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Brian Koppelman

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1310 total appearances

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Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

I'm six feet.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I was about 235, but like 40% body fat.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I was playing in 93 degree heat.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

I was 57 years old.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I was playing against a 27 year old kid in the first round of a tournament at a place outside of the city.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I won the first set pretty easily because I was better tennis player.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

But he was in much, much, much, much, much better shape than I was.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And he won the second set and it was 93 degrees.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I was on two different blood pressure medicines because my blood pressure had gotten too high.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And my doctor put me on two medicines because one wouldn't handle it.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I think the combination of those things made it and the heat that I knew I was going to faint.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I couldn't.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And for the first time in my entire life ever at a sport,

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

I quit, I shook his hand and I conceded the tennis match.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And before the third set, I always prided myself, like I'll play five, I don't care.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

And I literally was at, and Amy had been inside and was in our car.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

So we were driving back from upstate and on the way to, I knew I had this first round of this thing.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

I was like, I'll play this tennis tournament.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

She was like, great.

Two Percent with Michael Easter
Brian Koppelman: How a Hollywood Writer Got Fit at 60, Beat Anxiety & Outworked Resistance

She's a writer.