Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

Larry shares the story of how he won his first coached football game when his equipment manager "Put in the heavy ball!"

Larry Tidwell grew up in Sanger, Texas and has been coaching for 38 years in a variety of different sports. Currently Larry is the head coach of the Texas University Pan American Women's Basketball team. 

Larry spent 17 years as a High School coach 6 years as a Recruiting Coordinator at Baylor University and 8 years as Associate Head Coach at TCU. Recently he was the Athletic Director and later head coach at Lamar University.

Do you love stories and life lessons in sports, learned over the course of 4 generations; well this is the interview for you!

Jeanne shares with a story about reflecting on the silence of an area and meditating on the reasoning behind why she does what she does.

Jeanne Hess was born in Detroit and raised in Plymouth, MI where she ran track and played four years of volleyball for Plymouth Salem High. She then played four years of varsity volleyball at the University of Michigan, graduating with a BS in exercise science in 1980. Jeanne earned her MA in exercise science and holistic health from Western Michigan University in 1985.

Her international interest in volleyball includes relationships with the Shanghai Volleyball Association, hence creating a travel opportunity for the Kalamazoo College Volleyball Team to visit and play Shanghai in 2009. Jeanne’s first book, ‘Sportuality: Finding Joy in the Games,’ was released in January 2012. The book is a direct outgrowth of her coaching career and life experiences. She speaks to various audiences about the books' message and is currently working on other books and projects in addition to her 30-year career as a volleyball coach at Kalamazoo College.

Jeanne also has served as an assistant softball coach, assistant basketball coach and associate college chaplain. She currently is a Professor of Physical Education and the Chair of the Department of Physical Education at Kalamazoo.

Tony Hsieh is CEO of Zappos, one of the most well-know companies in the world, is an example of how to create and celebrate a business model of success the right way and through a set of well-thought out set of core values.

Tony Hsieh is the CEO of Zappos as well as the founder of the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tony personally invested $350 million of his own money not for a traditional ROI (return on investment), but instead, as Tony says, an ROC (return on community). Having personally been out to Vegas a number of times to see the development of the project first hand I can assure you his vision is now a reality. I encourage all of you to check out the Vegas Downtown Project and plan a trip to visit and see this amazing community being built before your very eyes.

When Tony wrote his book, Delivering Happiness, he not only did so for the general public and interested customers, but more importantly for employees and leaders all over the world. It's not a secret that happy employees and happy team-members create a happy customer, product and/or customer experience. Most importantly it creates a happy working environment!

Now Tony is working to spread this model beyond his businesses with Downtown Project and his plan to revitalize downtown Las Vegas into a city that focuses on the community. Knowing Tony's history, this is a vision, already well underway, that is sure to deliver happiness to both local residents as well as people traveling now from all over the world to see Tony's project grow. As Tony says about the Downtown Project, it's all about the collisions and running into people on an everyday basis, sharing best-practices and creating a community that is supported by a central core approach, built on the very core values Tony established for Zappos.

Rudy Behind the scenes. Just When We Thought The Interview Was Over, Rudy Continues To Share His Journey Through Humor And A Normal Conversation With Host, Rob Elwood

Rudy Ruettiger is the man behind the storyline of the movie ‘Rudy’ who inspired hundreds of millions. Rudy teaches us that football was simply the platform for great success.

Hard work, determination and a will to focus are the key to Rudy's life. It all started long before the movie was released. Here is full journey here on this exclusive podcast episode. Growing up with 6 brothers and dealing with Dyslexia his whole life, Rudy has proven that he is willing to fight for what he wants.

Join us for this interview because Rudy is a man worth listening to.

Tim Shares A Special Story About His Mother's Final Words To Him.

Tim Brown is the CEO of Chef Jamie Oliver at Home and is bringing the message of healthy eating to the United States. Both Tim and Jamie have the goal to show that we are suffering from a food epidemic and that even beyond sports we need to take care of our bodies by eating right and exercising.

Who Are You Nation: It is so important to remember that we need to take care of ourselves. All of us need to be reminded from time to time that sports and healthy eating go hand in hand and this is a perfect interview to do just that. Join us as we talk with Tim and help him spread the message ‘Be well.’

Alison shares a story about a letter she received from one of Welles' fellow classmates about how Welles impacted their respective life.