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Edge of Sports

A Journey to Mindfulness with Former NFL Player Prince Daniels, Jr.

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk to former NFL player Prince Daniels, Jr. about his book Mindfulness for the Ultimate Athlete: Mastering the Balance Between Power and Peace. We also talk to the Coach Kevin McNutt about the upcoming basketball season.

In addition, we have “Just Stand Up” and “Just Sit Down” awards to the courageous activists that pushed for decades to force the Cleveland baseball team to get rid of their racist mascot and Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, who joins other college football coaches in continuing to make empty threats under the guise of player empowerment. All this and more on this week’s show!

Prince Daniels, Jr.
Twitter: @princeadjr

Kevin McNutt

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0:00.0

The only limits there are is the ones that you set for yourself.

0:04.0

So stop saying that the sky is the limit.

0:07.0

The sky is no longer the limit.

0:09.0

If you feel that you can go beyond the sky, then do it.

0:13.0

And remember, as we become adults, we take on these roles. And the one thing that we forget is our imagination. Our imagination can take us places far beyond that we can never imagine. So remember to keep strengthening that. The Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast.

0:44.6

I'm Dave Zyron.

0:45.5

Happy holidays, y'all.

0:47.1

This week we talked to Prince Daniels, former NFL player and author of the book,

0:52.1

Mindfulness for the Ultimate Athlete, mastering the balance

0:55.6

between power and peace. It should be a fascinating conversation. Also, a special treat this

1:02.4

week. We are talking to the coach, Kevin McNutt, and our choice words are going to be about me

1:08.0

and coach breaking it down, chopping it up on a whole host of angles and

1:12.2

topics. We also have the Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards and more, but first, let's talk to

1:18.3

Prince Daniels. First and foremost, Prince Daniels, for those of us to have a framework, how would you define mindfulness?

1:33.3

I would define mindfulness as, just to make it very simple. Just being aware of the things that are going on around you, how you speak to yourself.

1:45.3

You know, there's always internal chatter inside our mind.

1:49.1

And so we just have to be mindful of what we're saying to ourselves.

1:53.1

What external things are coming into us, that's allowing us to be aware of the present moment

1:58.7

and not judging the moment, but allowing your thoughts to just

2:04.2

pass like water flowing down the stream. Wow. How did you come across this philosophy and why did it

2:14.2

speak to you? I came across this philosophy after I was discharged from the NFL.

2:20.3

I'm playing with the Baltimore Ravens.

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