elite athletes should mentally practice blocking out noise and their own negative inner voice so they can shut it up on game day. Hunter shares there are only two things you have 100% control over in any competition, your attitude and effort! He also shares that his hard work and hitting practice targets were a confidence booster for him leading up to a competition.

As a father of four sons and a daughter, he believes his number one role as a parent is to give his kids the ability to see the best in themselves.

College football official Bill Robers shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann that officials are taught to be deaf to the comments of biased fans and coaches. However, officials are not blind because they know exactly what to look for on any given play and situation, as well as, they are trained to get in the best position to see the critical actions of every play so they make the right call.

Bill talks about the successful mindset of officials and referees to maximize their performance and let the players' performance decide who wins the game.

He also shares his experience in dealing with sassy coaches on the sidelines and keeping cool and collected with coaches who sometimes see a call differently than what is called by the officials.

Lastly, Bill talks about the mechanics and impact of instant replay in college football.

Brock Gutierrez, 10-year NFL Center and current color commentator for the Central Michigan Chippewas, was first-team All-Pro as the best-looking center in the NFL during his career. Brock shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann the key to his success as a 10-year veteran center in the NFL. "My opponents knew that I would chew on their legs to get the job done." Central Michigan alum, Brock's NFL journey included: Bengals, Jaguars, 49'ers, and Lions.

Brock shares the impact, the motivation and coaching that he received from his Dad. He talks about succeeding in the NFL without the insurance of a huge contract. Two of Brock's secrets to success was that he rarely missed a practice ... or a party. Brock, always known as a highly competitive guy, was also the fun guy, known as the Budweiser man.

Current Houston Texans linebacker and special teams captain, Dylan Cole, shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his goals for the 2019 season. In addition to staying healthy and contributing to special teams and defense for all 16 regular season games and playoffs, Dylan wants to be known as the defensive standout that also plays special teams, not visa versa.

Dylan's career started as an undrafted free agent from Missouri State, but has quickly evolved to a standout rookie who made the active roster and has retained that position. Dylan breaks down his film strategy so that he can be improve and identify opponent tendencies and tip-offs. "I need to be my own worst critic."

HBO Hard Knocks star Bob Wylie the OL coach of the Cleveland Browns during the 2018 season shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his perspective and philosophy on the mindset of Pro Bowl players and the best NFL head coaches. He is a veteran of coaching for 47 years and spent most of his career as a NFL Offensive Line Coach. During Bob's NFL career, he has coached for the Bears, Bengals, Broncos, Cardinals, Jets, Raiders, Browns.

He has coached Hall-of-Famer Anthony Munoz (Bengals) and certain future Hall-of-Famer Joe Thomas (Browns), as well as several Pro Bowlers including Olin Kruetz (Bears).

Bob talks about the 2018 Cleveland Browns season including snippets about Hard Knocks, Baker Mayfield, Freddie Kitchens, and Hue Jackson. He also shares what approach rookie NFL QBs have to take to be successful in the NFL.

Bob's lifetime philosophy came from his own father who taught him to attack every challenge with "no fear of failure". He shares with Craig that the "best of the best" performers have a special approach that is based on a growth mindset. Learn from Bob about Rookie QB challenges, 5-man protection strategies vs. various blitzes, what sets apart elite performers from everyone else, and the best coaches to work with and why.

HBO Hard Knocks star Bob Wylie the OL coach of the Cleveland Browns during the 2018 season shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his perspective and philosophy on the mindset of Pro Bowl players and the best NFL head coaches. He is a veteran of coaching for 47 years and spent most of his career as a NFL Offensive Line Coach. During Bob's NFL career, he has coached for the Bears, Bengals, Broncos, Cardinals, Jets, Raiders, Browns.

He has coached Hall-of-Famer Anthony Munoz (Bengals) and certain future Hall-of-Famer Joe Thomas (Browns), as well as several Pro Bowlers including Olin Kruetz (Bears).

Bob talks about the 2018 Cleveland Browns season including snippets about Hard Knocks, Baker Mayfield, Freddie Kitchens, and Hue Jackson. He also shares what approach rookie NFL QBs have to take to be successful in the NFL.

Bob's lifetime philosophy came from his own father who taught him to attack every challenge with "no fear of failure". He shares with Craig that the "best of the best" performers have a special approach that is based on a growth mindset. Learn from Bob about Rookie QB challenges, 5-man protection strategies vs. various blitzes, what sets apart elite performers from everyone else, and the best coaches to work with and why.

Former NFL Scout, Power 5 College Director of Personnel and most recent GM in the AAF (San Diego), Dave Boller shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his perspective on NFL vs College, scouting vs recruiting, evaluation of NFL prospects, his take on the Raiders and the Antonio Brown saga, his respect for Pat Tillman, and the great connections he has with several blue chip football coaches. Dave has made stopovers on his NFL journey in Tampa Bay, Philly, Detroit, and NY Jets and his college tour included stops at Arizona State, Louisville and Syracuse.

Dave is a strong believer in finding players with athleticism, excellent character and love of the game. He believes finding players that love the game is the hardest thing to measure. He also is an advocate of a smaller draft board to minimize the misses and increase the batting average in your draft class. He loves the relationships with college players, including recruiting, evaluating, and developing them during their college careers.

Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Robert Thomas shares with NFL Agent and Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his experiences and learnings on his NFL journey. Robert's ongoing 6-year NFL story includes stints with the Washington Redskins, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants and currently he is with the Buffalo Bills. Robert talks about speaking his NFL DREAM into existence in the 5thgrade on a paper about career goals and his English teacher gave him a D- because she said his dream was not realistic! Robert also shares his grandfather's philosophy that if you chase two rabbits at the same time you will not catch either. Finally, Robert talks about how the NFL changes the people around a player more than it changes the player. Listen to this interesting interview about the REAL Hard Knocks experience of many NFL players.

Indianapolis Colts long-snapper Luke Rhodes shares with Pro Mindset host Craig Domann his thoughts on his NFL journey and becoming the highest paid long-snapper in the NFL. Luke's story includes starting his career as a LB and changing positions to become the Colts' long-snapper and one of the best in the NFL. His mental game and attitude are about training and practicing what he is not so good at so he can decrease the gap between his strengths and weaknesses and thereby becoming the best in the NFL.