Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

Does the word failure actually exist in your vocabulary? If so, should it?

Tyler shares a sentimental reflection back when he was in high school. As his grandfather became more ill, Tyler shares a conversation he had speaking with his ailing grandfather and that his grandfather told Tyler that he would "try like hell" to keep up with him as a runner!

Tyler McCandless is a professional distance runner, coach and PhD student (with current BS and MS degrees in Meteorology from Penn State). He runs between 90 and 100 miles per week, 50 weeks out of the year.

Tyler travels all over the world to compete in marathons, including both local USA Cross Country Championships races in Boulder and faraway competitions such as the Kauai Marathon in Hawaii.

He is currently working in Boulder, Colorado studying Meteorology with a focus on solar power forecasting. His current goal is to earn his PhD before the 2016 Olympic Marathon trials and be a contender for the Olympic team.

Tyler McCandless is a professional distance runner, coach and PhD student (with current BS and MS degrees in Meteorology from Penn State). He runs between 90 and 100 miles per week, 50 weeks out of the year.

Tyler travels all over the world to compete in marathons, including both local USA Cross Country Championships races in Boulder and faraway competitions such as the Kauai Marathon in Hawaii. 

He is currently working in Boulder, Colorado studying Meteorology with a focus on solar power forecasting. His current goal is to earn his PhD before the 2016 Olympic Marathon trials and be a contender for the Olympic team.

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B.J. Hall Shares Additional Insight On Who He Is And What He Stands For.

B.J. Hall is a quarterback for the New Orleans VooDoo Arena Football Team. He also runs the website www.bjhallfootballtraining.com where his mission is to provide the greatest training possible for young athletes with a desire to enhance their football skills. Listen in as B.J. talks about his days growing up, playing for the AFL, his methods for coaching and how he compares being a quarterback to being a parent.

What did Coach Stevens, then the coach of the Butler Bulldogs, share with me about the "secret sauce" of taking his team to the NCAA National Championship Game in back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011?

Stephan Bonnar is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC and was entered in the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013.

Listen in as Stephan talks about his experiences, from being beaten up by his older brothers to getting in on the ground floor of the UFC and watching it explode in popularity, and now being a hall of famer, retiring and coaching.

Gary shares the story of Jason Campbell, a foster child Gary took in, helped start “Jason’s Job Site Cleanup” and set Jason on the right path in life.