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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Strength, Sport, and Motherhood | Game, Set, Life: Sanya Richards Ross

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of "Game Set Life,” host David Meltzer and Rick Macci discuss the current state of tennis, including Novak Djokovic's recent Grand Slam wins and the differences in longevity between male and female tennis champions. They are later joined by Sonya Richards Ross, a former Olympic track and field athlete and current mom and TV personality, who shares her experiences as a mom and the importance of the "mommy nation.” The hosts also highlight their focus on positivity and lessons in sports and discuss the importance of supporting black moms and providing resources for safe childbirth experiences.

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0:00.0

This is the flavor.

0:05.4

Whoa is right. I am blessed to be here every week with the legendary, the Hall of Famer,

0:12.3

himself, Rick Macy, who I keep seeing everywhere, especially with the Grand Slam tennis going on and his

0:20.4

expertise and knowledge and insight. Welcome to Game Set, life, my partner in time, Rick Macy.

0:28.4

David, glad to be here. I jumped off the court. It's going to be a lot of fun today.

0:32.4

Oh yeah, we have an exceptional guest. He's not only one of my favorite players on the court,

0:39.6

as you say, but off the court and on TV. She's doing it all in the most important position being a

0:46.7

mom. But before we get to our mom in our mom nation, which is a big part of your sport,

0:54.7

let's talk about the Grand Slam and what's going on in tennis. Give me a little update. I know

0:59.6

you've been on the national circuit informing and giving some insight. What do you see in today's

1:06.2

tennis world that we should be excited about? Well, obviously, Novak Jokovik, 23 Grand Slam. He now

1:15.1

has the record. You know, it's unbelievable. The guy, 10 Australian, 7 Wimbledon's, 3 US Open,

1:23.3

and now 3 French. He's won 94 singles titles. He was number one in the world for 388 weeks.

1:31.9

He's 36 years old. Okay, he is the goat. Okay, and you know goats, they like to climb a lot of

1:38.1

mountains. And this goat from Serbia is going to Mount Rushmore. So he is the goat, but listen,

1:44.4

he's still feeling good. And what's crazy, David, we got Wimbledon around the corner,

1:49.9

and he's won the last score in a row. 18, 19, 19, 20, they didn't have it because of the pandemic,

1:57.4

21 and 2. He loves the grass. And after this, all this hoopla on, he broke the record. His first

2:04.6

thing was, I can't wait for Wimbledon. This guy's wired different. He takes negative, turn it

2:11.0

a positive, pressure, adversity, disappointment is his best friend. He's a whole different cat,

2:18.0

but there's still a lot left in the tank for the Joker, but there are some young guns on grass

2:23.2

that are definitely going to challenge him. That's awesome. And you know, there is a difference

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