GivBk Sports Podcast Brett Friedman

Notes & Highlights01:15 Did you know Hayley is becoming a doctor?!04: 15 In a small town when you need bodies on the ice, girls have no trouble getting ice time. When you get older and you’re taking ice time away from boys, that’s when things got tough.06:50 When Hayley was cut from her youth hockey team because “having a girl on the team is too difficult,” Hayley’s mom recognized this human rights roadblock and drove to the league coordinator’s house to right the wrong10:30 Hayley’s firs...

Notes & Highlights1:30 Hoops2o is growing, and UVA played host to their coming out party06:00 Nicole’s mom was an ‘activist’ and a single mom that believed in the power of people working together9:00 Small change and small actions make a huge difference15:55 Nicole started getting an itch to make the world a better place – working in sports was the fastest way to scratch it17:45 Athletes and sports teams can help non-profit organizations amplify their message and mission when they might n...

Notes & Highlights10:00 Both Gilbert guys showed poise in 199013:00 If Andre Agassi is a sports car, Brad Gilbert is a Chevy truck. Brad doesn’t have a secret coaching sauce, but he thinks it’s important to go to dinner with your player.16:30 Nobody recognized the value in a loss and handled them with more grace than Andre Agassi. He’s also the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back.24:15 Brad & Zach got more competitive playing each other in ping pong than they did on...

Notes & Highlights03:20 when you come from a small town, you learn how to like people05:55 Dedan’s professional and personal philosophy is “get better every day and use that improvement to impact the people you surround yourself with” and he learned that from athletes he looked up to08:45 Sports is a unifier of the people. Sports stands for leadership, teamwork, ethics, inspiration, and cooperation.14:00 Dedan is a little like a turtle on a fence post - he doesn’t know how he got to where...

Notes & Highlights03:45 Steve worked at a sales and marketing firm. He had a company car and a secretary, and he hated every minute of it. He really felt that it was meaningless.11:15 In 1993 Steve intentionally went on unemployment so he could start the Jackie Robinson Baseball League. He named all the teams after negro league teams and gave every kid a book called Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball.14:00 The Anderson Monarchs were the first youth baseball team to racial...

Notes & Highlights02:15 But oh my gosh, I loved to dance!07:00 It proved that you didn't have to be perfect, you just had to be human, honest, raw, and real.11:00 Miss Val began her illustrious career playing the floor music for her student-athlete gymnasts. Check out Life Is Short, Don't Wait to Dance!17:30 Success is peace of mind and knowing you've done your best. - John Wooden21:15 Yearn to Learn30:30 Let's hear it for right-brained people! Katelyn Ohashi is a phenomenal human being. ...