This was a really special episode for me. John and I met about 7 years ago. He has been a source of encouragement, empowerment and accountability. He was my trainer for soccer in the last few years of high school and he helped me throughout my college career and during my time playing for Shelbourne in Ireland. 

John epitomizes drive, passion, hard work, intelligence and much more. I wanted to have John on the episode because of his unique experiences as a road racer, coach and business owner. He has experienced failures and learned from them. As a coach he not only works through his own failures but he has to help others through their failure. I have experienced this first hand. Through John I have learned to take hold of a circumstance when life seems to be going in many different directions. I owe my levels of my grit to John. 

Music:
Intro: "Wonton Soup" by Audiobinger is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License
Outro: "Out Cold" by Yung Kartz is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License