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The Rich Roll Podcast

Danica Patrick is Pretty Intense — Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Female Race Car Driver

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

“The journey is to find your truth and know who you really are.” Danica Patrick Imagine yourself the only female athlete in a very dangerous sport completely dominated by men. You don’t just hold your own. And you don't just break the glass ceiling. Instead, you obliterate it. Kicking serious ass, you make an indelible mark on the sport you love. Along the way, you inspire millions of women and young girls to rethink the limits of their personal potential. This is the extraordinary story of race car driver Danica Patrick (@danicapatrick) — an athlete whose life-long love for speed turned her into one of the most successful, revered, and recognizable professional sports figures on the planet. Although her accomplishments are far too numerous to list, among Danica’s many notable glass ceiling explosions include: * first woman to lead the Indy 500; * highest Indy 500 female finish ever (4th); * first woman to win an IndyCar circuit race; and * first woman to win pole position at Daytona 500 Off the track, Danica is a media magnet. She has served up hosting duties on Spike TV, been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and appeared in a litany of commercials, music videos, and television shows. In 2006, she published Danica: Crossing the Line*, an autobiography she followed up with the recent release of her brand new mind, body, spirit primer: Pretty Intense*. This is a conversation about Danica's extraordinary career. It's about the lessons she's learned along the way about life, performance and wellness. It’s about a piece of unfinished business she calls the Danica Double – her plan to race both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 this year — and it’s a glimpse into the new chapter that lays beyond racing. But most of all, this is a conversation about personal empowerment. It’s about the mindset and practices that made Danica a champion, which can be leveraged to unlock the best version of yourself. In other words, take personal responsibility for your path. Stop wasting time. And start kicking ass. Danica is one of the sweetest badasses I know. I totally enjoyed our exchange. I hope you do too. For the visually inclined, you can watch the podcast on YouTube here. Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It's really not too late to follow a passion.

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Sometimes it might not be able to reach maybe it's pinnacle or highest level based on maybe your age,

0:09.5

but you can definitely still do it and have an effect and find joy in that.

0:13.5

The journey is to find your truth and to really know who you are.

0:18.5

That's Danica Patrick, this week on The Retroll Podcast.

0:30.5

The Retroll Podcast.

0:35.5

Hey everybody, how's it going?

0:37.5

What is happening?

0:38.5

How are you?

0:39.5

My name is Rich Roll.

0:40.5

I am your host.

0:41.5

This is a podcast.

0:43.5

It's my podcast, the Rich Roll Podcast.

0:45.5

And what I do here is I go deep with the most kick-ass people I can find.

0:52.5

And the idea behind it all is to hopefully provide you with some tools,

0:57.0

with some insights, with some information to incorporate into your life to implement.

1:03.5

So that you can be just a little bit better.

1:07.5

So today, what do I want to say about today?

1:10.5

Well, imagine being the only female athlete in a sport historically and thoroughly,

1:17.5

utterly completely dominated by men.

1:19.5

Now imagine not just holding your own in that sport, but actually kicking ass,

1:25.5

crushing it.

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