Damon West
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Podcast Appearances
They all said no.
In one hour, I got seven no's from eight coaches.
That's a no every eight minutes, man.
I'm standing in the corner of Toyota Center, man.
I'm licking my wounds.
I'm feeling sorry for myself.
And I am 10 feet from that door to leave.
The voice in my head is screaming at me, go home.
The voice in my head is telling me I don't belong there.
The voice in my head calls me an imposter that night.
I bet everybody listening to this show right now, you know the imposter voice.
We all know it.
But I'm going to tell you something I quit doing a long time ago, Mick, is listening to myself.
And I think you should really consider whether you listen to yourself too.
Because sometimes I found out the voice in my head was fear talking to me.
And you don't want to listen to fear because fear is a liar.
So instead of listening to myself, I talk to myself.
I do it all the time.
I've been doing it since prison.
That night, I'm telling myself, Damon, you're not going anywhere, man.