Winning Is A Muscle. Build It. | WNBA Legend Candace Parker
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🗓️ 2 August 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
If there’s one thing Candace Parker does best, it’s winning. In today’s episode, Ryan sits down with basketball legend Candace Parker to talk about championships, pressure, and what it takes to be one of the greats. Candace talks about how being elite changes the way you see the world (and yourself), why winning never really feels like enough, and what happens when your whole identity is built around being the best. She opens up about legacy, ambition, parenting, and why she doesn’t go a year without reading The Alchemist.
Candace Parker is one of the most influential athletes of all time. After being selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks, following a champion career at Tennessee, Parker went on to become the first player to earn WNBA MVP and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season, win three WNBA championship titles, and take home two Olympic gold medals.
Be sure to grab a copy of Candace’s book: The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions
Follow Candace on Instagram and X @CandaceParker
📚 Books Mentioned:
- The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions by Candace Parker
- Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham
- Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Churchill by Sonia Purnell
- What You’re Made For by George Raveling
- The Barn by Wright Thompson
- Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell
- Taylor Branch Trilogy
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