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Team Never Quit

Crafting 'Warhorse One': Johnny Strong Shares his Filmmaking Journey w/ Navy SEAL Mikey Sauers & Marine Samantha Bonilla

Team Never Quit

Marcus Luttrell

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Join us in this week’s Team Never Quit Podcast, as Marcus takes a deep dive into the extraordinary career of Johnny Strong – actor, director, martial artist, and filmmaker. His journey is a testament to the power of dedication, creativity, and the relentless pursuit of one's passions. Don't miss out on this inspiring conversation a behind-the-scenes look into the multifaceted world of entertainment and creativity. Johnny discusses the inspirations behind his projects and how his diverse skill set shapes his storytelling.

Johnny's Film credits include; Get Carter, The Fast and Furious, Black Hawk Down, to Sinners and Saints, Daylight's End, and now in his directorial debut in Warhorse One. He also shares some very interesting on-location adventures you’ll find very interesting.

Johnny is joined by Marine Samantha Bonilla, and Mikey Sauers, U.S. Navy SEAL, co-founder of Forged, as well as the Mike Murphy challenge.

Watch 'Warhorse One' Here:
- https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/warhorse-one/umc.cmc.2vhqxk1ta9v0vzsw9liztev8x
Socials:
- operator_films_warhorse_one
- samantha_r_bonilla
- forgedmike

Sponsors:
- Navyfederal.org
- policygenius.com
- factormeals.com/TNQ50
- 4Patriots.com/TNQ

In this episode you will hear:
• For anybody that wants to be good at anything, you always want to maintain a humble state of “I’m a learner.” (16:40)
• The goal is to find the truth. The goal is to remove all the affectation and barriers we create to protect the self. (20:05)
• At 40, you almost begin a second life. (36:49)
• A man has 2 lives – the one he lives, and then the one he lives when he realizes he only has one. (37:03)
• As an actor, you are waiting for other people to give you an opportunity to do what you want to do. (37:22)
• [When my daughter was] two and a half years old, I had this moment and we made a conscious connection. It’s eternal. My thought was: How do I share that with the world? (44:33)
• The story of Warhorse One is kind of a metaphor for becoming a father. (45:45)
• The man you are before that, and the life you live, and the things that are important to you, after that moment when you have that profound connection [with your child] – your child is all that matters. (45:52)
• Everybody can be good at something. (68:39)
• In as much as we think we’re in control, there’s only a small amount that we can actually control. (73:15)
• If you could be that beacon for somebody out there, even if somebody watches a movie and says, “That’s awesome I’m moved to be a Navy SEAL.” How many people have said to me, “I watched Blackhawk Down, and I joined the Army.” (97:14)
• My Type A personality is that I’m not gonna quit. (105:17)
• I’m not doing it for money –this is just my offering to God, the Creator. (111:17)

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Team Never Quit podcast is sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union.

0:04.6

At Navy Federal, our members are the mission. Find out how they can assist you with buying a new car,

0:09.6

or purchasing a new home. You can learn more at NavyFederal.org.

0:14.9

If you could be that beacon, right? For somebody out there, even if it's like, you know,

0:20.7

a Warhorse one, if somebody watches the movie and says, oh man, that's awesome. I'm moved to go be

0:25.9

a Navy SEAL. How many people have said to me, yeah, I watch Black Hawk Down, I join the Army

0:30.5

because of Sugar and Gordon.

0:44.5

All right, everybody. Welcome back to the TNG podcast. I'm your host, Marcus LaTrell.

0:50.1

Every week it's my job to fire you up to ignite the legend inside of you and to push you to

0:55.1

your greatness. Join me every week as I take you into my Breaker room with some of the most

0:59.4

hard charge of people on the planet. They're going to show you how to embrace the stuff of life,

1:03.9

teach you the values of working your ass off, and charge through whatever life throws at you.

1:08.6

This is the Team Never Quit podcast. Don't buckle up, buttercup.

1:14.0

All righty ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the Team Never Quit podcast.

1:26.8

As always, thank you guys for listening and watching and please go hit that like and subscribe

1:30.7

button wherever you get your show. So before we kick it off with our awesome show that we have

1:36.3

coming up, let's kick it off with our Patreon question of the day, which is, I like this one.

1:43.6

So what is your favorite conspiracy theory? Oh boy. Oh, we can do a whole show.

1:53.2

Sitting around here. So Marcus, I got to say like the whole Luminati thing like Jay-Z and

1:59.3

Beyoncé in the world of Hillary. I love that. I love that. The Flat Earthers.

2:05.2

You're a Flat Ear, you're down with that? Well, that's your favorite one.

2:09.1

Kyrie Irving is. Well, it's just people trying to prove it, you know, just like Sam said with

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