Jul 20, 2026 · 45 min · 10 segments
Host Chad McClain interviews Ricky Bolton Jr. on The Moral of the Story about physical and mental health and the pressure to be “on” all the time, asking whether people are being themselves or…
Ricky Bolton Jr.Guest
Chad McLainHost
But kind of the beginning of the story is, did you feel like, as you sit and kind of look back down the timeline, do you feel like part of your identity was tied to being an athlete, a college athlete?
Man, I feel like every part of my identity has been and still is in some in some form or fashion.
It's hard to get away from, you know, that has it has its ups, has its downs, positives, negatives.
But, man, I feel like honestly, outside of my family background, that's been what I've been able to hang my hat on.
And I mean, it's still really closely related to what you do on a daily basis today, right? Yeah.
Do you think that – have there been parts of being an athlete in college that you've kind of had to say goodbye to? Yeah.
I've had to, like, re-kind of adapt to making my wins and losses look like actually, you know, helping people.
But outside of your teammates, what else do you know? Your coaches, what else do you know? So, you know, I've had to...
I think I mentioned this past weekend I went to a 35-year reunion of my senior year baseball team.
And so to go back and to see those guys and to see how they've translated their wins and losses.
I mean, I had some, some guys that, um, were either retired or close to retirement at my age, 50, you know, I'm 57, 54, 55.
But kind of the beginning of the story is, did you feel like, as you sit and kind of look back down the timeline, do you feel like part of your identity was tied to being an athlete, a college athlete?
Man, I feel like every part of my identity has been and still is in some in some form or fashion.
It's hard to get away from, you know, that has it has its ups, has its downs, positives, negatives.
But, man, I feel like honestly, outside of my family background, that's been what I've been able to hang my hat on.
And I mean, it's still really closely related to what you do on a daily basis today, right? Yeah.
Do you think that – have there been parts of being an athlete in college that you've kind of had to say goodbye to? Yeah.
I've had to, like, re-kind of adapt to making my wins and losses look like actually, you know, helping people.
But outside of your teammates, what else do you know? Your coaches, what else do you know? So, you know, I've had to...
I think I mentioned this past weekend I went to a 35-year reunion of my senior year baseball team.
And so to go back and to see those guys and to see how they've translated their wins and losses.
I mean, I had some, some guys that, um, were either retired or close to retirement at my age, 50, you know, I'm 57, 54, 55.
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