Thomas Williams: Former USC Linebacker, NFL Athlete, Motivational Speaker, Author

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Listen to the incredible story of Thomas Williams, who began with a young dream of baseball, to dominating the football field under the legendary Pete Carroll at USC. Once a struggling student, Thomas surrounded himself with successful students, bringing his 2.3 GPA to 3.5 in the blink of an eye. He realized that the right focus and mentality will get him the results he wanted. Backed by the support of his Mother, there were no limits to Thomas’ goals. Former USC Trojan (2x champion, and 3x Rose Bowl player), former NFL athlete, a motivational speaker, and author; please welcome Thomas Williams to the IMNOTYOU Sports Motivation Podcast!

Episode 146 Time Stamps:

(2:10) Thomas' introduction

(3:47) Beginnings of professional dreams, in Oakland's Stadium | Bad student turned overachiever | Football = discipline, hard work and dedication

(17:16) "At 12 years old, I made a promise to my Mom; that we were going to get tears of joy"

(20:03) IMPORTANT FOR UPCOMING ATHLETES: Leverage your recruiting process! | Why I verbally committed to USC over Notre Dame

(23:48) Thomas' inspiration through his Mom's work ethic

(25:13) Shoutout to Ken Norton Jr! "If you wanna be special, you gotta play special teams"

(27:09) The best advice from Coach Pete Carroll: "If you give something everything that you've got, and it still doesn't work out, then maybe the opportunity doesn't deserve you."

(33:30) It's the small things...

(35:19) The legendary Pete Carroll, Pt. 1: GO there, before you GET there.

(37:59) The legendary Pete Carroll, Pt. 2: Playing amongst mentally unbreakable teammates (Carroll's competition aspect)

(38:49) The legendary Pete Carroll, Pt. 3: There's never a moment that's "TOO big"

(40:31) "Second time out, first time up"

(43:00) If you want to influence, you must live that life!

(43:37) Leadership isn't a position; it's based on decisions.

(47:32) Elite to average... (for the normal athlete)

(49:32) "You listen to learn, and we gotta learn to listen."

(52:11) How to transition successfully, outside of sports.

(55:30) This year's mentality: Happiness > success

(58:40) Zig Ziglar's, "See You At The Top" | Don Miguel Ruiz's, "The Four Agreements" | Paulo Coelho's, "The Alchemist"

CONNECT WITH THOMAS

www.ThomasRWilliams.com

Thomas' TWO Books: "Permission to Dream: I Can I Will I Did" |"The Relentless PURSUIT OF GREATNESS"

Instagram: @mr_trw

Facebook: TRWIncorporated

Twitter: @T_Williams56

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Could you benefit from building supreme confidence? What would change for you if you played your best when under pressure?
0:05.9	What's it costing you to not have the confidence, the poise, and skill to execute when your team needs you most?
0:12.0	I've created an exclusive training video designed just for you. I outlined the three critical keys to building unshakable supreme confidence and dominating under pressure.
0:21.7	You'll also find out how you can apply these to your career today so that you can start to speed
0:25.9	up your results and follow a predictable system to get you to your goals.
0:30.1	Go to I'm not you.com forward slash dominate under pressure.
0:34.3	You can go ahead and access that free training in less than two minutes.
0:36.9	You'll be learning exactly what I teach my high performance professional athletes and clients about what it
0:41.8	takes to dominate. Again, I'm not you.com for slash dominate under pressure.
0:48.8	If you try to get right, then you listen to my dad. He's a beast.
0:59.8	And if you don't want to listen to him, okay, okay, you don't want to get successful.
1:03.6	If you ain't trying to dominate, man, they go listen to something else.
1:10.1	Welcome, athletes, top performers, and all those looking to gain that killer instinct,
1:11.6	that edge you need to dominate in any environment.
1:13.4	This is the Sports Motivation podcast, and I'm your host, Niyu Shobo.
1:18.6	I play ball and succeeded at the highest levels, and I'm now committed to showing you
1:23.6	how you can accomplish the ambitious goals and visions that you have.
1:28.3	This podcast is designed to teach you high-level strategy, not just fluff and hype.
1:33.7	This will cut to the core if you let it.
1:36.0	And by taking action on the practical and next-level advice I share, you will see results.
1:41.9	Expect that.
1:43.2	Expect to be more confident. Expect to be more focused. Expect to be more confident.
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