Fighting with a torn bicep. Randy "Boom Boom" Blake

So then what I've heard about your coach is that he wasn't there to, to change you.

He wasn't there to, to say no, but rather say, "Yes, but," which, which, you know, in therapy that's, that's affirming.

That's strength-based training.

And so like y- you, you acknowledge what they've got going on and then give them that extra.

So was that the authority that he possessed over you? Is that the authority that you bring to your students, is the remind them who they are?

Yeah.

Was that it?

Absolutely, because you're more capable of what you think you are.

I think sometimes in life we think everything has to be perfect, sunshine and rainbows.

And then if it's not perfect, "Oh, let's just crash out.

Oh." No, you can figure it out.

You may not get the eight plus two to get the 10, but you got the seven plus threes and the six plus fours.

Mm.

Mm.

You have different ways of still getting to the final destination.

You know, that screwdriver might have broken, but you got some other tools that you could figure out how to use in place of that particular tool that you just wanted to use so bad.

And that's not the know it end be all.

That was something I could have fixed in my training camp if I had to go back over again, not being so hyper-focused on that left hook.

You know, that, that was, that was something I pre-built in my mind.

I was determined I was going to knock him out with that left hook.

Is that, is that why...

Did it get weak from over-training? Like, or was it just...

'Cause you started that story with the concept of re- being reminded you're human.

And having an injury like that at, of the thing you've been training at the moment that it's like, "Okay," and pull it out of the toolbox and it breaks.

Like, you were waiting.

So then what I've heard about your coach is that he wasn't there to, to change you.

He wasn't there to, to say no, but rather say, "Yes, but," which, which, you know, in therapy that's, that's affirming.

That's strength-based training.

And so like y- you, you acknowledge what they've got going on and then give them that extra.

So was that the authority that he possessed over you? Is that the authority that you bring to your students, is the remind them who they are?

Yeah.

Was that it?

Absolutely, because you're more capable of what you think you are.

I think sometimes in life we think everything has to be perfect, sunshine and rainbows.

And then if it's not perfect, "Oh, let's just crash out.

Oh." No, you can figure it out.

You may not get the eight plus two to get the 10, but you got the seven plus threes and the six plus fours.

Mm.

Mm.

You have different ways of still getting to the final destination.

You know, that screwdriver might have broken, but you got some other tools that you could figure out how to use in place of that particular tool that you just wanted to use so bad.

And that's not the know it end be all.

That was something I could have fixed in my training camp if I had to go back over again, not being so hyper-focused on that left hook.

You know, that, that was, that was something I pre-built in my mind.

I was determined I was going to knock him out with that left hook.

Is that, is that why...

Did it get weak from over-training? Like, or was it just...

'Cause you started that story with the concept of re- being reminded you're human.

And having an injury like that at, of the thing you've been training at the moment that it's like, "Okay," and pull it out of the toolbox and it breaks.

Like, you were waiting.