Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

Lisa Rizzo is the owner of Diamond Academy Softball Training Facility in New Jersey. Diamond Academy is a Softball Training Facility with nine former NCAA Softball athletes on the indoor staff roster along with five additional female softball athletes on the outdoor clinic staff roster. Lisa and all the other Coaches at Diamond Academy teach self-confidence and focus on the mental aspect of sports as well as the physical aspect.

As stated on her on website: “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss."

Sarah shares about her brother and the improvements he is making in his life from his involvement in sports.

Sarah Haskins competed in her first triathlon in St. Louis, MO in 2003 and became a professional triathlete in 2004. She competed in the Triathlon Event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won a gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games. Sarah now takes on the role of a loving mother with her one year old daughter.

Sarah took a year off to raise her daughter and now she is back training and competing, but with a higher priority in life, looking back with the comfort of experience…looking forward with the comfort of a loving family.

"Talent is common but disciplined talent is rare."

The popular Discovery Channel Series, MythBusters conducts an experiment to see if a person can swim in syrup as fast as he can swim in water. What a crazy opportunity...and experiment!

This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Series. Please Check Out Part 1 as well.

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records.

Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters! Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming. Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country. The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim.

This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Series. Please Check Out Part 1 as well.

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records.

Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters! Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming.  Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country.  The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim. 

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records. Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters!

Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming. Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country. The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim.

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records. Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters!

Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming.  Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country.  The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim. 

Did you know Paul once coached Joe Namath? Yup. Paul shares the story of going to New York, meeting the Jets players and getting their autographs.

Paul Dobbs is the founder of iCoachConnect.com a website that connects the right coaches to the right positions. Paul is as straightforward and genuine as they come. A man who has dedicated his life to giving back and being ‘other-centered’. Paul believes coaches are one of the last remaining true mentorship programs left in our society. www.iCoachConnect.com has a specific purpose and a great message - to provide coaches a straightforward system where talented coaches can apply for open jobs, and parents will be assured the teams their kids play on will be coached by a qualified and positive role models that teach great sportsmanship, fair play, honesty and integrity.