Jim Rome

So to answer your question, well, then why are you still doing it? Because it's hard. It's hard. I like it. I want to see where I still fit in. I want to see how do I still win. I want to see how can I solve this particular puzzle. Yeah, you were the guy. You were one of the first ones in. You got really lucky with timing. But now it's hard, man. Now everybody who's got... This has got to show.

So to answer your question, well, then why are you still doing it? Because it's hard. It's hard. I like it. I want to see where I still fit in. I want to see how do I still win. I want to see how can I solve this particular puzzle. Yeah, you were the guy. You were one of the first ones in. You got really lucky with timing. But now it's hard, man. Now everybody who's got... This has got to show.

Now I'm competing with everybody in the world. You know, back in the day when you first heard about me, there weren't very many of us doing it. I had a pretty captive audience. Now I'm in a firefight to be seen and heard. And how do I do that without compromising who I am? And how do I reinvent and evolve? It's still really interesting to me. And I still love the grind. And you know what?

Now I'm competing with everybody in the world. You know, back in the day when you first heard about me, there weren't very many of us doing it. I had a pretty captive audience. Now I'm in a firefight to be seen and heard. And how do I do that without compromising who I am? And how do I reinvent and evolve? It's still really interesting to me. And I still love the grind. And you know what?

Frankly, I still want it. I love it. There are people that rely on me that work for me. And I still want to set an example for my kids. And I want them to be proud of me. And I want my friends to be proud of me, too. And I want to be proud of me. And I have something to prove to myself.

Frankly, I still want it. I love it. There are people that rely on me that work for me. And I still want to set an example for my kids. And I want them to be proud of me. And I want my friends to be proud of me, too. And I want to be proud of me. And I have something to prove to myself.

It's a good question. I've thought about this a lot. I don't know. I always had, I just knew, man. I had something, I had a chip on my shoulder from a very early age. So where did that come from? I don't know. I've never really sat in therapy, but probably not one of the cool kids in school. Maybe didn't get the girl. Maybe, I don't know. I don't know.

It's a good question. I've thought about this a lot. I don't know. I always had, I just knew, man. I had something, I had a chip on my shoulder from a very early age. So where did that come from? I don't know. I've never really sat in therapy, but probably not one of the cool kids in school. Maybe didn't get the girl. Maybe, I don't know. I don't know.

Like my father, and I know you're really good on family. My father was a Boston guy who... who had a small business, worked very hard, and he and I would talk, and not always connect, loved him, but didn't always connect, but he would say to me, man, you should really relax. I don't know how to tell you how to relax, but this drive, like, I don't really get it. And he worked hard.

Like my father, and I know you're really good on family. My father was a Boston guy who... who had a small business, worked very hard, and he and I would talk, and not always connect, loved him, but didn't always connect, but he would say to me, man, you should really relax. I don't know how to tell you how to relax, but this drive, like, I don't really get it. And he worked hard.

So I don't even know why he would say things like that, but he would say, I don't get it, but you didn't get it from me. So I don't know what it was. I just knew that I was kind of neurotic and kind of psychotic and knew exactly what it was that I wanted and was paranoid that I wasn't going to get it. So I was willing to pay a price.

So I don't even know why he would say things like that, but he would say, I don't get it, but you didn't get it from me. So I don't know what it was. I just knew that I was kind of neurotic and kind of psychotic and knew exactly what it was that I wanted and was paranoid that I wasn't going to get it. So I was willing to pay a price.

I negotiated with myself early on that I was willing to do whatever it took to get it without being immoral or unethical, but I would go the extra mile and it didn't seem like work, it was more painful for me not to do it than to actually do it. In other words, I went to UC Santa Barbara, I would do internships where I'd get up at four o'clock in the morning. Everybody else is just,

I negotiated with myself early on that I was willing to do whatever it took to get it without being immoral or unethical, but I would go the extra mile and it didn't seem like work, it was more painful for me not to do it than to actually do it. In other words, I went to UC Santa Barbara, I would do internships where I'd get up at four o'clock in the morning. Everybody else is just,

Can we curse on this one?

Can we curse on this one?

Shit can. You know, like it was a party school and I got mine, but it was a party school. But I had no qualms about getting up at four o'clock to work for free before morning classes. And in fact, was terrified that if I didn't do it, somebody else would. And then when I did do it, man, it was like a drug. I'm like, wow. I'm getting ahead. I'm winning. I'm feeding that thing.

Shit can. You know, like it was a party school and I got mine, but it was a party school. But I had no qualms about getting up at four o'clock to work for free before morning classes. And in fact, was terrified that if I didn't do it, somebody else would. And then when I did do it, man, it was like a drug. I'm like, wow. I'm getting ahead. I'm winning. I'm feeding that thing.

And I just had that chip, and I just wanted it.

And I just had that chip, and I just wanted it.