Conquering Oneself is the Only True Victory | Olympic Athlete, Tianna Bartoletta
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Tianna Bartoletta, a professional track and field athlete from Elyria, Ohio that specializes in the short sprints, the 4x100m relay and the long jump.
Tianna and Jesse Owens are 2 of just 3 athletes in the states history to win four state titles two years in a row.
She attended and ran track for the University of Tennessee, but turned pro after her sophomore season when she won her fist world championship title at 19 years old.
Tianna’s a two-time Olympian, a 3x Olympic Gold Medalist, a world-record holder, and a 3x world champion.
A reigning Olympic Champion and now 35 year old, Tianna is currently training to defend her title at Tokyo 2021.
In this conversation, Tianna shares what it’s like to compete on the world’s biggest stage, and how she manages the pressure – one moment to make 4 years of hard work pay off.
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| 0:00.0 | Confidence comes from my competence, which I developed in training. |
| 0:05.3 | So in that moment, when we fast forward back to the Olympic final, |
| 0:10.0 | it's, I know I can do it. |
| 0:12.2 | I've done it every day for 40 weeks and am I willing to do it here in this environment under pressure? Because all of us are world-class athletes. |
| 0:26.1 | All of us are the best in the world there but the difference between myself and someone |
| 0:30.9 | else or the reason I'm so much harder to beat, even when I'm not the best |
| 0:35.6 | jump on paper, is my willingness to do it in that moment and not let the noise cut through. Okay, welcome back or welcome to, and I mean both of those genuinely. If you've been around |
| 0:58.6 | the Finding Mastery Podcast for a long time, I really appreciate what we're building. It's awesome. And if you're brand new, I hope you get fired up as fired up as we are about what we're trying to understand. By trade and training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. |
| 1:13.8 | And really what we're trying to sort out |
| 1:15.2 | are what are the best practices from the best |
| 1:18.1 | in the world, from the extraordinary's, |
| 1:20.0 | the most dynamic thinkers and doers on the planet, |
| 1:22.6 | what are the best practices that they're using |
| 1:25.1 | that you too can use to become your very best? |
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