Episode 15 - Valorie Kondos Field - Everything you do in life is a choice

10/21/19 • 57 min

Notes & Highlights
02:15 But oh my gosh, I loved to dance!
07:00 It proved that you didn't have to be perfect, you just had to be human, honest, raw, and real.

11:00 Miss Val began her illustrious career playing the floor music for her student-athlete gymnasts. Check out Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance!

17:30 Success is peace of mind and knowing you've done your best. - John Wooden

21:15 Yearn to Learn

30:30 Let's hear it for right-brained people! Katelyn Ohashi is a phenomenal human being. She has a real big heart.

31:50 Takes n' Fakes Trivia

38:00 Bragging rights and money. It's pathetic if that's the only reason we play sports.

40:00 Get over yourself. No one is looking at you.

48:00 This generation is more influenced by their phone than anyone in their life. The best thing parents can do is set boundaries. Go play with your son or daughter.

55:30 If we could all use social media for things that are good and uplifting and empowering, imagine the world we could create. It's up to us.

Notes & Highlights
02:15 But oh my gosh, I loved to dance!
07:00 It proved that you didn't have to be perfect, you just had to be human, honest, raw, and real.

11:00 Miss Val began her illustrious career playing the floor music for her student-athlete gymnasts. Check out Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance!

17:30 Success is peace of mind and knowing you've done your best. - John Wooden

21:15 Yearn to Learn

30:30 Let's hear it for right-brained people! Katelyn Ohashi is a phenomenal human being. She has a real big heart.

31:50 Takes n' Fakes Trivia

38:00 Bragging rights and money. It's pathetic if that's the only reason we play sports.

40:00 Get over yourself. No one is looking at you.

48:00 This generation is more influenced by their phone than anyone in their life. The best thing parents can do is set boundaries. Go play with your son or daughter.

55:30 If we could all use social media for things that are good and uplifting and empowering, imagine the world we could create. It's up to us.

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Episode 14 - Phaethon Bolton - If you’re doing good things, people will notice

Notes & Highlights
06:15 Playing in the ACC will teach you things about the game that don’t show up on stat sheets – that’s why Bolt 30 camps and clinics were created
10:30 This kid refuses to give up – after trying out as a first-year, sophomore and junior, Phaethon walked on as a Demon Deacon his senior year
16:40 Use whatever you have to make a difference
23:45 If you don’t have a branch of your business that isn’t involved in social impact, people are going to question you – it’s almost a requirement from a branding perspective now
27:10 If you’re doing good things, people are going to notice
34:15 You don’t necessarily realize you can do something until you see it – representation matters
43:00 You know people that just look comfortable on a basketball court, President Obama looked comfortable with the ball in his hands
49:15. Illmatic vs Stillmatic

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Episode 16 - Steve Bandura - We stand out. Not just because of our pigment, but because of how we play the game as a team.

Notes & Highlights
03:45 Steve worked at a sales and marketing firm. He had a company car and a secretary, and he hated every minute of it. He really felt that it was meaningless.
11:15 In 1993 Steve intentionally went on unemployment so he could start the Jackie Robinson Baseball League. He named all the teams after negro league teams and gave every kid a book called Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball.
14:00 The Anderson Monarchs were the first youth baseball team to racially integrate Philadelphia’s city A league.
16:30 Steve and the Monarchs got together at the rec center every Friday and studied the civil rights movement and baseball history along that timeline.
18:30 After Mo’Ne’s jersey was retired in Cooperstown, the kids bought baseball cards and had a mock baseball draft. It’s so nice to see the kids embrace each other in the absence of technology.
26:30 Steve built a team of five Black, five White and five Hispanic players. Their families self-segregated during their introductory team meeting. Two years later, those same families are renting a vacation house together in Ocean City, MD. A lot times it’s not racism, it’s ignorance and lack of exposure.
33:00 14 kids from one team will be playing college baseball, nine of which are at the D-1 level. In 2011 the Monarchs won the baseball, basketball, indoor and outdoor soccer city a league championship. We proved that we could compete if the kids were given an opportunity.
38:00 Empathy is knowing what someone else is thinking and feeling. This is a great competitive advantage.
39:00 We stand out. Not just because of our pigment, but because of how we play the game as a team.
45:00 Mo’s biggest contribution was inspiring younger girls to chase their dreams.
46:45 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia
53:00 MLB’s key demographic is about to be gone, and just because the TV money is there, doesn’t mean it ain’t broke.
1:00:00 An Anderson Monarch’s goal from day is to graduate from college.
1:05:30 If you’re a rabbit in a hole looking up, the sky isn’t big. If you pop your head out of that hole, the whole world opens up. So make sure your kids pop their heads out.