Tim Grover || The Victory Mentality
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today it’s great to have Tim Grover on the podcast. Tim is the CEO of Attack Athletics Inc. which he founded in 1989 and author of the international bestseller Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable. World renowned for his work with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and thousands of athletes and business professionals. He appears around the world as a keynote speaker and consultant to business leaders, athletes, and lead achievers in every field. His latest book is called Winning: The Unforgivable Race to Greatness.
Topics
[00:01:58] Tim’s childhood and upbringing
[00:09:08] Choosing to become a professional trainer
[00:11:50] From "fat kid" to competitive basketball player
[00:16:26] "The most successful are the most coachable"
[00:19:30] Victim Mentality vs. Victory Mentality
[00:22:51] The early days of Tim’s career
[00:25:46] Meeting and working with Michael Jordan
[00:30:55] Michael Jordan’s feedback about Tim
[00:33:54] Being a part of the Chicago Bulls Dynasty
[00:41:50] Meeting Kobe Bryant
[00:45:42] The phone call just before Kobe’s passing
[00:50:39] "The unforgiveable race to winning"
[00:54:48] The difference between competing and winning
[00:56:40] The importance of grit for winning
[01:01:36] How uplifting others is the ultimate win
[01:05:11] Creating personal definitions of winning
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| 0:00.0 | Today, it's great to have Tim Grover on the podcast. |
| 0:17.4 | Tim is the CEO of Attack Athletics Inc., which he founded in 1989, an author of the International |
| 0:23.0 | Bestseller Relentless from Good to Great to Unstoppable. |
| 0:27.0 | Well, we're renowned for his work with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Duane Reed, and thousands |
| 0:30.4 | of athletes and business professionals. |
| 0:32.4 | He appears around the world as a keynote speaker and consultant to business leaders, athletes, |
| 0:36.2 | and elite achievers in every field. |
| 0:38.4 | His latest book is called Winning, the unforgivable race to greatness. |
| 0:42.0 | Tim, thanks for being on the psychology podcast today. |
| 0:45.8 | This is an honor. |
| 0:46.8 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:47.8 | When I wrote this book, Winning, I was like, okay, and I was, I don't know if the public |
| 0:53.4 | system of book published or reached out to you guys or you reached out to them. |
| 0:56.7 | And I was like, seriously, they want, they want, they want to talk to you about this. |
| 1:02.1 | Of course. |
| 1:03.1 | And I was like, okay, well, the mind game, you know, it's all about, you know, what would |
| 1:11.1 | you say is like in the percentages and all the work you've done that, and I know there's |
| 1:14.2 | the physical game, but early in your career, did you really try to get into the mind of the |
| 1:19.0 | competitors? |
| 1:21.0 | Yes, you know, and one thing when I, you know, Michael Jordan was my first client, |
| 1:26.2 | first professional client, I should say, and, you know, he would always say how important |
| 1:32.5 | the minds, the mind was, so the part of our training was always to not only train the |
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