Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

David Epstein is the author of the book The Sports Gene that explores how genetics play a role in athletic achievements. David also writes for Sports Illustrated, his work has appeared in Discover, Scientific American, Slate, The Washington Post, British GQ, National Geographic and The Guardian.

David shares his fascination with sports and analytics as a teenager, his experience as a high school and collegiate student-athlete and his insight on how to become an author.

David takes us a little deeper into what other countries, cultures and authors are doing or writing about the future of genetic testing in the world of sports. His findings may concern you.

David also speaks to his own sports gene, Marshmallow Catching.

Gary Explains How He Overcame His Stutter Through Movement And Sport

Gary Auerbach won the world freestyle Frisbee championships in 1995 and even danced with one of the most famous ballet male dancers, Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Later, Gary started teaching Frisbee skills and telling Frisbee stories at events around the world. For nearly 20 years now Gary has been teaching people what they can do with Frisbees and helping them become lifelong Frisbee players.

Robert Andrews, Sports Pyschology Consultant, is the Founder and Director of The Institute of Sports Psychology in Houston, TX.

He specializes in helping injured athletes in their recovery from serious sports-related injuries.

Robert also works with individual high school, college and professional athletes, teams, and coaches to help them maximize performance by integrating sports psychology tools and concepts into training and performance. He assists them in building emotional intelligence and develop life skills on and off the field, court, track or pool to improve athletic performance. 

Robert Was On The Cover of Sports Illustrated, But How Come Nobody Knew About This Once In A Lifetime Event?

Have you ever been working out in the gym and a random person asks you to be play a football player on television? No? Jeremy has.

Jeremy Akers played football at Notre Dame Fighting Irish under Lou Holtz, where he was a multi-year Academic All-American. Jeremy then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Atlanta Falcons in 1997 and remained on the team as a member of the practice squad and then when on to play in the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos and St. Louis Rams.

Jeremy has also competed in NFL Europe with the Rhein Fire as well as with the XFL with the Orlando Rage. Currently Jeremy is a Business consultant to companies in their early stage. His consulting services range from working with companies in the industry of consumer package goods to thermal energy storage technology.

Every now and then Jeremy still has the opportunity to put on the pads and play pretend football for commercials and video games as a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Tony shares the story of the game where he caught both the ball and NFL great Mike Singletary's hit. Do you really see stars when you get hit hard in the NFL?

Tony Collins NFL Running Back and former single game rushing record holder, was selected in the 1981 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots where he played in Super Bowl XX. 

Tony also played with the Miami Dolphins and Arena football with Orlando Predators, Cincinnati Rockers and the Miami Hooters. Tony played and attended East Carolina University. Currently, Tony is educating prospective athletes on the college recruiting process and is a speaker for the National Collegiate Scouting Association.

Tony authored the book Broken Road: Turning My Mess Into a Message. Most impressive, however, is the fact that Tony was determined to be a student-athlete and went back to school at the age of 52 to earn his diploma.