Raj tells the story of a few post-Olympic pranks that went on between the Men's and the Women's Olympic Teams.

Raj Bhavsar is an Olympic medalist, actor, entrepreneur and public speaker. He has performed with Cirque du Soleil and has won numerous awards both nationally and worldwide. He lives in Los Angeles, CA pursuing acting and entrepreneurial endeavors. Raj follows the ideal of working to live rather than living to work.

Raj believes in abundance and conviction and enjoys all kinds of mental, physical, emotional and spiritual challenges. As Raj states on his own website, he will "live my life according to the Japanese philosophy of Kaizen, which is a dedication to never-ending improvement." 

Finally Raj is a believer that one needs to: "Go get what you want because there is plenty to go around."

Steve shares a story of a child who, because of Classroom Champions, now only sees ability where others would see disability.

Steve Mesler is an Olympic Gold Medalist. In 2010, the Steve and the rest of the U.S. Men's Bobsled team ended a 62-year-old drought by bringing home the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsled since 1948. Driver Steve Holcolmb, along with push athletes Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and Curt Tomasevicz dominated the World Cup circuit for all of the 2010 season in a sled nicknamed the "Night Train."

After the Olympics Steve found himself wanting to do more to help children and to create a platform for positive change in their lives. Steve put his vision into action and founded Classroom Champions. Classroom Champions connects top-performing athletes with students in high-need schools.

Classroom Champions uses video lessons and live video chat to motivate students to recognize their potential, set goals and dream big, while educating them in the practical use of communications technology.

Jenn shares the story of traveling and filming for the IMAX Thrilling documentary, Everest after just coming home from Mt. Everest the day before.

Jennifer Nelson is a filmmaker and former ESPN X-Games mountain bike racer based out of New York City. Subsequent to graduating with honors from U.C. Berkeley with a B.S. in Sociology and a minor in Creative Writing, she pursued her passion for mountain biking and became a professional downhill racer on the televised Chevy National circuit.

Jenn competed in the inaugural ESPN X-Games, as well as specialty sporting events on CBS. In addition to racing, Jennifer was developing her story telling skills by writing sports stories for magazines and websites. At the height of her racing career, Jennifer was introduced to film and hired to be a stunt double in the IMAX film Everest, appearing in the dramatic opening sequence of the film. She was also featured as talent in an adventure series called Adventure Quest for OLN (now the VS Network) and rode her bike to Mt. Everest Base Camp for a one-hour documentary. Jennifer retired from mountain bike racing and attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and received an M.A.

Jenn has since been traveling the world filming in various genres including; TV documentaries, feature documentaries, 'webisodes,' and TV specials/content branding with subjects ranging from car racing, pregnant teenagers, underground tunnel workers, to arête, the philosophy of excellence. Jenn is committed to adventure and exploring the art of story telling through images. Her goal is to make global impact through film and multimedia.

Jim shares insight on his acting career in the movie Ed Wood. Jim also is called Monkey-Man in a park. Did the person who called him this live?

Jim Myers is well known by his WWF ring name George "The Animal" Steele who wrestled professionally with legends such as Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, Rowdy Piper, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Rick Steamboat and the Iron Sheik. But what most people did not know is Jim had an entirely different and separate life.

During his entire professional wrestling career, Jim was also a teacher, coach, husband and father. Jim’s career lasted from 1967 until 1988, though he made occasional wrestling appearances into the 1990s and 2000s. Jim was also an actor and portrayed Swedish wrestler/actor Tor Johnson in Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Jim was raised in Madison Heights, Michigan. During high school, he found success in track running, baseball, basketball and football.

In 1956, Myers entered Michigan State University as a football player for the Michigan State Spartans, but his career as a football player was immediately cut short as a result of knee problems. After gaining a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Central Michigan University, Myers became a teacher, amateur wrestling coach, and football coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. Looking to supplement his income, he got into the world of Detroit-area professional wrestling, but in order to protect his privacy, he wrestled using a mask and the name “The Student”.

Jims has dyslexia and was also diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1988, an inflammatory bowel disease that currently has no cure but can be brought into remission. In 1998, doctors told Myers that his Crohn's Disease had gone into remission and that he no longer suffered from any of the disease's symptoms. In 2002, to prevent the symptoms from returning, Myers had his colon removed. Jim is a religious man. He attends the First Baptist Church Merritt Island, and currently lives in Cocoa Beach, Florida with his wife Pat, whom he married before he entered Michigan State in 1956. Together, Pat and Jim have two sons, Dennis and Randy, and a daughter, Felicia.

Jim is in the Michigan Coaches and Michigan Football Coaches Halls of Fame as well as being inducted into The WWE Hall of Fame and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Listen in as Jim talks about his troubles at a young age and how "George The Animal Steele" saved his life.

Lisa shares how she was able to go from being terrified of public speaking to being a great teacher and motivator, not to mention a great interviewee on our podcast!

Lisa Rizzo is the owner of Diamond Academy Softball Training Facility in New Jersey. Diamond Academy is a Softball Training Facility with nine former NCAA Softball athletes on the indoor staff roster along with five additional female softball athletes on the outdoor clinic staff roster. Lisa and all the other Coaches at Diamond Academy teach self-confidence and focus on the mental aspect of sports as well as the physical aspect.

As stated on her on website: “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss."

Sarah shares about her brother and the improvements he is making in his life from his involvement in sports.

Sarah Haskins competed in her first triathlon in St. Louis, MO in 2003 and became a professional triathlete in 2004. She competed in the Triathlon Event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and won a gold medal in the 2011 Pan American Games. Sarah now takes on the role of a loving mother with her one year old daughter.

Sarah took a year off to raise her daughter and now she is back training and competing, but with a higher priority in life, looking back with the comfort of experience…looking forward with the comfort of a loving family.

"Talent is common but disciplined talent is rare." 

The popular Discovery Channel Series, MythBusters conducts an experiment to see if a person can swim in syrup as fast as he can swim in water. What a crazy opportunity...and experiment!

This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Series. Please Check Out Part 1 as well.

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records.

Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters! Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming.  Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country.  The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim. 

Nathan Adrian is an Olympic swimmer who has won gold medals in both the Beijing and London Olympics. His next stop is Rio in 2016. He has swum with the best in the world including earning a Gold Medal with Michael Phelps, Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen in the 4 x 100 medley Olympic Relay competition. In addition, Nathan has earned numerous other awards and broken both American and International swimming records. Listen in to this two part series as Nathan shares his journey, his Olympic experience, how his parents supported him every step of the way and, as a special treat, his time spent on the popular Discovery Channel Series, Mythbusters!

Nathan has also become an Ambassador for the USA Swimming Foundation, the philanthropic arm of USA Swimming.  Along with Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans and Rowdy Gaines, Nathan will continue to join Make A Splash Tour events around the country.  The goal of the Foundation and the Tour is to raise national awareness about the importance of learning to swim. 

Did you know Paul once coached Joe Namath? Yup. Paul shares the story of going to New York, meeting the Jets players and getting their autographs.

Paul Dobbs is the founder of iCoachConnect.com a website that connects the right coaches to the right positions. Paul is as straightforward and genuine as they come. A man who has dedicated his life to giving back and being ‘other-centered’. Paul believes coaches are one of the last remaining true mentorship programs left in our society. www.iCoachConnect.com has a specific purpose and a great message - to provide coaches a straightforward system where talented coaches can apply for open jobs, and parents will be assured the teams their kids play on will be coached by a qualified and positive role models that teach great sportsmanship, fair play, honesty and integrity. 

Michael tells the story when he broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest dunk and met Muhammad Ali...both in the same night!

Michael Wilson also known as 'Wild Thing' is a former player for the Harlem Globetrotters and the University of Memphis. Mike holds the Guinness Book of World Record for the recording highest dunk that he earned in 2000 by dunking a basketball on a basket 12 feet off the floor.

Mike shares the journey of a man-on-the-go, supporting a family and evolving into a father and husband who knows his role as a teammate on and off the court. 

Watch The Screen Pass! Robert shares a story about miscommunication and acting as opposed to standing around and watching.

Robert Benjamin is a competitive rower and Managing Director at one of the nation’s leading investment banks. While working in the financial industry for over 30 years Robert has recruited and trained graduates from various business programs. 

Having rowed for Trinity College, Robert understands the importance of setting goals as well as playing through pain to achieve them. Robert has combined the best aspects of his athletic and financial knowledge to create Breaking Away Career Preparation where he helps mentor young people to find and then live their passions.

I'm 9-Years-Old and My Shoulder Hurts. So What, Right? WRONG!

Amelia Boone is a champion obstacle racer as well as an attorney. She has won the World's Toughest Mudder in 2012 and then became a Spartan Race World Champion in 2013.

Listen in as Amelia tells how she accidentally got into obstacle racing and how she is able to race and win while still working as an attorney all day.

As an example of her "Take the harder path but see it through" Amelia tells of a story of a fight she had with a 5-gallon bucket of water during The Death Race.

Does the word failure actually exist in your vocabulary? If so, should it?

Tyler shares a sentimental reflection back when he was in high school. As his grandfather became more ill, Tyler shares a conversation he had speaking with his ailing grandfather and that his grandfather told Tyler that he would "try like hell" to keep up with him as a runner!

Tyler McCandless is a professional distance runner, coach and PhD student (with current BS and MS degrees in Meteorology from Penn State). He runs between 90 and 100 miles per week, 50 weeks out of the year.

Tyler travels all over the world to compete in marathons, including both local USA Cross Country Championships races in Boulder and faraway competitions such as the Kauai Marathon in Hawaii. 

He is currently working in Boulder, Colorado studying Meteorology with a focus on solar power forecasting. His current goal is to earn his PhD before the 2016 Olympic Marathon trials and be a contender for the Olympic team.

Thank you for listening to another short audio blog post from Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports.

B.J. Hall Shares Additional Insight On Who He Is And What He Stands For.

B.J. Hall is a quarterback for the New Orleans VooDoo Arena Football Team. He also runs the website www.bjhallfootballtraining.com where his mission is to provide the greatest training possible for young athletes with a desire to enhance their football skills. Listen in as B.J. talks about his days growing up, playing for the AFL, his methods for coaching and how he compares being a quarterback to being a parent.

What did Coach Stevens, then the coach of the Butler Bulldogs, share with me about the "secret sauce" of taking his team to the NCAA National Championship Game in back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011? 

Stephan Bonnar is a retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC and was entered in the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013.

Listen in as Stephan talks about his experiences, from being beaten up by his older brothers to getting in on the ground floor of the UFC and watching it explode in popularity, and now being a hall of famer, retiring and coaching.

Gary shares the story of  Jason Campbell, a foster child Gary took in, helped start “Jason’s Job Site Cleanup” and set Jason on the right path in life.

Gary Schoeniger is the Founder and CEO of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative and the creator of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, through the book he co-authored with Clifton Taulbert, "Who Owns The Ice House? Eight Life Lessons From An Unlikely Entrepreneur".

Gary is an internationally recognized thought leader in the entrepreneurship education and travels the world speaking on the topic of re-defining entrepreneurship. 

David Shares Another Story About Mr. Ogden's Horse. Oh No, What Did You Do This Time You Curious Little Chap You!?

David Hobson is a Manchester United Scout, David Hobson Returns To Share Insight On World Cup. The Member Of The Professional Football Scouts Association Holds Nothing Back, And That's Why We Love Him.