How Paul Rabil, The GOAT of Lacrosse, Changed The Sport Forever
Post Run High
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to be one of the greatest athletes of all time and build your own professional league from scratch? In this episode, lacrosse legend and PLL co-founder Paul Rabil opens up about the mental, physical, and emotional toll of chasing greatness — and the philosophy that got him through it. From reframing pain, embracing failure, and building a league when the sport was breaking down, to managing pressure and dreaming big while working small, this conversation dives deep into elite athlete mindset, creative leadership, and the future of pro sports. Whether you're a sports fan, creator, or entrepreneur, there’s a lesson here for you.
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, Runner Gang? Welcome back to Post Run High. Today's episode is a really special one for me. |
| 0:10.4 | We're sitting down with Paul Rabel. He's not only one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, |
| 0:14.9 | but he's also a trailblazing entrepreneur who has completely reshaped the sport. |
| 0:19.8 | If you're new here, this podcast is all about |
| 0:21.8 | inspiring conversations that start with movement because we believe movement opens people up in |
| 0:26.9 | ways nothing else does. And today, we kicked things off with a run through the streets of New York |
| 0:31.6 | before sitting down to talk. This episode means a lot to me personally. I grew up in North Jersey |
| 0:36.4 | in a lacrosse focused family. |
| 0:38.4 | And some of my fondest memories growing up are training in the backyard for hours on end with my brothers and my dad and my mom. |
| 0:45.6 | Both of my brothers went on to play Division I lacrosse at Yale and they won a national championship together. |
| 0:50.4 | So this sport was a huge part of my life. |
| 0:52.8 | But I did end up tearing my ACL twice in |
| 0:55.3 | back-to-pack years, which forced me to walk away from the sport, but I never stopped being a fan. |
| 1:00.4 | Paul was one of the first athletes I ever looked up to and getting to share this conversation with |
| 1:05.1 | him about resilience, reinvention, and building something that last felt like a full circle |
| 1:10.2 | moment. In this episode, |
| 1:11.5 | we talk about his early life, what drove him to become the best in the world, how he built |
| 1:16.0 | the PLL from scratch with his brother, and what keeps him pushing forward, even after retirement |
| 1:20.8 | from the game. Before we dive in, just a quick ask if Post Run High has been meaningful to you, |
| 1:25.9 | it would mean a lot if you left us a review or shared this episode with a friend. |
| 1:30.0 | All right. Let's get our Post Run High going. |
| 1:37.9 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
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