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Jay Glazer
The 2025 NCAA March Madness Men's Tournament is back and this time it is bringing all the feels. The biggest event in college sports is here with games happening all day long and you don't want to miss a second of the heart pumping action.
Andrew Whitworth
Catch all the clutch shots, big time.
Jay Glazer
Plays, upsets, Cinderellas, Blue Bloods and more.
Andrew Whitworth
Tune in to the NCAA Men's Division.
Jay Glazer
1 Basketball Championship March 18 through April 7 on TBS, CBS, TNT, TruTV and.
Young Pueblo
Stream on Max Love at first swipe, I highly doubt it. Reality TV and social media have love all wrong. So what really makes relationships last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet and relationship expert Young Pueblo breaks down the psychology of love and provides eye opening insights and advice we all need.
Jay Glazer
It's a big realization moment that you should not be postponing your happiness. Like your greatest happiness is is not necessarily going to like come from a relationship, your partner. They should add to your happiness, but your happiness is really coming from within you.
Young Pueblo
Listen to Dope labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Are you hungry? Colleen Witt here and Eating While Broke is back for Season four every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network. This season we've got a legendary lineup serving up broke dishes and even better stories. On the men we have Tony Baker, Nick Cannon, Melissa Ford, October London and Carrie Harper Howey turning Big Macs into big moves. Catch Eating While Broke every Thursday on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts. Wherever you get your favorite shows, come hungry for Season four.
Hey Martinez
Hey, it's hey Martinez. The news can feel like a lot on any given day, but you can't just ignore la noticias when important world changing events are happening. That is where the Upverse podcast comes in. Every single morning in under 15min. We take the news and boil it down to three essential stories so you can keep up without feeling stressed out. Listen up first from NPR on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your.
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Podcasts, I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. This season explores women from the 19th century to now. Women who were murderers and scammers, but also women who were photojournalists, lawyers, writers and more. This podcast tells more than just the brutal, gory details of horrific acts. I delve into the good, the bad, the difficult, and all the nuance I can find because these are the stories that we need to know to understand the intersection of society, justice and the fascinating Workings of the human psyche. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling true crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains, or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Jay Glazer
This is Unbreakable with Jay Glaser, a mental wealth podcast. Build you from the inside out.
Andrew Whitworth
Now here's Jay Glaser. Welcome into Unbreakable Mental wealth podcast with Jay Glazer. I'm Jay Glazer, and the guest I have him right now, last time I had him on is Andrew Whitworth, who's probably the best looking guest I have ever had on this show by far. No, if you put the hat on, we lose the effect.
Jay Glazer
No, no, I got. Now I'm hiding it.
Andrew Whitworth
But when he was on in the past, it was a mental health podcast. And then what I found was guys like Wit, guys like myself, guys like Lane Johnson, Michael Phelps. We're trying to show people that mental health is not all gray. It's not all depression, anxiety, all this. But I just kept still walking into these roadblocks where people are like, ah, Jay, I don't know if I want to come on and talk about darkness or talk about depression. I'm like, that's not what mental health is about. So I changed it to mental wealth. And the reason why I did change in mental wealth is the whole point of when you talk about mental health, it's not just like, hey, this is where we are. We talk about mental health so we can build ourselves up, so we can build mental wealth. And, you know, Andrew's guy, for all these athletes out there, those six inches between your ears, that mental health, at least a mental wealth that leads to generational wealth for your grandkids on that field. And I want to, you know, for every athlete out there, every businessman, I want to really take people through. We started training with 12 years ago or something like that. One of the days in mixed martial arts for him to help himself turn football into a fight. But now Wit's training guys in a place called the Village up in Westlake. Village, right? Yep, Village. So he's taken now. He's become the grasshopper. Has become the. What is the thing from Kung Fu? The grasshopper becomes the.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I'm not a Kung Fu guy, but you spend some wisdom on me right now.
Andrew Whitworth
Grasshopper becomes the teacher. Is that what it is? So we're gonna kind of go over together today a Lot of our training methodology, all between the ears, behind the rib cage of what really leads to greatness. And that greatness, again, it's not how famous you are. Being famous ain't the same as being great. It's not, you know, what you start with, it's how much work you put in and the. The hours that you put into work when no one's watching. So that's probably the longest introduction I've ever had. First of all, how are you, buddy?
Jay Glazer
I'm good, brother. I'm happy you have me on again, man. This is fun. This is great.
Andrew Whitworth
I love it, man. No, obviously. Yeah. Last time I had you on, I think it was like my third guest.
Jay Glazer
Yeah. Back in the day, back in the startup. I love it. It's been awesome to follow, man. I mean, it's really cool to hear people's journeys and, and really just, you know, seeing successful people and, and people who've gone, you know, rode the roller coaster that is life and found out what their happy place is and what their mental, you know, healthy spot is. And, you know, when you're really chasing that mental wealth, what does that look like? And. And how do you find that routine? It's. It's cool to hear that we're all really sharing the same experiences and things. Although sometimes we may not open up about it. It's. It's really been really neat to hear the journey that different guys have gone on.
Andrew Whitworth
I think so many more have opened up about it than. From the time you did it tonight. Look, I did a feature at the Super bowl with A.J. brown, right, where we just, hey, we're mental health buddies now. That's how we connected. We were never connected to something like that. I think it's actually, we're talking about leading to mental wealth. The more you open up about your mental health, these relationships, A, they form. B, friends come from friends to brothers. Right. Or friends to sisters. You become family. I think it makes you a lot deeper.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, there's no doubt. Because I think when you really talk about what is mental wealth, it's no different than when we say, hey, the difference in, you know, some of us that came from nothing, and all of a sudden you get a couple bucks, you think you can spend somewhere and you think you're rich, and then you meet somebody who's actually wealthy. Um, I think the difference is when you really talk about mental wealth, I think it's a combination of all those moments you've been through chasing mental health and chasing, hey, how do I get healthy and then how do I put all those things together to find what is the best version of me when I'm in that space, when I'm in that spot where I know this is where I'm meant to be? These are the people I'm meant to be around. What's that circle that I'm involved in that really makes me feel of. We call it all the time JR Locker room. But what is mental wealth? It's a combination of that entire journey and all those things coming together. And that's what really makes you wealthy, is that, you know what. Yeah. You're going to have mental health days. You're going to have days where you're down. You're going to have days where you're frustrated with yourself. But that ability to build mental wealth will get you through those moments, either through yourself in ways you know how to reflect, or through your circle. And the people who are in your circle, they're going to stand there right with you and help you get back to that wealthy spot.
Andrew Whitworth
Yeah, look, mental health wise, gang, adversity is a gift. Like, there's no podcast or books out there from. The times are good. We don't need that.
Jay Glazer
Yep.
Andrew Whitworth
We just need them. How to navigate through when those waters are rough. And that's where I think there's, you know, things like this now that are more readily available, which wouldn't have been a few years ago. All right, here's what we're gonna do. We'll dive right into. All right. And again, first time I met Andrew, I said, man, for all you athletes out there, say a, you got to make football a fight, okay? That game starts, that cage door locks, and you better make that dude across when you beg to get out of that cage from you. And it's. It's so funny. I would tell Whit and all these other players, and it's a complete opposite. I tell everybody in life now, if you were hurt or tired, you will never, ever, ever know. In that cage, inside those lines, you don't show up.
Jay Glazer
Right.
Andrew Whitworth
No hands or hips, neutral face. We don't show. We don't show it. Now, conversely, I now talk to groups saying, all right, that mentality is needed for the field. It is needed for a cage, for a ring. But that same mentality gets people like me to crawl up in the corner of my room crying in the middle of the night or want to throw myself off a bridge. So throw that out for the rest of life. That's the mental health part. We need you to be able to compartmentalize and say, okay, I could be two different people. I could be this savage inside, you know, those lines and on that field and in that cage. And I could be the guy who shows himself compassion and could show that pain and be vulnerable often. But let's get back to warrior glaze. Warrior. Andrew and I bring this up because we've taught players over and over and over and over. If you're hurt or tired, you don't show it. You don't show it. If you watched Andrew Whitworth and I bring this up to every athlete we have. Andrew did not go in the huddle like everybody else, right?
Jay Glazer
Yeah, you.
Andrew Whitworth
You. Instead of putting your head fully in the huddle, you ducked your ear in. And we always say is, let's see who the is breathing heavy. Let's see hurting. Let's see whose body language is giving up. Take it from there, Andrew.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I just, you know, it became a switch to where I wanted to stare down. Much like in, you know, in fighting and a lot of aspects of martial arts, you know, you never turn your back to your opponent. So I became someone who. I'll Never forget Sean McVeigh taking the job in 17. He's like, why the hell do you not turn your body into the huddle and put your back to the defense? And I was like, I mean, I can listen, but I want to. I want to watch. I want to stare at them, obviously, for reasons that I want to see football wise of, like, communication they're doing and things that give me tails. But mainly I want to be the psychopath that, like, they're like, man, why is this dude staring at me this entire 20, 30 seconds where we're waiting for them to come to line of scrimmage, where I just kept eye contact at all times with the D line and the linebackers and those guys, because I felt like it was a mental message of, we're both exhausted, we're both tired, but I will not break eye contact with you. And we're going to be engaged in this battle the entire day, no matter what. And so it always became something I'll never forget. One of my favorite moments ever. My career, obviously. I shared the Derek Barnes story from the Lions game and that at my Walter Payton man of the year speech of just not realizing that. That. That connection from way back in my rookie year. But my favorite one is we're in Washington playing the commanders, and Chase Young is looking at me. Stare at him. And literally Montess wet walks over there, and they're like kind of having a conversation. And I can hear Chase Young go, yeah, right? And so he finally just screams across the huddle. He goes, bro, are you really 39 years old? And I'm like, yeah. And at that time, I think Chase is 22, 23 years old. And it just blew him away that this old 30 year old man is just staring him down. And it was like, it was the greatest moment where he's like, wow, this is cool. This dude's a gangster, basically. It was neat.
Andrew Whitworth
Yeah, I fucking love it, man. Look, we. The story I was trying to tell when I meet with or any of these players train is our, my partner in all this, I started with was Randy Couture, who's six time world heavyweight and light heavyweight champ in the UFC and did it when he was 47 years old. But man, Randy has this fight against a guy named Mike Van Arsdale for the number one contender job and no one spot. And nobody knows Randy has a staff infection going to that fight. Dude literally has a pick line in cannot train. But the way our players and our fighters go at it is we don't even really give a fuck if we win or lose. We just want that round, that fight, that minute to be the worst round fight minute of your life. We get off on that. And if you could take that ego out of, oh, I got, I got to fight not to lose or I got better make sure I win. It makes you a lot more dangerous. We just want to be this torrential downpour of violence and whatever happens, happens. Let's roll the dice. So Randy goes out and does what we do and just, you know, plays by his own set of rules. You know, there's, there's sometimes you can have in there something called a grapplers agreement. Like you do this, okay, they respond that way, they respond that Randy's doesn't do that way. Like if you grab Randy's leg, you're going to get an elbow in the head. If you try and come up top, you're going to get a takedown over here with an elbow to the head of this. It just, it just doesn't nothing congruent and, and rightfully so. So like you, I play by my rules. Yep, Randy wears this dude out so bad. But Randy has staff infection, so he comes over to her stool and it's the only time my boy was really gonna sit down and stool, he's about to die and he turns and he sees Mike Van Arsdale plop down on his stool. And Randy just had this Whole another. I'm not gonna show it. I'm not gonna show it. I'm not gonna show it. His birth of life, raising his arms to, to the crowd and all this stuff. And, and really he just broke him and he broke him because he never showed that he was about to die and he just kept out of Van Arsdale. Van Arsdale was a stud, a total stud. And yeah, he broke him and that same. And by the way, the fight was over, But I think 30 seconds later.
Jay Glazer
Yeah.
Andrew Whitworth
And if you don't show it, like, I like Whit saying the same thing as somebody going to their stool, not taking a seat, and then looking at Andrew Whitworth like, why the is this guy not sitting down? Why is he not taking the stool? Why is he not tired like me? And I think with. I tell players this now, everyone signs up to play a game. The rare sign up to fight.
Jay Glazer
I agree. I, I think that's the part of this game that has changed. And I wouldn't say that has changed in totality. I think it's changed with certain guys. And, and I think that now the guys who are really about that life and, and really want to play that style of football stick out like they're so much greater than a lot of other guys in this game right now, in the game of football, because that is kind of a lost start and it is something that isn't the, you know, the mentality of a lot of guys. And so the guys who are about that life now stick out a lot more because there was a time when you got, when I got in the league that that was just part of life. You want to be alignment in the NFL. Like it was a fight. I'll never forget, you know, my, my second year in the league. Having to go in the game against Jared Allen as the left tackle is our left tackle went down and like I was playing left guard that season and moved over during the game and, and I always tell people, like, yeah, I don't know if it was good, bad or indifferent. He didn't get a sack, any of that. But what I do know is for the 40 something snaps we faced each other. It felt like I was just in a bar in a fight. Like that's, that's all we did is just swinging at each other, trying to get each other on the ground. And, you know, and I played him a couple times after that. Once I became the left tackle from then on and that's always what it was and that's how we played football back then. And so it just was a bar fight. There was no talking, there was no chatter. When I played Terrell Suggs or James Harrison, we never once spoke to each other because it was just a fight. And then later in my career, it's like I'd have full on conversations with guys at timeouts because they'd want to chit chat, you know, and it just, the mentality of that changed a lot. And so it is, it is way different. And I think it sticks out in this game. The guys are really built with that kind of lifestyle and, and really, man, they like to make it nasty, they like to get after it. I think it really sticks out in the game.
Andrew Whitworth
Do you think we could teach guys to turn into a fight? That's. If you turn into a fight, that's what I tell guys. You make it a fight, 90 of the guys from, you're gonna hit their helmet and tap out. They want nothing to do with it. But you also have to put all this work in when no one's watching. That's the, the sacrifice that it doesn't just come naturally. You know, you've got to put this work industry, become this animal.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I think that's the biggest part to me, Jay, is that what I see. And there's some guys now that I'm, you know, try to help and I'll reach out to with the gym and say, hey, man. And this isn't something that's some big business venture for me. This is like my life. Like this is what I love to do. And it's who, like when I wake up every day and I think, you know what, I'm the protector of my four children and my wife. I've always said this. I was famous when I was in Cincinnati. I said, I have two contracts in my life. I've signed two deals. One is to protect Danny Dalton and one is, is to be, you know, married to Melissa Whitworth. And I treat both of those with the same kind of respect in the sense that I'm the protector of those people and I take a lot of pride in that. And what does that mean? It doesn't mean just jumping in a moment like, oh, somebody pushed Andy Dalton and now you got to stand up for him or, oh, somebody was disrespectful, my wife. And now all of a sudden, in the moment I'm going to do something. It means that every single day, 24 hours a day, my mentality is, is I'm in the kind of shape and my, in preparing myself for when that moment comes. So, like even right now, like, hey, you're retired. You played for 16 years, played 17,000 snaps in the NFL, man. At 6am I'm pounding weights in the gym. At 7am I'm taking my kids to school. At 8am I'm on a cardio machine doing cardio. At 9am, 10am I'm boxing on the heavy bag. Then I'm going to sit around in the gym, hang out for the guys to come in. And then later when my kids come in, I might get in the sauna, I might hop on a rogue bike. Like, whatever it is, it ain't about burning calories, getting a workout in. It's about, man, what, what, how can I just Continue? What's that 1%? What does it look like? Like, am I going to sit on my ass in a chair and watch tv or am I going to just, man, what if somebody took me to a little deeper water than I think I could go? Can I handle it? Like, I don't know when that scenario is coming. Maybe I think gladiators coming back at some point or, you know, 3,000. I don't know what's going to happen. I may, we're probably not going back to those days, but my ass is going to be ready if we do. And that, that's kind of the mentality I live with, is that those moments don't just happen. I'm prepared for those moments because that's how I live my life. And so I think when I look across the league today, there's too many guys that are enjoying what it means to look like an NFL football player. But I don't know if they know what it means to chase, to be a good NFL football player, to be a great one. They just enjoy the lifestyle and they enjoy being able to say they do it. You know, hey, man, you want to come work out? Yeah, come on. I got, I'll be gone for like two, three weeks, but I'll be back. You know, it's like, no, man. Like, this has got to be your life. If this is what you want to do and you want to be great at it and you won't do it for a really long time. It's got to become what you do day in and day out. It's not about the one time you show up.
Hey Martinez
Hey, it's. Hey, Martinez. The news can feel like a lot on any given day, but you can't just ignore las noticias when important world changing events are happening. That is where the Up first podcast comes in every single morning in under 15 minutes. We take the news and boil it down to three essential stories so you can keep up without feeling stressed out. Listen up first from NPR on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Cheekies
Hey, y'all, it's your girl, Cheekies. And I'm back with a brand new season of your favorite podcast, Cheekies and Chill. I'll be sharing even more personal stories with you guys, and I know a lot of people are going to attack me.
Andrew Whitworth
Why?
Cheekies
Are you going to go visit your dad? Your mom wouldn't be okay with it. I'm going to tell you guys right now. I know my mother and I know my mom had a very forgiving heart. That is my story on plastic surgery. This is my truth. I think the last time I cried like that was when I lost my mom like that, like, yelling. I was like, no. I was like, oh. And I thought, what did I do wrong? And as always, you'll get my exclusive take on topics like love, personal growth, health, family ties, and more. And don't forget, I'll also be dishing out my best advice to you on episodes of Dear Cheekies.
Young Pueblo
So my fiance and I have been together for 10 years. In the first two years of being together, I find out he is cheating on me, not only with women, but also with men. What should I do?
Cheekies
Okay, where do I start? That's not love. He doesn't love you enough. Because if he loved you, he'd be faithful. It's going to be an exciting year, and I hope that you can join me, listen to Cheekies and Chill Season four as part of the My Cultura Podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Jay Glazer
I always had to be so good. No one could ignore me, Carve my path with data and drive. But some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling the limitations from degree screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Workers skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers@taylorpaperceiling.org brought to you by OpportunityAtWork and the Ad Council.
Bob Pittman
Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to share my podcast with you. Math and stories from the frontiers of marketing. This week, I'm talking to the CEO of Moderna, Stephane Bonsell, about how he led his team through unprecedented times to create, test and distribute a COVID vaccine all in less than a year.
Andrew Whitworth
It becomes a human decision to decide.
Jay Glazer
To throw by the window your business strategy and to do what you think is the right thing for the world.
Bob Pittman
Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math and the ever important creative spark, the Magic. Listen to math and magic stories from the frontiers of Marketing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
Andrew Whitworth
Ever wonder what it would be like to be mentored by today's top business leaders? My podcast this is Working can help with that. Here's advice from Google CMO Lorraine Twohill on how to treat AI like a partner.
Jay Glazer
I see AI as incredible co pilots. You may use different tools or toys to get the work done, but ultimately.
Hey Martinez
As editor, as creator, as maker, you.
Jay Glazer
Own it and it needs to be good. AI is just the latest flavor of that. You're still the judge of what good looks like.
Andrew Whitworth
I'm Dan Roth, LinkedIn's editor in chief. On my podcast this is Working leaders like Indra Nooy, Ray Dalio and Rich Paul share strategies for success and the real lessons that have shaped them. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. It's funny. First of all, I think some of the issue is again, being famous is not the same as being great. And it gets confused nowadays. So I've been covering league for 30. This is my 34th year coming up and man, I used to go to Pro Bowl. It was my favorite trip every year. Used to be after the super bowl. But the only way you really got endorsements back then is to go to Pro Bowl. Nobody missed the Pro Bowl. Oh my God. Not only that, being the insider, all these guys would call me like a day or two before it was the Jared Allens and the Tony Gonzalez's and the Michael Strahan's and the Brian Erlacher's Did I make it? Did I make it? The John Lynch's did I make it? Like guys were so like did I make it? And I used to ask the league to give me the list of my guys early so I can let them know so they didn't have to worry about it for an extra 24 hours. But they cared that much. It was about being great, about being recognized as being great because that's the only way you're going to get recognized. We're now Tick tock, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, all that stuff x whatever you call it, right? You're famous. And yep, it's like you Know, going into a fight with a full. With a full belly, you know, it doesn't work on it is the same as going and starving. You've got to now play mind games for yourself to be starving. Starving is an Andrew Whitworth putting these hours in, starting at 6:00 in the morning guy, when no one's watching. The secret of greatness is putting in work when no one's watching. Lane Johnson, who we've had for 12 years and some took off one week and started powerlifting right away. The only time you know about it, when he posts about it, but he is. It doesn't stop. It's a sickness. The Aaron Donalds of the world, it's a sickness. And you know what's better than being great? Nothing.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, it is, Jay. And you know what's, what's interesting, man, is it's, it's. It's one of those things that, you know, and I say this to my kids all the time when they ask these questions because they're obviously hitting that age as being in teenagers and they're curious. They want to know why this guy's good or this guy's good. And I always say, like, you know, it's really one of those things that we forget sometimes that the majority of our day are decided by habits we've either intentionally created or, you know, what passively allowed. And when I was at lsu, something that really taught me I wasn't a hard worker in school. I was a big kid who was really athletic. I played basketball in high school and I got to LSU under Nick Saban. I still to this day say it's the greatest coach I've ever been around. You know, I've used a lot of his influences to help when I mentored Sean or been around Sean in my career, because I see a lot of those two guys that similarities and a lot of who they are and, and Nick used to always say to the coaches every, like, he wasn't just hard on players. Like people say all this stuff about him being hard on players. No, he's. His sense of urgency every day was on every single person that came across his path. And it was coaches, players and everything. And if you were in a practice and I messed up, I was. Had to block or I was tired throwing up and I had to be taken out of the drill. You know, he wouldn't say come after me. He would go to my line coach and he would rip that O line coach right in front of the whole entire team. And his philosophy was always you either coach it or you allow it. And I have used that principle to me, to one of the things I love to do. And I always say this is like, you got to be able to take things you learn and go, you know what? How can I apply that in a bunch of different ways? And I think when you find things like that, your ability to really apply to a bunch of different ways in your life is really significant. And so to me, I apply it this way every day. I either am choosing and coaching myself to be a certain human being, or I am allowing myself to be this way today. And so I got to make a choice every day. Like, hey, you know what I can allow myself to say? Today kind of feels like a lay in the bed day. Today kind of feels like a drop the kids off and go have a couple drinks. And I'm gonna end up tomorrow, even though it might be a fun day, I'm gonna end up tomorrow being mad at myself, right? I'm gonna end up being mad. That's right. And so I gotta choose every day, do I coach it or do I allow it? And, and so I, I've always applied that to myself because that's really what we're trying to do. And for people that want to do that, man, it's not as crazy, like, you just heard me list my day. It's not as crazy as you think. It's about choosing that, hey, tomorrow I'm going to start a better habit. Like, I'm going to start whatever it is. Maybe I'm going to cold plunge. Maybe I get in a sauna, maybe I'm going to go walk. Maybe I'm going to just take a few steps more than I normally do a day. Whatever that is, just create that habit. You'll start to get that positive feeling, those, those vibes from it that you'd be like, oh man, I feel a little better about myself today just because of that. And then that'll be, that'll become contagious. And then you'll get addicted to that feeling. And then all of a sudden you'll start to add little things along the way. Think of it as creating new habits and not some big huge, oh, wow, how would I ever get to this stage that they're talking about? Because it seems like, man, I could never do it. You can. You just got to start to create one little good habit and let it lead to another.
Andrew Whitworth
Look, the work ethic we're talking about, there's also different ways to fight. But this work ethic, it's Pressure, pressure, pressure. The way our fighters fight, the way Whitworth plays, it's pressure. Every time he puts his hands on you, you're gonna make it hurt, Right? Every time. Right? You're gonna make it hurt.
Jay Glazer
Yeah. And the other thing. And, like. And there's got to be little things in your life that show that, you know. Like, one of the things I was famous for when I played, like, you know, our special teams coach would always show the guys this when we'd have our kind of situational master meetings, he'd be like, hey. He'd be showing a clip to teach the guys. He'd be like, hey, I want you to notice something real quick, because I don't know if you guys see this every single week, but regardless of the score, regardless of the situation, regardless of what just happened on the drive before, every single time we take the field, Whitworth sprints to the hashes, and he beats every player on the field of the huddle, like, every time. We could be down 40 points. We could be up 40 points. He's sprinting no matter what. And I always would say, when guys would be like, why do you do that? I'll never forget Cooper cup and Tyler Higby, like, ask me that when I was a Ram, and then there'd be little moments where they try to beat me in a game, like, in a pot. All of a sudden, they'd, like, sprint with me. And I would laugh because it's like, in their mind, like, oh, we beat you. And it'd be like, no, you just did exactly what I hope happened.
Andrew Whitworth
I got you to do it.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I hope that you do it, too. Because what they didn't realize is, is that was I was 38, 39, 40 years old in my career, Jay. Like, I get that these guys are looking up to me, but what could I easily do? Hey, man, you've earned the right. You're old. You've played this game forever. Everybody looks up to you. Like, I'll be the last guy in the huddle. I'm just going to walk out there. I'm going to take my place because I've earned it. I can sit on the throne because I've earned the right to do that. No, no, no, no. I don't ever want you to see that side. That side means I'm taking what I got and saying, you know what? I want to enjoy it. No, I'm going to be the first one to beat your ass out there. So you can be like, wow, this dude's played more snaps than me, he's got more injuries than me, he's got more reason to walk and he sprints his ass out there every time. And to me, that starts to get in guys heads. Like, man, am I as committed as that dude is? And so for my teammates, it means something. And for those guys that you're playing against, they're like, man, I don't know if I want to go as far as this guy wants to go. Right. And so that was a message that I always felt like I had the opportunity to send. Regardless of whether we're up or down or what the feelings or emotions are, I don't choose emotions. I choose what is my mentality every time I walk in the ring.
Andrew Whitworth
I really want people to hear that because you we're talking about for pro athletes, but you could use this for anything.
Jay Glazer
Yes.
Andrew Whitworth
We're talking about this pressure, pressure, pressure, right? Like we don't let up. We don't let up. You throw one punch, I throw five. Right. We're runtime the field. So that pressure, pressure is a. Pressure really breaks people. But what it also does so a. You know the secret success is you're out working the world, right? Not by a little, by a lot. Ask Tom Brady what it did for him. Yeah, that's really what it was, right. I used to tell everybody all the time, find out who the best is and do more than them. That's it. But also it provides you a measure of chaos. Most people cannot handle chaos. Those of us crazies who do things like this and we talk about our anxiety, we're not great in a lot of public settings. But because we have this anxiety, this chaos that we create, we are great in chaos. Most people aren't. Whether this is business or sport, and you create this chaos and you're comfortable in it, most people will tap out business or sport.
Jay Glazer
Yeah. And I think that's the thing is like you just got to figure out. And that's what I meant by taking some of these things and saying, all right, how can I apply it to what I do? Like, I'm still able to take a lot of those principles and apply it to working on Thursday Night Football. I'm able to apply it to doing a podcast. I'm able to apply it to those things because what is pressure like? Pressure is, is I'm willing to go places I don't think other people will go. Like in my career, I outside of training, really one on ones with guy, with yourself and Randy and some of those guys and then like I, you know, later in my career, at the very end, I trained with Ryan Sorensen, but I never worked out at facilities. I never went in big groups and worked out because I loved feeling like, I don't know what every other guy does, but I'm going to go as farther or farther than I think they'll go by myself. And like, I, that always helped me when I'd show back up with a team and be like, wow, okay, I'm in better shape than these guys because it's like almost it was a positive to not know well in life and business and everything else. Like, it's not about, oh man, all right, I'll be the first one to work and then I'll stay longer than anybody else. I'm not saying that, I'm not saying things that are like, not really positive. But hey, what are things that I can do to get ahead? Like, is it reading up on information? Is it applying pressure? By every single time I walk into business meeting with people, I'm going to know as much or more than any person that's in that room. I'm going to be over prepared for situations like at all times. And so that is applying pressure to people you're around. I'm going to ask awesome questions, I'm going to be a fantastic listener. I'm going to listen to people and I'm going to say, hey, how do I do I actually sit in the meeting and do I listen to respond, or am I just waiting to talk? Like, how do I apply pressure? A pressure doesn't isn't some negative thing. It's a great thing. You could be making a room so much better by applying pressure of being the best question asker in that room, the best listener, the best at having empathy and understanding the situation and what we're trying to accomplish. As a company. I can apply all those principles as being great at something by applying pressure to everyone around me. The way I'm going to do something, hopefully other people will do it as well. And that's only going to make us better if we're all putting pressure on each other to be great at whatever it is we're doing.
Andrew Whitworth
Look, as an NFL insider, my job is to break news or have inside information on a Sunday Windows. I probably make a thousand calls a week.
Jay Glazer
Yep.
Andrew Whitworth
I don't stop. It never stops. It never stops. It never stops. And you know, I don't do the Twitter breaking news stuff anymore because it doesn't make sense. Who could tweet fastest? But on Fox. And about Sunday, you always hear something that you don't hear anywhere else. And I think that. That I think a true insider, but I put in literally thousands of phone calls per week for, you know, five minutes of TV each week. And that's fine. That's what you have to do. That's the amount of work you have to put. So when Whit was playing or when was training with us, and I kind of struggle with players now with his wit. His workout with us was we did like five minutes of hips for him every day. He did a hour and a half lift. Then he did an hour of mixed martial arts. He did an hour of recovery. It was every day. And now I got guys going, hey, can I come up once or twice a week? And I'm going, I don't think I can make you a fighter once or twice a week. It doesn't really work like that. It's fight camp, man. Just changing your life, you know, and. And it's. It's hard to get up, guys to understand. And it kind of always. I've marveled at it because, like, we had Max Crosby last year, and he said, I always ask people to come in when I start at 6am Like, I'm in. He says, no one ever comes. You know, Lane Johnson, who we've had for 12 years, he's like, nobody wants to do this. And I don't understand why you wouldn't, in such a short period, put that extra work in to do what you've done. Saying, it's going to suck during the time, but it's going to suck way more if they close that glass. My team photo for the rest of my life, my grandkids see someone average.
Jay Glazer
There's no doubt I can remember even after, you know, we lose a Super bowl in 18. And I'm like, man, I still want to keep playing, but, like, am I stupid? Like, is it ridiculous at 38 to want to play NFL football? Steel, like, you know, I want to commit to it, and I want to stay in. I think this is the right decision. And I remember I ran into Wayne Gretzky at Sherwood, where I live here. He's. He's a member here, plays golf there all the time and has recently moved. But he was here. He's playing golf, and I saw him and he was like, dude, so much respect for you, Love watching you play. But let me. Let me just leave you one thing before I go play. And I said, yeah, what's that, Wayne? And he goes, man, make them rip that jersey. Off of your back. And I was like, man, that's what I needed to hear, is to hear an all time great who has accomplished everything could possibly accomplish. And even him, he's like, man, I wish I had one more chance to skate on that ice. Like, you make them rip that jersey off your back. And so that, that really, I'll never forget him telling me that. And I've always told guys that is that, you know what, like, make them rip that jersey off your back. Like, this is one of the greatest things you'll ever get to do. Being a part of something way bigger than yourself is one of the best feelings in the world. It's like, it's. It's wild to me. And you and I have had this conversation recently, like, even playing football, like, being in that locker room, going through a season, Thursday night Football, same thing, traveling with our crew, like being invested in these games, like, loving it, you know, doing all those things. And then all of a sudden when you get these breaks, it's like, man, I, I tailspin. Because it's like, man, I, oh, where'd all that go that I was pouring into? And then you go, all right, shoot, like, what, what is my rhythm? What's my vibe? And those things are your struggle. But the truth is that, that you just, you're realizing, actually it's a great thing because it's like I'm realizing how special that is, man. I, I'm actually, you know, you're in the moment. You're thinking, man, I can't wait for the off season. But really, man, you freaking love it. And that's why you feel that way, is because you absolutely love the crew you're with. You love what you do, that you're so invested in it and you're chasing those thousand calls every week that, that really what you're feeling is, shoot, man, I miss that other love of my life that, that really I don't realize how much passion and energy I put into. And it's helped me to really, like, understand that and go, all right, that just means I need to go pour my passion and energy to this other thing. And, and so I think for me, it's like that it's like, man, I just wish guys would understand, like, you more you actually put into it, the more you'll actually fall in love with it. It's like any other relationship, your significant other, your kids, everything else, like, the more you pour into it, the more you'll get out of it. And, And I think some guys just miss that because they're jaded by probably a way that a lot of things have changed in high school, with money, with nil in college, to where it's all transactional. And, man, transformational life is way better than transactional life, man. Like, I don't want to say when I'm done, football, media, everything, like, I was successful. I want to say I was significant. I want to live a life of significance. I want people to go, man, I'm so glad Andrew Whitworth was in my life. I'm so glad that I got a chance to be that dude's teammate. I'm so glad that I had a chance to be his friend. That is significance. That's not success. And so I think success will happen if you live a life of significance in the way that it's meant to for you. And so for me, man, that. That's what I see in guys. I just hope guys understand that that is bigger than the check. It's bigger than the notoriety to have that opportunity one day to feel like you lived a life of significance. You made a difference.
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Andrew Whitworth
Look again. There is a method to this madness too. All right, if you guys want to Any pro athletes want to come train with Whitney I out there? It's up here at a place called the Village. You could DM him, DM me. But it's all in. We have a guy working insurance center who's going to train you every day. We're Gonna do MMA with you three, four days, five days a week. Whit's gonna work with you. But it's a commitment. You're all in. Not. Hey, can I. Let me get a couple workouts in with Ryan or. Let me. I want to learn a hand fighting once. It doesn't work like that. We don't spar one day going into a fight. It doesn't work like that. And I want people to understand the level of commitment that it. It really takes to be great. And don't leave those regrets on the floor. It's up to you. Nobody else. It's up to you. You're not going to get lucky and have a great career. Don't work like that. It does not work like that. And you may have a lucky catch, you may have a lucky pass, but you're not going to get lucky and have a great career. And if you have a really good courier but you're skating by, you're gonna.
Jay Glazer
Regret that, too, because you could regret it one day.
Andrew Whitworth
You could have put a gold jacket on the gold jacket. Guys, we're friends with John Lynch's and Tom Brady's. They weren't them coming out.
Jay Glazer
Yep.
Andrew Whitworth
Right. They put that. That work at Andrew Whitworth. Okay. You could turn into that Lane Johnson. You could turn into that guy. It's never too late to do that. So really, man, understand whatever it is you're doing, whatever you're passionate about in life, turn it into a fight and outwork that person every hour of every second of every hour of every day of the week. Make it your passion. As Andrew said, fall in love with it. It's your other relationship. Before I let you go. Tell me now that you started coaching guys. Tell people out there kind of some of the stuff that you like to key in for them. Again, for our stuff, we work on your hips, work on your hands, working your hand. Violence, the work on your. Your mentality. A lot of that between the ears stuff that. That fighter mindset. Tell everybody out there, the stuff that you've been able to accrue over the years that you can now pass to these guys.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I think for me, it's. It's really creating a space where, you know, when I. When I came up with the concept of building the village, you know, it's about creating something that I felt like, man. All right. How can I combine all the things that I felt like, went into who I became and. And what I was able to accomplish in my career and. And see also people have impact with how are all the different ways that I trained and the things I dabbled in. Because a lot of people who don't know my history, like I, from my entire career, I never really stayed that consistent with the exact plan of how I was going to train. I loved to dabble and find. I was, I always said I was on this search and I was going to find what is the best optimal way to train my body and get prepared. I mean, I've done everything from CrossFit, from CrossFit to heavy powerlifting to, you know, I. One year I went into like swimming, I thought like, all right, I'm gonna take pressure off my body. Like, I'm gonna learn how to swim like an Olympic swimmer. Like, so I hired a swim coach and I trained at a, at a swimming pool gym in Louisiana Tech. And you know, I've done everything from mma, all the hit training, I've been to facilities and trained. I've done everything you can really think of from that aspect. I mean, I used to hike mountains and, and backpack and rock and everything else. So I said, hey, how can I combine a lot of the knowledge and things that I've gotten from all those things and say, all right, anybody that walks in this door, I can help them. I don't care if they're a skill player, a lineman, doesn't matter, quarterback, I can help them on their journey because I've tried a little bit of it all. And then obviously Ryan Sorensen's a really special trainer. He's one of the best I've ever been around in a one on one setting. And so I was like, man, this is a no brainer. I'm going to, I'm going to help Ryan with his knowledge, what he already knows. We're going to put together a lot of thoughts we have and people who want to come out here and live in a world of whether it's one on one or a smaller group type training setting and really get that holistic approach like, you know, the infrared saunas, the workouts, the walks, the training, all the things it takes that I think is from the head, the brain to the heart, to what you do, the specifics of how exactly your body moves and the best optimal way to take care of yourself. I think some places may stress your conditioning, some places may stress your strength. To me, strength, mobility, conditioning, none of them gain if we don't all gain. And so we're chasing, how do we find this balance? Because I think that's in life, whether we're talking about in a Weight room or not, we're all looking for a balance. Like, what's that blend? That's our blend for being happy and finding our spot. I'm trying to help people's bodies find that blend. What is that perfect cocktail mixture.
Andrew Whitworth
The biggest thing you give also. Yeah. If you're a tr. Go to this man and learn the answers to the test. And what I mean is, go learn how to watch filming from him. Go learn some technique. You know, again, I'm. I. I know more than 99.999 about football, but I'll never know more than him or my friends. Howie Longs there, Michael Strahan's. I would sit with these guys. They're watching film, and they're looking at the littlest things, and they're like, oh, look at this guy's foot. When it's, you know, third and two and his foot is out and beats a draw. I'm like, how the. Do you see that? But they could teach you that. And actually, I learned it early, and I started having you guys try and teach the fighters that, because fighters weren't watching film. Besides, Couture is the first guy to do it. So it's kind of mixed, like, hey, we're going to teach you the fighter mindset. You'll teach us the sport iq. So go learn from this man how to watch film. You'll get the answers to the test.
Jay Glazer
Yeah, you know, I think of it.
Andrew Whitworth
I give you all the answers to the test.
Jay Glazer
Yeah. I think just last year, man, we, you know, we had Paris Johnson come in, the left tackle for the Arizona Cardinals, and who just had a great year. And, you know, he comes to us with me and Ryan, and it's like, hey, man, you know, there's some pattern things in your body, how you're moving and little things that, like, we gotta fix. And so it started with changing his body, and then that led to how he's moving and how we get those hips rolling and all those type things, because you're doing some things that are gonna lead to problems for you, and we can see it, but let's fix it. And now he has, you know, a year where he's healthy and he plays well, and. And then it turned. That turns into, hey, let's go do some drills and let's talk about stuff. And those kind of things start coming out. I'll never forget him. Be like, whoa. I have worked with people. You know, I took him to dinner. He's like, I've worked with people, I've trained with Everybody. I've chased all these things, and in two days with you, I've learned more than I think I've learned my entire time. I've been chasing all this for all these years. He's like, just these little things that I just didn't even know, and it. That was just so rewarding. Cool opportunity. And that's the kind of stuff I'm into, man. It ain't about my benefit. In it. It's about, man, how can I help somebody else reach this goal they have? Because the game of football has changed my life significantly. It has made this awesome impact on my kids, my wife. All of us have a better experience in life because of what it's done for me. I just want to see other people have that same opportunity, and that would be a freaking cool reward. Like I said, a life of significance to be able to make an impact on somebody where they feel like, man, you know, you helped me get to where I want to go, then like me, for me, that's. That's the greatest impact I can have.
Andrew Whitworth
Right there with you. And I think it's probably why we're brothers. I've been doing this since 2007. Jared Allen's the first guy trained in MMA and went from there to Patrick Willis and Brian Cushing.
Jay Glazer
And then, well, I can thank you because my kids love that. I have literally just bone scars of tissue on both forearms. Years from years of people shopping off. So, yeah, I have some nice, good little bumps, my forearm bones. So I appreciate it, Jay.
Andrew Whitworth
Oh, hey. Things like that. That's what I'm talking about. And we're. We're at the Pro bowl one year. Joe Staley goes, hey, dude, you. I'm like, what? What? He goes, clay Matthews damn near broke my arm in a game, the NFC championship game. I'm like, I've never been more proud of a guy in my life. Like, I'm so happy because he used that hammer fist we taught. But my point here is I've never gotten paid for all this stuff. We take money. But I've given it to my fighters. I've given it to my coach. I've given to my trainers. I just love to change people's lives, their kids lives, their grandkids lives. That's what it's been about for me. That's what, like, for a guy like Whit, make sure whoever you're gonna have coaching you, that's what it's about. It's about making you great. It's the selflessness when you're a Coach, man, there is nothing like seeing your teammates succeed. And I do that in everything in life, man. It's like loyalty is a dying art. And I am, for anyone is kind of wondering, like, why, hey, why is he talking about the Village? I actually sold Unbreakable to my. My coaches, which is really cool. I got to pass it on to them. With the fires and everything that happened here in Malibu, I couldn't drive it to West Hollywood anymore, man. It takes two and a half hours now. So I said it's time to just pass it on, which is great. I'm happy out here in Malibu. And luckily, Brother Wit opened a place about 10 minutes from my house. I'm like, great, we'll just start doing it over there. So it's the Village again. Reach out to him. Reach out to me. What's the Village on Instagram?
Jay Glazer
It's the Village ATG on Instagram.
Andrew Whitworth
Before I let you go, one last thing. I know we started this. Normally, I ask somebody to give me their unbreakable moment, and you already did it because you're on the show. But I had one today, this weekend, and we said we started with mental health, I'll finish with mental health, and that's what you're supposed to do. And this weekend broke me. You know, it didn't break me. It beat me down a lot. And to the point where I was saying some really, really, really, really dark stuff. And normally don't come out of my mouth about not being. Want to be alive and things like that. And, you know, I would never. I promised you and I promised everybody else I would never take that route because it's selfish. I'm not going to do it. But you just kind of. I just got one of those really bad ditches where, man, you're just hoping you just don't wake up. And it used to happen a lot more until I started talking about mental health and happens less now. So when it happens now, maybe it's a little bit more staggering to me because I have these rituals that Whit and I are talking about.
Jay Glazer
Yep.
Andrew Whitworth
Finding these rituals, finding your. Finding those things. And when I kind of get out of them for whatever reason and I don't s. Like, I didn't sign up for this in the first place, so I know what's going to happen. But I made a promise to Whit and Michael Phelps. When I get like this, I'll reach out. I'll hold myself accountable. And I did and appreciate it.
Jay Glazer
Break.
Andrew Whitworth
Because I have brothers, I was able to reach out to and even doing this, this podcast, you know, here's the thing, too, gang, with mental health, I'll never take a day off from it because I'm not gonna let it win. I don't do that. I'll fight you. I'll make it hard. I ain't gonna do that. So that's the truth of it. But I want to finish on that because I want people to know, you know, what these brotherhoods do and that you make a promise to someone, you got to keep that promise. So I appreciate you, man, and I'm still going through it, but you probably at least 50 better from just coming on, doing this and talking to you earlier and being able to unpack it, you know?
Jay Glazer
Yeah, I appreciate you, brother. You know, I love you. And, you know, that's. Like I said, that's. That's the difference to me, when we talk about just chasing many mental health and then finding being mental, well, mentally wealthy and. And you know what, Jay? Like, you're gonna have these moments because that's how we're wired. We didn't sign up for it anyways. And, you know, you and I have shared over the years, times like that, when they happen, and. And for me, a lot of the times, you know, there's certain things that triggered over time, and sometimes we know it's coming, sometimes we don't. But becoming mentally wealthy is being able to have these moments that we've created like this where we got a brother to share it with and we got somebody that we can be accountable to, and that's. That's being mentally wealthy is that you now have a much bigger team. You've done an awesome job of creating those things. So when I talk about life of significance, man, the impact that you've made on multiple people and in a massive amount of people through your book, through this podcast, through everything else, you are mentally wealthy, brother. And so, man, you are needed. You are significant, and that's what you got to know about yourself. You know, I love you, but we all have them. And, you know, it's one of the reasons I stay so active and work out so much is because, you know, I'll go back to, you know, those things. Those. Those crazy roommates will start telling me things that happened 20 years ago or 15 years ago or 10 years ago and beat me up about it, you know, and then I'm like, wait, you know, like, no, no, like, go do something. Get that out of your system. Let it go. And we all got to find what it is that makes us mentally wealthy and friends like you, man, definitely help me do that. And I hope you realize how significant and you know how many, how, how big your mental wealth is, man, that you've created with this podcast. You got a lot of people that look up to you every single day for the example you lay forward.
Andrew Whitworth
That's why it's my obligation to talk about it when it's like this, by the way. You can hear it through even my voice. It's just, man, it's kicked my ass this weekend and it happened. We were at Nobu, Malibu, middle of the afternoon, having the greatest day and then the sky just fell on me. Been laying kind of lifeless ever since, trying to fight it through and try to get myself going yesterday. But again, you. It's my obligation a, to stay alive because that's, that's it. Like there's, I'm not knocked. That's it. And I got to use my pain to help others through theirs. So next time you hear me, I'm sure I'll be a lot peppier and livelier or I pulled it off today regardless. But this is also like, for anyone listening out there, like, these are the conversations you need to have. You heard Andrew's reaction to me? He didn't call me a pussy and tell me suck it up. He didn't do any of that. Right? And that's why you got to lean into your teammates. So, brother, I love you. I appreciate it.
Jay Glazer
I'd only do that if you put your hands on your hips. Okay.
Andrew Whitworth
That ain't happening. I appreciate you, man. I love you, buddy.
Jay Glazer
I love you, brother. Appreciate it.
Andrew Whitworth
Thank you for this weekend, for life.
Jay Glazer
Yes, sir.
Hey Martinez
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Podcast Summary: "Unbreakable w/ Jay Glazer - Andrew Whitworth"
Title: Unbreakable w/ Jay Glazer - Andrew Whitworth
Podcast: The Herd with Colin Cowherd
Host/Author: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
Release Date: March 21, 2025
Introduction
In this compelling episode of The Herd with Colin Cowherd, host Jay Glazer engages in an in-depth conversation with former NFL player Andrew Whitworth. The discussion delves into the transformative concept of "mental wealth," the rigorous training philosophies underpinning athletic greatness, and the profound personal experiences that shape true success both on and off the field.
Transforming Mental Health into Mental Wealth
Jay Glazer introduces the episode by highlighting the evolution of his podcast's focus from mental health to what he terms "mental wealth." Andrew Whitworth elaborates on this shift, emphasizing that mental wealth transcends traditional notions of mental health by actively building and enhancing one's inner resilience and strength.
[00:51] Jay Glazer: "It's a big realization moment that you should not be postponing your happiness. Like your greatest happiness is not necessarily going to come from a relationship, your partner. They should add to your happiness, but your happiness is really coming from within you."
Andrew explains that while mental health often centers on addressing depression and anxiety, mental wealth is about fostering a proactive approach to personal growth and resilience.
[03:07] Andrew Whitworth: "The whole point of when you talk about mental health, it's not just like, hey, this is where we are. We talk about mental health so we can build ourselves up, so we can build mental wealth."
Philosophy of Mental Wealth and Greatness in Sports
The conversation shifts to the essence of greatness in sports, where both Jay and Andrew agree that true greatness surpasses mere fame. It's about the relentless pursuit of excellence and the substantial effort invested behind the scenes.
[05:07] Andrew Whitworth: "But when you were really chasing that mental wealth, what does that look like? And how do you find that routine?"
They discuss how mental wealth contributes to generational success and highlights the importance of internal motivation over external recognition.
Training Methodologies and The Village
Andrew Whitworth shares insights into his comprehensive training program, "The Village," located in Westlake. This program embodies a holistic approach, integrating various training disciplines to optimize both physical and mental performance.
[44:30] Jay Glazer: "All right, anybody that walks in this door, I can help them. I don't care if they're a skill player, a lineman, doesn't matter, quarterback, I can help them on their journey because I've tried a little bit of it all."
Andrew discusses the integration of different training methods, from CrossFit and powerlifting to martial arts and swimming, to create a balanced and effective training regimen.
[47:09] Andrew Whitworth: "We just want that round, that fight, that minute to be the worst round fight minute of your life. We get off on that."
Work Ethic and Commitment
A significant portion of the discussion centers on the unparalleled work ethic required to achieve and maintain greatness. Both hosts stress the importance of dedication, discipline, and the willingness to outwork others consistently.
[19:10] Andrew Whitworth: "The secret of greatness is putting in work when no one's watching."
They emphasize that success is built on persistent effort, often invisible to the public eye, and that cultivating such a mindset is crucial for sustained excellence.
[27:57] Andrew Whitworth: "It doesn't work like that. It's fight camp, man. Just changing your life, you know."
Life of Significance vs. Success
Jay and Andrew explore the distinction between being successful and living a life of significance. They argue that true fulfillment comes from making meaningful impacts and building lasting relationships rather than accumulating accolades.
[30:34] Jay Glazer: "It's bigger than the check. It's bigger than the notoriety to have that opportunity one day to feel like you lived a life of significance."
Andrew echoes this sentiment, highlighting that significance lies in the legacy one leaves and the positive influence on others' lives.
[33:43] Andrew Whitworth: "It's a life of significance, to be able to make an impact on somebody where they feel like, man, you know, you helped me get to where I want to go."
Personal Stories and Anecdotes
The episode is enriched with personal anecdotes that illustrate the principles of mental wealth and dedication. Andrew recounts his experiences training with legendary fighters like Randy Couture, illustrating the relentless pursuit of excellence despite significant obstacles.
[14:14] Andrew Whitworth: "Randy has a fight against a guy named Mike Van Arsdale, and no one knows Randy has a staff infection. But he comes over and fights anyway because he doesn't show weakness."
Jay shares memorable moments from his athletic career, such as intense on-field confrontations that served as mental fortitude exercises.
[10:07] Jay Glazer: "...I just want to watch. I want to stare at them, obviously, for reasons that I want to see football wise of, like, communication they're doing and things that give me tails."
Mental Health Advocacy and Support Systems
Both hosts delve into the importance of support systems in maintaining mental wealth. They discuss personal struggles and the critical role of accountability partners, such as teammates and close friends, in fostering resilience.
[52:44] Andrew Whitworth: "I've been doing this since 2007. Jared Allen's the first guy trained in MMA and went from there to Patrick Willis and Brian Cushing."
Andrew openly discusses his own mental health challenges, emphasizing the importance of reaching out and the strength found in brotherhood.
[56:33] Jay Glazer: "That's why it's my obligation to talk about it when it's like this, you can hear it through even my voice."
Training Philosophy and Methodology
Andrew provides a deep dive into the specific training techniques employed at The Village, highlighting the importance of flexibility and innovation in training regimens. He underscores the necessity of balancing strength, mobility, and conditioning to achieve optimal performance.
[44:30] Jay Glazer: "What is that perfect cocktail mixture."
Andrew explains how personalized training plans address individual needs, ensuring that each athlete can reach their full potential.
[48:03] Andrew Whitworth: "I give you all the answers to the test."
Dedication and Habit Formation
A recurring theme is the establishment of positive habits and the relentless pursuit of improvement. Both Jay and Andrew discuss how small, consistent actions compound over time to produce significant results.
[27:31] Jay Glazer: "It's about creating one little good habit and let it lead to another."
They advocate for the intentional creation of habits that enhance both physical and mental well-being, fostering an environment where greatness can flourish.
Conclusion: Living a Life of Significance
The episode concludes with a powerful message about the enduring impact of living a life dedicated to significance rather than fleeting success. Both hosts reflect on their journeys, emphasizing the importance of leaving a meaningful legacy through dedication, resilience, and the unwavering pursuit of excellence.
[39:10] Cheekies: "Listen to Cheekies and Chill Season four on the iHeartRadio app..."
[53:03] Jay Glazer: "...that you’ve created with this podcast. You got a lot of people that look up to you every single day for the example you lay forward."
Andrew shares his commitment to using his experiences to help others overcome their challenges, reinforcing the episode's central theme of mental wealth leading to a life of purpose and significance.
[56:33] Jay Glazer: "I love you, brother. Appreciate it."
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Takeaways for Listeners
This episode offers a profound exploration of what it truly means to be "unbreakable" both mentally and physically. Through shared experiences and candid discussions, Jay Glazer and Andrew Whitworth provide listeners with invaluable insights into achieving greatness, building mental wealth, and living a life of significance.