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Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Randy Foye: NBA Star & Motivational Speaker

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

"If you work hard, and you continue to fight through, and you continue to push, that there's something waiting for you in the end that's really big...that you can't even imagine." Randy Foy jump started the Villanova Wildcats dynasty run we've seen these last handful of years. He was Jay Wright's first Big East Player of the Year, and his first NBA lottery pick. Today, still an active NBA player, Randy's a mentor for many of the current Villanova players, and remains closely tied with Coach Wright. Our conversation, however, goes far deeper than the chronicles of Villanova men's basketball. Randy Foye lets us in on the origins of his life. He grew up in Newark New Jersey, without his parents, and a debilitating biological disorder. His perspective, strength, perseverance, and love jump through the audio file, articulately and authentically. Very few of us -- if any -- have experienced even a fraction of what Randy has in his short 34 years thus far. But we can all be better off in modeling his work ethic, leadership, and fatherhood skills. Hosted by professional athlete and entrepreneur, Suiting Up Podcast is a show that explores the psychology, playbook of tools, and strategies of the most influential people in sports, entrepreneurship, and entertainment. Special thanks to this episode's sponsors Saxx (Promo Code: Rabil), Magic, and ZipRecruiter.

Transcript

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You work hard, you continue to, you know, fight through the small things and you continue to push that there's something waiting for you in the end that is really big that you can't even imagine but just

0:13.4

fight just keep fighting and keep pushing and you'll be alright. Randy Foy

0:17.9

kick-started the latest dynasty run we've seen by the Villanova Wildcats

0:21.0

basketball team. He was Jay Wright's first Big East

0:23.6

Player of the Year and his first NBA lottery pick and since then Randy's

0:27.5

returned the favor as an active mentor to the Villanova Hoopes team and

0:30.7

remains very close with Jay. But this show today isn't about

0:34.4

Randy's time at Villanova. It's about Randy's story and it's emotional. It's

0:40.4

also inspirational and it's daring.

0:43.0

Randy grew up in Newark, New Jersey, without parents.

0:47.0

He has a severe and rare biological disorder that often leads to death.

0:52.0

His best friend was murdered, and he found basketball.

0:57.2

But it hasn't stopped there.

0:58.6

Randy's one of the most articulate, cerebral,

1:01.4

and introspective athletes I've ever met.

1:03.8

He's done so much on the court,

1:05.6

playing a dozen seasons in the NBA now,

1:08.1

but more off of it.

1:09.7

He's only getting started.

1:11.3

Welcome to an all new episode of Student Up.

1:12.7

Podcast is the show where I delve into some of the stories of today's leading athletes,

1:16.2

entrepreneurs, and entertainers. And I'm your host, Paul Rabel.

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