Dino Mavrookas
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division one school and be a really good gymnast and have fun with the sport or do you want to go to the olympics which is there's four girls on the olympics team which one do you want she goes i want to go to the olympics okay let me tell you what that takes
Every day, we're gonna get up in the morning, we're gonna drive an hour and a half to the gym, you're gonna train for four and a half hours, you're gonna come home, you're gonna stretch, you're gonna ice, you're gonna eat the right way, and do all the things you have to do.
Every day, we're gonna get up in the morning, we're gonna drive an hour and a half to the gym, you're gonna train for four and a half hours, you're gonna come home, you're gonna stretch, you're gonna ice, you're gonna eat the right way, and do all the things you have to do.
Every day, we're gonna get up in the morning, we're gonna drive an hour and a half to the gym, you're gonna train for four and a half hours, you're gonna come home, you're gonna stretch, you're gonna ice, you're gonna eat the right way, and do all the things you have to do.
You're gonna do your schoolwork, and you still have to go to school, we're just gonna homeschool so we can build in the flexibility, and then you're gonna get up the next day and you're gonna do it again. And if you do that every single day for 10 years, maybe, just maybe, you'll have a chance. And to her credit, now again, she's nine, she looked me dead in the eyes and said, great, let's go.
You're gonna do your schoolwork, and you still have to go to school, we're just gonna homeschool so we can build in the flexibility, and then you're gonna get up the next day and you're gonna do it again. And if you do that every single day for 10 years, maybe, just maybe, you'll have a chance. And to her credit, now again, she's nine, she looked me dead in the eyes and said, great, let's go.
You're gonna do your schoolwork, and you still have to go to school, we're just gonna homeschool so we can build in the flexibility, and then you're gonna get up the next day and you're gonna do it again. And if you do that every single day for 10 years, maybe, just maybe, you'll have a chance. And to her credit, now again, she's nine, she looked me dead in the eyes and said, great, let's go.
Wow, that's awesome. So you guys homeschool? We're going to homeschool. We're going to start this year. And my wife and I's philosophy is like, look, if they find something that they're really gonna pour their energy into like that, we're gonna invest in it. That's what I wanna do. I'm not teaching my kid how to be a good gymnast. I'm teaching my kid how to change the world.
Wow, that's awesome. So you guys homeschool? We're going to homeschool. We're going to start this year. And my wife and I's philosophy is like, look, if they find something that they're really gonna pour their energy into like that, we're gonna invest in it. That's what I wanna do. I'm not teaching my kid how to be a good gymnast. I'm teaching my kid how to change the world.
Wow, that's awesome. So you guys homeschool? We're going to homeschool. We're going to start this year. And my wife and I's philosophy is like, look, if they find something that they're really gonna pour their energy into like that, we're gonna invest in it. That's what I wanna do. I'm not teaching my kid how to be a good gymnast. I'm teaching my kid how to change the world.
I'm telling her that no matter what she puts her mind to, She can go after it, but this is how you go after it. And whether she makes the Olympic team or not, it's not, I don't know. I don't know if she's good enough to be in the Olympics, but I'm not gonna be the one as her parent that says, no way, that's not possible. There's only four girls in the country.
I'm telling her that no matter what she puts her mind to, She can go after it, but this is how you go after it. And whether she makes the Olympic team or not, it's not, I don't know. I don't know if she's good enough to be in the Olympics, but I'm not gonna be the one as her parent that says, no way, that's not possible. There's only four girls in the country.
I'm telling her that no matter what she puts her mind to, She can go after it, but this is how you go after it. And whether she makes the Olympic team or not, it's not, I don't know. I don't know if she's good enough to be in the Olympics, but I'm not gonna be the one as her parent that says, no way, that's not possible. There's only four girls in the country.
The world will tell her where her level is and where she tops out at. And look, if in two or three years she decides that this isn't for her, That's okay, too. But if she's going to give that level of effort into it, we're going to invest behind it, and we're going to encourage her to go be the best she can be.
The world will tell her where her level is and where she tops out at. And look, if in two or three years she decides that this isn't for her, That's okay, too. But if she's going to give that level of effort into it, we're going to invest behind it, and we're going to encourage her to go be the best she can be.
The world will tell her where her level is and where she tops out at. And look, if in two or three years she decides that this isn't for her, That's okay, too. But if she's going to give that level of effort into it, we're going to invest behind it, and we're going to encourage her to go be the best she can be.
Go right into BUDS. I enlist the day I graduated. Back then, you had to go, you obviously went through boot camp, it was enlisted, and then A school, which is, hey, what are you gonna do in the Navy if you don't make it through BUDS? This since changed and they changed it a number of times, but I went to school, I learned how to be a radar technician.
Go right into BUDS. I enlist the day I graduated. Back then, you had to go, you obviously went through boot camp, it was enlisted, and then A school, which is, hey, what are you gonna do in the Navy if you don't make it through BUDS? This since changed and they changed it a number of times, but I went to school, I learned how to be a radar technician.
Go right into BUDS. I enlist the day I graduated. Back then, you had to go, you obviously went through boot camp, it was enlisted, and then A school, which is, hey, what are you gonna do in the Navy if you don't make it through BUDS? This since changed and they changed it a number of times, but I went to school, I learned how to be a radar technician.
Here's how you read the radar, I couldn't tell you. Wait, were you an OS? OS. Oh shit, that's what I was. Were you? That's funny. I still remember A school. It was down in Dam Neck, so location of development group or team six. And you see all these guys running down the beach. And in A school, you're like, who are those guys? So did that. So it took me about six months to get out to Bud's.