Kerri Walsh Jennings: What's It Take to Be a GOAT

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🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh-Jennings! “A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.” -- Kerri Walsh-Jennings

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The right reasons to participate in youth sports
How to channel doubt into action
What she thinks of athletes like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka taking time off
The sexualization, or lack of sexualization, of women’s sports
And, of course, what it takes to be a GOAT

Kerri Walsh Jennings is the remarkable Kerri Walsh-Jennings. She is one of the GOATs–greatest of all time–in women’s volleyball.

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1:04.7	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is Remarkable People. We're on a mission to make you remarkable.
1:11.6	Helping me in this episode is the remarkable Carrie Walsh Jennings.
1:16.4	She is one of the goats, greatest of all time in women's volleyball.
1:21.7	This description opens up an existential question.
1:25.5	Greatest implies the one and only. But in my humble opinion, there can be
1:30.7	multiple greatest, but I digress. Carrie is a five-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist.
1:38.0	She holds the record for tournament victories both domestically and internationally. Together with
1:43.9	her partner, Misty May trainer,
1:46.2	who is another goat?
1:47.7	She has won 21 consecutive Olympic matches, and they only lost one set during their 11-year run.
1:55.3	Kerry graduated from Stanford with a degree in American Studies.
1:59.5	She was the second player in NCAA history to be named first team All-American in all-four seasons.
2:06.2	In the next hour, we are going to cover the right reasons to participate in youth sports,
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