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The Mark Divine Show

Willie Banks on the Olympics and the athletic spirit

The Mark Divine Show

Mark Divine

Self-improvement, Alternative Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Willie Banks is a well-known Olympian, having been a member of the US Olympic track team for Triple Jump in 1984 and 1988. Since then, he's been an active member of the sport and Olympic community, serving as the President of the US Olympians Association and an organizer of the ANOC World Beach Games in San Diego in 2019. Mark and Willie talk about Willie's experiences with the Olympics and his ongoing devotion to spreading interest in sports and track in particular. Find out: How ...

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0:00.0

You can't walk in with a bad attitude or the whole atmosphere

0:20.0

chances so you have to switch, be ready for everybody else.

0:25.0

Hey folks, welcome back to the Unbital Mind podcast.

0:32.0

My name is Mark Devine.

0:32.9

Super stoked to have you here today.

0:35.4

As you know, I know that you have a lot going on,

0:39.0

a lot vying for your attention,

0:40.2

and the selection of this podcast was one of 10 million things you could have chosen to do differently.

0:47.0

So I don't take that lightly, I appreciate it.

0:51.0

My guest today, Willie Banks, is an extremely interesting individual.

0:56.0

We're going to have a fun conversation, Willie.

0:58.5

Thanks for being here.

0:59.5

Before I give you a little bit more detail, or probably let Willie tell us about himself in

1:03.9

his own words I want to enlist your help for our burpies for vetsets Challenge. We, last December, I'll tell the story to Willie,

1:15.0

last December I challenged myself to do 200 burpies a day,

1:19.0

just for fun.

1:20.0

And it was a blast, right?

1:22.0

And at the end of the month, I was like,

1:25.0

I don't really want to stop.

1:27.0

And so I was like, I had this really weird flash of inspiration

1:31.0

that I wanted to do something with a team, something bigger, and I had

1:36.2

started this foundation a couple years earlier called the Courage Foundation, which is to help

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