You're listening to the Impact Theory Podcast, your source of empowering ideas and actionable techniques from the world's highest achievers.

Join host Tom Billio, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of the billion dollar brand Quest Nutrition, on a journey to unlock your potential and realize your vision of success.

Welcome to Impact Theory.

Everybody, welcome to Impact Theory. You were here, my friends, because you believe that human potential is nearly limitless, but you know that having potential is not the same as actually doing something with it.

So our goal with this show and company is to introduce you to the people and ideas that will help you actually execute on your dreams.

Today's guest is one of the most accomplished college basketball players of all time. He's a two time college player of the year, unanimous pick for the 2002 All-American First Team.

He's a three time Duke All-American and he rocked his time at Duke so hard that they retired his number and it now hangs in the rafters with their other legends. And it didn't end there.

He was drafted number two overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 NBA draft. He took over Michael Jordan's locker and became the face of the future of the team.

His success was also financially transformative. He was a multi-millionaire by the time he was 21, he was dripping in cars, clothes and cash from his lucrative endorsements.

And the millions that he was banking per year allowed him to put his parents on payroll, erasing all of their struggles with money as well.

He had it all. Then in an instant, he found himself bleeding to death laying next to his destroyed motorcycle and like that, it was all gone.

He had crashed into a utility pole going 70 miles an hour without any protective gear. His pelvis and left leg were ruined over 10 surgeries and months in the ICU were required just to stabilize him.

And it was unclear if he'd ever walk again. After years, years of grueling rehab, he still failed to make his much dreamed about come back to the NBA.

Realizing that he was now without the sport that had come to define him, he slid into the grips of depression and rebuilding emotionally proved even more difficult than coming back physically.

It was a fight so brutal that it would seem attempt suicide twice.

But today, not only is he still here, he's thriving, having pulled himself from the depths of depression to carve an incredible new path as one of the most popular ESPN analysts, a much sought after motivational speaker, entrepreneur and member of the board of USA Basketball.

So please help me in welcoming the king of transformation, the managing partner of the leverage agency, the author of the beautiful raw and uplifting autobiography, life is not an accident, the unstoppable J Williams.

Thanks for having me.

My pleasure.

Dude, that goes an equal measure.

That was one hell of an intro.

Wow.

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