Episode 18 - Brad & Zach Gilbert - Nobody Beats Father Time

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12/06/19 • 62 min

Notes & Highlights
10:00 Both Gilbert guys showed poise in 1990
13:00 If Andre Agassi is a sports car, Brad Gilbert is a Chevy truck. Brad doesn’t have a secret coaching sauce, but he thinks it’s important to go to dinner with your player.
16:30 Nobody recognized the value in a loss and handled them with more grace than Andre Agassi. He’s also the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back.
24:15 Brad & Zach got more competitive playing each other in ping pong than they did on the tennis court
32:30 When you decide who you want to coach, you should want success more for your player than for yourself. You should want to make your player’s dream possible.
42:00 Roger Federer’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to Brad only scratched the surface of Brad’s philanthropic endeavors
43:45 Brad and Zach devoted time on the court at San Quentin Prison to provide inmates that had accumulated good behavior credits with a break from their reality. One inmate said that he’d have been able to avoid trouble as a teenager if he was introduced to tennis at that age. The lines and rules teach important values.
50:00 A lot of times in life, in business, you have to be competitive. You don’t have to be perfect. Just be satisfied with hard work.
54:00 Brad was a Warriors fan for 39 years before the recent streak of success #EastBaySportsPride
58:15 Visit BG Tennis nation in Greenbrae, CA! He might even have a stock market tip waiting for you ;)

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Episode 17 - Dedan Brozino - Leaves changing remind you of humble roots

Notes & Highlights

03:20 when you come from a small town, you learn how to like people

05:55 Dedan’s professional and personal philosophy is “get better every day and use that improvement to impact the people you surround yourself with” and he learned that from athletes he looked up to

08:45 Sports is a unifier of the people. Sports stands for leadership, teamwork, ethics, inspiration, and cooperation.

14:00 Dedan is a little like a turtle on a fence post - he doesn’t know how he got to where he is. What he does know is that he had help along the way.

16:30 Philanthropic fundraising is a relationship-driven business. People give to people, and an idea.

25:15 it’s a pinch-me moment - I have a key to the rose bowl

31:00 Rose Bowl’s donors are paramount because it doesn’t have an alumni base, it’s not a church, it’s not a hospital, but it is a chapel to so many people

37:30 Dedan realized how The Rose Bowl humanizes us when Keith Jackson took him onto Kenny Chesney’s tour bus before a show. This led to a six-figure donation to honor Keith Jackson.

39:40 Jackie Robinson still holds the record for longest kick return for a touchdown at the Rose Bowl. This place is a museum. History is what makes this stadium so special.

44:00 Breaking News! The Rose Bowl Institute is right around the corner

45:00 Brandi Chastain’s goal during the world cup final was the first time that women were viewed on a level playing field as man. The Rose Bowl Institute is the next GivBk initiative at The Rose Bowl. Dedan wants to inspire the next generation.

47:30 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia

55:25 Happiness in employment requires alignment of core values with an organization’s mission. Personal brand development is the first step toward recognizing those core values.

59:45 The Rose Bowl is turning 100 years young. Partyofthecentury.org is where you can find out more about the stadium’s centennial celebration!

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Episode 19 - Nicole Woodie - Small change and small actions make a world of difference

Notes & Highlights
1:30 Hoops2o is growing, and UVA played host to their coming out party

06:00 Nicole’s mom was an ‘activist’ and a single mom that believed in the power of people working together

9:00 Small change and small actions make a huge difference

15:55 Nicole started getting an itch to make the world a better place – working in sports was the fastest way to scratch it

17:45 Athletes and sports teams can help non-profit organizations amplify their message and mission when they might not have had another medium to broadcast

20:00 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia

26:45 If anyone has a magic wand, Nicole wishes she could use it to transport people to the sub-Saharan communities that her Waterboys teams are servicing so they could witness the impact being made

31:15 Plenty of professional athletes have recognized the platform they have and they follow in the footsteps of athletes like Chris Long, the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year

33:15 Nicole can vouch for Miles Garrett, and wants us to know that all the good he will do in his life is not to repair his public image, it’s because he has always wanted to serve and help people

37:00 When you have water, it changes everything. Now mothers and young girls have time to start small businesses or go to school with the energy to learn.

43:00 Finding a cause that resonates with athletes is the best way to cultivate a culture in which these influential people GivBk on a continuous basis

48:30 Nicole is so busy thinking about helping others, she hasn’t asked for anything for the Holidays – don’t be afraid to send her a donation as a gift ;