Tim Grover on Michael Jordan's Second Stat Sheet

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Self-improvement, Crossfit, Holistic Health, Mindset, Selfimprovement, Education, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Goalsetting, Health, Attainability, Fitness

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🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Michael Jordan didn't pay Tim Grover to be his trainer. He paid our guest to not be anybody else's trainer. The author of the new book, Winning, joins us to talk about why showing up is not half the battle and so much more.

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0:00.0	At the end of the game, there's a stat sheet that all the teams get.
0:04.7	All right, and the stat sheet, it has how many minutes you played,
0:07.7	how many points you scored, how many shots you took, rebounds, assists,
0:11.3	files, free throws and all those things.
0:14.3	Well, Michael used to have a second stat sheet.
0:17.0	Right. He would have a stat sheet of the free throws he missed,
0:22.5	the files he committed, the turnovers,
0:27.5	he had all the negative stuff. All right.
0:30.8	And I asked him, I was like, explain this to me.
0:33.6	He goes, I'm supposed to score points.
0:36.6	I'm supposed to get rebounds.
0:38.2	I'm supposed to make my teammates better.
0:41.3	I don't want to get acknowledged with the things I'm supposed to do.
0:44.5	That's like people want to get acknowledged for hard work.
0:48.4	They want to get acknowledged for showing up.
0:50.6	I love this one. You know, oh, showing up is half the battle.
0:53.7	No, showing up is none of the battle.
0:55.8	It's none of the battle. I'm like, all right.
0:59.4	So people want to get, man, I showed up today.
1:02.6	All right. You know, that's great.
1:04.9	So he's just like, I'm not supposed to turn the ball over.
1:08.8	I'm not supposed to miss free throws. All right.
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