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Sports Motivation Podcast

Get Ya Mind Right Monday: Why I cried at a football game

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Sports, Business

4.9767 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

You can learn a lot from kids....Especially kids playing football. In this GYMR episode, I break down one of the top 10 most memorable moments in my life and why it will make you a better athlete. 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Let's get your mind right Monday.

0:08.4

It's me, Nies Showbo.

0:11.6

Yo, so this past weekend, man, my sons had their first football game.

0:16.1

So my sons are 8 and 11, 6th grade, third grade.

0:21.3

And for me, as their dad, it was very special for me.

0:27.8

You know, I've gone through a lot of trouble, you know,

0:30.3

with their mother trying to get them in sports and do things like this.

0:33.3

And so this was the first time that they've been involved in organized sports in this type of way.

0:42.3

And I never put football on my sons.

0:45.1

And they never could say that, you know, playing football was a requirement for them from me.

0:52.1

So I never even really talked about it, to be honest.

0:54.6

Like, I mean, they knew I played football.

0:56.0

They knew Daddy played football.

0:57.9

But to say I wasn't super excited when they both started pressing me about playing,

1:04.6

that would be a lie.

1:05.6

So I was excited, man.

1:06.7

So I've been going to the practices every day for the past, like, two weeks.

1:11.3

And no lie, watching my sons play football has become, I mean, it's like my new pastime.

1:18.3

Like, it's my favorite pastime.

1:20.1

I have so much fun out there watching them, just being around the game.

1:22.8

So my oldest son is in sixth grade, and he's never played football in his life.

1:35.3

So when someone's never really played football, usually they look a little awkward out there and that's the case for my son. So he's got his game and I'm watching him before he starts and I can tell he's anxious.

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