Dino Mavrookas

So this is when you get your hands tied behind your back, your feet tied together, you're thrown in the deep end of the pool, and it's 15 feet deep. And you have to sink to the bottom, jump off the top, jump back up to the top, you bob up and down for five minutes, you float for five minutes, you swim across the pool, you swim back, and then you're done. I fundamentally could not float.

No kidding. I would sit there and I would just watch my body go like this. and all the way down. And I'm like, I'm going to drown. Like, I just can't do it. And I ended up getting rolled for it. So I failed. On test day, I failed. And I put work into it. Is drown-proofing pre-hell week? Oh, it is. At least the final one is. They give you a couple chances.

No kidding. I would sit there and I would just watch my body go like this. and all the way down. And I'm like, I'm going to drown. Like, I just can't do it. And I ended up getting rolled for it. So I failed. On test day, I failed. And I put work into it. Is drown-proofing pre-hell week? Oh, it is. At least the final one is. They give you a couple chances.

No kidding. I would sit there and I would just watch my body go like this. and all the way down. And I'm like, I'm going to drown. Like, I just can't do it. And I ended up getting rolled for it. So I failed. On test day, I failed. And I put work into it. Is drown-proofing pre-hell week? Oh, it is. At least the final one is. They give you a couple chances.

I know the final one's post-Hell Week, because I went through Hell Week. I went right up to the last day of first phase and ended up failing this test. And I'd worked at it, and I'd gotten it before. But this really taught me, and it's one of the lessons of the difference between, and I talk about this, the difference between an amateur and a professional.

I know the final one's post-Hell Week, because I went through Hell Week. I went right up to the last day of first phase and ended up failing this test. And I'd worked at it, and I'd gotten it before. But this really taught me, and it's one of the lessons of the difference between, and I talk about this, the difference between an amateur and a professional.

I know the final one's post-Hell Week, because I went through Hell Week. I went right up to the last day of first phase and ended up failing this test. And I'd worked at it, and I'd gotten it before. But this really taught me, and it's one of the lessons of the difference between, and I talk about this, the difference between an amateur and a professional.

And goes back to my daughter's like, an amateur does something until they get it right. A professional is going to do it until they can't get it wrong. And when it's test day, you want to have that level of confidence going in. Because if you're just barely scraping by on your own and getting it right, you're not going to get it on test day or when it matters.

And goes back to my daughter's like, an amateur does something until they get it right. A professional is going to do it until they can't get it wrong. And when it's test day, you want to have that level of confidence going in. Because if you're just barely scraping by on your own and getting it right, you're not going to get it on test day or when it matters.

And goes back to my daughter's like, an amateur does something until they get it right. A professional is going to do it until they can't get it wrong. And when it's test day, you want to have that level of confidence going in. Because if you're just barely scraping by on your own and getting it right, you're not going to get it on test day or when it matters.

Or more importantly, when bullets start flying or there's real pressure around. So... I had to go in front of the seal board. I had to go and say like, here's why you shouldn't kick me out of buds. Like it was a really shitty place to be and Dan said, okay, we're going to give you a couple more months, keep working on it, whatever. And it was one instructor.

Or more importantly, when bullets start flying or there's real pressure around. So... I had to go in front of the seal board. I had to go and say like, here's why you shouldn't kick me out of buds. Like it was a really shitty place to be and Dan said, okay, we're going to give you a couple more months, keep working on it, whatever. And it was one instructor.

Or more importantly, when bullets start flying or there's real pressure around. So... I had to go in front of the seal board. I had to go and say like, here's why you shouldn't kick me out of buds. Like it was a really shitty place to be and Dan said, okay, we're going to give you a couple more months, keep working on it, whatever. And it was one instructor.

One person is the only reason I made it. He goes, Hey, he was the, the, Oh, I see a first phase. like run over the pool right now i'm gonna meet you there he's like i had the same exact problem i'm gonna show you how to do it wow so he saw something in you so we went over there he's like you need to stop trying to float and you need to rock your body up to the top everybody else floats you rock

One person is the only reason I made it. He goes, Hey, he was the, the, Oh, I see a first phase. like run over the pool right now i'm gonna meet you there he's like i had the same exact problem i'm gonna show you how to do it wow so he saw something in you so we went over there he's like you need to stop trying to float and you need to rock your body up to the top everybody else floats you rock

One person is the only reason I made it. He goes, Hey, he was the, the, Oh, I see a first phase. like run over the pool right now i'm gonna meet you there he's like i had the same exact problem i'm gonna show you how to do it wow so he saw something in you so we went over there he's like you need to stop trying to float and you need to rock your body up to the top everybody else floats you rock

and you could tie my hands behind my back right now and go throw me in the water and I could do that for 20 minutes. So it was just getting that to click and it was one person that taught it to me. Wow, wow.

and you could tie my hands behind my back right now and go throw me in the water and I could do that for 20 minutes. So it was just getting that to click and it was one person that taught it to me. Wow, wow.

and you could tie my hands behind my back right now and go throw me in the water and I could do that for 20 minutes. So it was just getting that to click and it was one person that taught it to me. Wow, wow.

It was crazy. I mean, the instructor's our first day. They pulled up the list of, here are the fastest runners and the fastest swimmers. And they go, who's number one? OK, don't take this personally. You're going to quit. Don't care. You're going to quit. Every class. And I was like, wow. Yeah, it was incredible to see. And then the other thing was just how important youth was.