Ep 97 - Don't Quit Now, Quit Tomorrow with Robert J. O'Neill

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Robert J. O'Neill is a motivational speaker, a Fox News contributor and former United States Navy Seal (1996-2012). A true American hero, Robert earned two silver stars and has been on many high profile missions, including the saving of Captain Phillips and the killing Osama bin Laden.

Today on the show, Eric and Robert talk about the importance of pushing through adversity and showing up when it matters most. Topics include:

(1:45-3:18) - Growing up in Montana, lessons learned from playing basketball

(3:18-7:37) - How a breakup led to Robert joining the military

(7:37-11:22) - BUD/S training, training to be uncomfortable

(11:22-14:02) - The hardest part of Navy Seal training

(14:02-20:05) - Details about killing Osama bin Laden

(20:05-26:50) - Live after the military, the difficult transition to normal life

(26:50-32:50) - Main message as a public speaker

(32:50-34:51) - NFL talk, Ryan Fitzpatrick in Washington

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0:00.0	He just, this instructor, he's just a motivating guy.
0:05.0	He was an athlete and he said, you're about to go to war for the first time and the enemies, all your doubts, all your fears, and everyone you know back home
0:12.0	who told you weren't good enough to do this. Keep your head down, keep moving forward no matter what, never quit, and you'll be fine.
0:18.0	And another one he said was, you know, don't quit now, quit tomorrow.
0:21.5	If you can keep quitting tomorrow, you can do anything.
0:28.4	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your
0:33.5	what's next in life your best yet by learning from high performers in a variety of industries.
0:38.6	Our next guest is Robert J. O'Neill. Rob is a true American hero. He served our country as a
0:45.0	Navy SEAL and received two silver stars among many other awards. He was a part of high-profile
0:50.5	missions including saving Marcus Luttrell, which was detailed in the book and movie
0:54.7	Lone Survivor, saving Captain Phillips, and oh yeah, he shot Osama bin Laden. You will be inspired
1:01.9	by his story, pushing through adversity and showing up in the biggest moments in life when it
1:06.7	matters most. Rob has an incredible sense of humor and can tell a story with the best of them.
1:12.2	It was an honor to record this episode and you as the listeners are in for a treat. There are over
1:18.0	100,000 new podcasts being released each week so it means a lot to me that you spent your time
1:22.6	tuning into this episode. Please rate, review and subscribe to this podcast and share it on social media to help
1:29.3	spread the impact. Enjoy. Rob, welcome to the show, brother. Thanks for having me,
1:35.4	Eric. I appreciate it. It's an absolute honor to have you on. I've been looking forward to
1:38.9	this. Your career speaks for itself. Everyone got to hear about it through the intro, but we're
1:43.5	going to start off where we do with all the guests on the show. Tell me about where you're from and what sports
1:47.9	you grow up playing. I am from Butte, Montana. That's the same hometown as one of your former teammates,
1:54.0	Colt Anderson. Yep, and we got to honor Colt coaching for the Bengals now. He's the one who made
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