Daniel Rodriguez | Heroes in Action
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This is a story of perseverance and heroism. One that will inspire you and ignite your spirit!
On this episode Jon Gordon talks with Daniel Rodriguez. Daniel was one of 53 American soldiers who battled over 400 enemy Taliban insurgents after they attacked in the 2009 battle of Kamdesh.
For more than 12 hours Daniel continued to fight with shrapnel embedded in his neck and leg and bullet fragments lodged in his shoulder.
The story of that battle was just released as a new movie called THE OUTPOST which stars Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, and Daniel portrays himself. It's a phenomenal movie, a must watch. It's available now in theaters and to stream online from Apple TV, Amazon, etc.
Daniel's story doesn't end there.
After his service in the military, Daniel went on to become a player for Clemson University Football and eventually signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Rams. How he caught the attention of Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney is amazing.
Watch Daniel's Recruitment Video Here
What Daniel shares about the movie and the actual experience in the battle is truly moving but his life and how he lives it will inspire you even more.
Connect with Daniel at https://www.danielrayrodriguez.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker. I'm the co-host of |
| 0:06.8 | Positive You and on this episode John is joined by Daniel Rodriguez. Daniel was one of |
| 0:11.4 | 53 American soldiers who battled over 400 enemy Taliban |
| 0:15.2 | insurgents after they attacked in the 2009 Battle of Camdesh. For more than 12 |
| 0:20.1 | hours Daniel continued to fight with shrapnel embedded in his neck and leg and bullet fragments lodged in his shoulder. |
| 0:26.4 | The story of the battle is amazing and it was just released as a new movie called The Outpost. |
| 0:31.4 | It stars Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, and |
| 0:35.3 | Daniel's even in it portraying himself. It's a phenomenal movie, a must watch, and it is now available |
| 0:40.8 | in theaters or to stream online at Apple TV, Amazon or wherever else you stream. |
| 0:45.6 | But Daniel's story doesn't end there. |
| 0:48.2 | After his service in the military, he went on to become a player for Clemson University and eventually signed as a free agent for the St Louis Rams |
| 0:55.6 | How he caught the attention of Clemson coach Davoswini is amazing |
| 0:59.1 | Wait till you hear that now what Daniel shares about the movie and the actual experience of the battle is truly moving but his life and how he lives it will inspire you even more. |
| 1:08.0 | So let's go ahead and dive in. |
| 1:10.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon, with Positive University, and today my guess is Daniel Rodriguez. |
| 1:16.4 | Daniel, how you doing? |
| 1:17.4 | I'm doing good, John. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:19.7 | Daniel, you are in a new movie coming out called the outpost you play |
| 1:25.1 | yourself I do talk about being in this movie man it's uh it's exciting it's it, it's exciting. |
| 1:34.7 | It started with mixed emotions for sure because I've always wanted to act. |
| 1:40.0 | Since I was a kid, I've always knew I wanted to be in entertainment like movies I enjoyed them so as |
| 1:45.6 | life goes on you feel like you may miss windows of opportunity and as my life |
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