How Do Athletes Find Purpose Beyond Performance?

Yes.

Well, that's quite the highlight reel.

But as we know, no one lives at the peak of a mountaintop.

You always got to go back down into the valley and climb again.

So there's been many, many climbs for me.

But currently, I am in Huntington Beach, California, which...

If we had done this two months ago, I would not be saying that.

I was in Arizona and I had been there for 42 years of my life.

You know, I just felt a pull and a calling that there was something bigger and greater and more for me in Southern California.

Also, that's the fulfillment of a deep-seated dream in my heart since I was little of living in Southern California.

And I had a small window.

I had a chance to do it in my 20s.

And... substantially, there was some reasons that it didn't happen.

And I just kind of, it's like one of those dreams that dies, but you don't really forget about it.

And so, you know, that has been huge.

So I'm, I'm very, very, uh, fresh to Southern California, but it's one of my favorite places.

And, uh, I'm loving this new season for sure.

Lots of new.

And really, you know, growing up, being an athlete my whole life, there definitely has been some interesting seasons there.

Uh, I, I was raised in a really competitive household.

My dad was a NBA basketball player.

My mom was a three sport athlete.

My brother ended up being a division one basketball player.

My sister was division one volleyball.

So you can imagine like games of monopoly or Yahtzee were like live or die.