Mar 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min · 15 segments
What does it really take to transition from elite athlete to successful entrepreneur and build a $20M business along the way? In this powerful episode, we sit down with performance coach…
Ben CamaraGuest
Damesha CraigHost
really good question i think sports in general um playing at a competitive level um for sure immediately make you at a young age have that um that resilience because when when i think this is just my opinion you know when a sport like playing football here or you know in the us at soccer When it becomes not just fun, but it's actually this is competitive and this is your job.
You know, you quickly daily, not even just weekly, are sort of under some sort of stress or pressure or a stress load where you need to be resilient.
If you've had a bad day of practice the following day, you've got to wake up, go in.
dust off because especially as a youngster you're obviously trying to get into that team or if you're on I'm assuming on track you're trying to beat that time or whatever it might be so I think what playing football did for sure and I've got a lot of obviously friends from that work ethic was never a thing you know when you've done when you've put your physical body through things that are Extreme to normal people, you know, extreme fitness in a good way.
I think that then going into, you know, we joke about the real world because football is such a bubble and working when you're not actually physically exerting yourself is not.
It's not the same as, you know, running 12 minutes and you've got to do a certain amount of laps or else you're doing it again or something like that.
I think it just helped with, there's something about football as well, that it's a team sport, which is great.
But you also, you know, there'll be natural leaders, but, but, In any game, you also need to step up because it's so competitive.
I think, what did it not prepare me for in the new life? Well, I hadn't had a job interview until...
You know, I have close friends and, you know, players that have played throughout their whole career and then they get to 34, 35, they've never written a resume or a CV, they've never had a job interview.
So that type of thing of now going into an environment which maybe is not so... intense or cut the road is very, very different.
And so I think that's probably the sort of pros and cons if I just had to think off the bat.
And you're so spot on with the physical, you know, like when I think about my career, you know, and it wasn't, I didn't play at the, or, you know, compete at the highest level, right.
I didn't go to the Olympics or anything, but, you know, earned a full scholarship to UCLA, like, you know, what it taught me is like, to really rely heavily on myself, like into push through, like in a way that, you know, I don't know that if I didn't have athletics that I would be able to do that, you know, like, and I'm so grateful for it, you know, so it taught me to push boundaries, you know, and even when I'm uncomfortable to keep going, you know, but you're so right, it doesn't quite translate all the way, you know, when you're entering the workplace and, you know, just adjusting to that whole thing.
And then also thinking about athletics, your entire identity is centered around being an athlete.
And so I like, you know, I've seen it on so many different levels, even people who just compete at the high school level, transitioning out of that, you know, so many athletes struggle to kind of rebuild themselves and transition.
really good question i think sports in general um playing at a competitive level um for sure immediately make you at a young age have that um that resilience because when when i think this is just my opinion you know when a sport like playing football here or you know in the us at soccer When it becomes not just fun, but it's actually this is competitive and this is your job.
You know, you quickly daily, not even just weekly, are sort of under some sort of stress or pressure or a stress load where you need to be resilient.
If you've had a bad day of practice the following day, you've got to wake up, go in.
dust off because especially as a youngster you're obviously trying to get into that team or if you're on I'm assuming on track you're trying to beat that time or whatever it might be so I think what playing football did for sure and I've got a lot of obviously friends from that work ethic was never a thing you know when you've done when you've put your physical body through things that are Extreme to normal people, you know, extreme fitness in a good way.
I think that then going into, you know, we joke about the real world because football is such a bubble and working when you're not actually physically exerting yourself is not.
It's not the same as, you know, running 12 minutes and you've got to do a certain amount of laps or else you're doing it again or something like that.
I think it just helped with, there's something about football as well, that it's a team sport, which is great.
But you also, you know, there'll be natural leaders, but, but, In any game, you also need to step up because it's so competitive.
I think, what did it not prepare me for in the new life? Well, I hadn't had a job interview until...
You know, I have close friends and, you know, players that have played throughout their whole career and then they get to 34, 35, they've never written a resume or a CV, they've never had a job interview.
So that type of thing of now going into an environment which maybe is not so... intense or cut the road is very, very different.
And so I think that's probably the sort of pros and cons if I just had to think off the bat.
And you're so spot on with the physical, you know, like when I think about my career, you know, and it wasn't, I didn't play at the, or, you know, compete at the highest level, right.
I didn't go to the Olympics or anything, but, you know, earned a full scholarship to UCLA, like, you know, what it taught me is like, to really rely heavily on myself, like into push through, like in a way that, you know, I don't know that if I didn't have athletics that I would be able to do that, you know, like, and I'm so grateful for it, you know, so it taught me to push boundaries, you know, and even when I'm uncomfortable to keep going, you know, but you're so right, it doesn't quite translate all the way, you know, when you're entering the workplace and, you know, just adjusting to that whole thing.
And then also thinking about athletics, your entire identity is centered around being an athlete.
And so I like, you know, I've seen it on so many different levels, even people who just compete at the high school level, transitioning out of that, you know, so many athletes struggle to kind of rebuild themselves and transition.
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