Sports, Mentors, And Social Environments – Part 4 of an Interview with Anthony Davis

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In the last episode of this sports-centric discussion with former football star Anthony Davis, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana dive into the subject of social influence, and the impact it has on young athletes and impressionable youth. Anthony Davis shares his backstory, and how relied on discipline, focus, and teamwork to make the right decisions necessary to rise from less than ideal circumstances.

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0:49.6	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast.
0:58.0	Welcome back to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I am here with Tanna and our good friend Anthony Davis,
1:01.0	Hall of Fame running back from USC. We are talking about brain health and
1:07.1	sports, but we're going to take a little detour on this one. In the last one we talked about the four circles of health and illness,
1:16.3	biological, psychological, social, spiritual.
1:22.4	I want to pick up on where we were with the environments that actually both you and
1:29.6	10 grew up in the impact that had on your development and you know we'll also talk
1:39.8	about the impact that has on brain health. So talk to us about growing up and what that was like for you.
1:46.8	It was really tough for me because I was a low-esteem child. Once I found out I could play baseball I put everything in
1:54.8	that I put everything in my athletics now why did you have love self-esteem well
1:58.6	because uh my father said I would never be anything.
2:03.0	He used to tell him my brother and I that before we're 20 years old, we both
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