Jim Rome

And it's my favorite question. There's a guy named Ed Milet who's a really good friend of mine who's huge in that space. And we talked about it on his podcast. Nature or nurture? Nature or nurture? I do not know the answer to that. Nature or nurture? Are you pre-wired to be like this? Are you built to be like this? Or frankly, you...

And it's my favorite question. There's a guy named Ed Milet who's a really good friend of mine who's huge in that space. And we talked about it on his podcast. Nature or nurture? Nature or nurture? I do not know the answer to that. Nature or nurture? Are you pre-wired to be like this? Are you built to be like this? Or frankly, you...

I didn't come up through the mud, but I've talked to a lot of athletes that overcame a lot of adversity. There's no way they would have the chip or the hunger had they not come up the way they did. So nature or nurture, I don't know the clean answer, but I think it's both. I don't really know where it came from. For a while it went away and now I'm trying desperately to get it back.

I didn't come up through the mud, but I've talked to a lot of athletes that overcame a lot of adversity. There's no way they would have the chip or the hunger had they not come up the way they did. So nature or nurture, I don't know the clean answer, but I think it's both. I don't really know where it came from. For a while it went away and now I'm trying desperately to get it back.

Put it this way, I'll give you something. This is something. You think that it makes you miserable. Some of the happiest times of my life was when I was in college fighting hard and winning and my self-esteem had never been higher because I was all in and making good choices and doing the right things. I don't think that's unhealthy. In fact, I felt damn good, man. I felt great.

Put it this way, I'll give you something. This is something. You think that it makes you miserable. Some of the happiest times of my life was when I was in college fighting hard and winning and my self-esteem had never been higher because I was all in and making good choices and doing the right things. I don't think that's unhealthy. In fact, I felt damn good, man. I felt great.

So I'm constantly trying like, hey, man, can I flip that switch? Can I go back to being that guy? Probably not. I don't have that same energy. But could I be that guy? I did the funniest thing. I did the commencement speech for my son when he graduated the J school in Wisconsin. And I worked that thing hard. I worked that thing hard. I took great pride in that. I'm looking over the kids.

So I'm constantly trying like, hey, man, can I flip that switch? Can I go back to being that guy? Probably not. I don't have that same energy. But could I be that guy? I did the funniest thing. I did the commencement speech for my son when he graduated the J school in Wisconsin. And I worked that thing hard. I worked that thing hard. I took great pride in that. I'm looking over the kids.

Can it get in there? No, my wife, no. My wife, though, she did. That was her proudest day ever because her husband was doing a commencement address to her son's college graduation. So she was waterworks. But man, I wanted, I wanted. And the guy who ran the J school knew who I was.

Can it get in there? No, my wife, no. My wife, though, she did. That was her proudest day ever because her husband was doing a commencement address to her son's college graduation. So she was waterworks. But man, I wanted, I wanted. And the guy who ran the J school knew who I was.

and my son's real careful about, he doesn't tell anybody who his old man is because he wants to be his own guy, which I really respect, unless maybe it benefits him and he'll drop that name. Like, you know what he did?

and my son's real careful about, he doesn't tell anybody who his old man is because he wants to be his own guy, which I really respect, unless maybe it benefits him and he'll drop that name. Like, you know what he did?

He's been doing this thing with Donald Driver, because he's in Wisconsin, and he's done several shoots with Donald Driver and he wouldn't tell him who I am, and he finally dropped it on him the other day, and they had kind of a good moment. Point is, dude, here's how the speech went. Every kid in the audience was either hungover, drunk, wanting to get drunk, and wondering who the old man was.

He's been doing this thing with Donald Driver, because he's in Wisconsin, and he's done several shoots with Donald Driver and he wouldn't tell him who I am, and he finally dropped it on him the other day, and they had kind of a good moment. Point is, dude, here's how the speech went. Every kid in the audience was either hungover, drunk, wanting to get drunk, and wondering who the old man was.

Hey, Jake, who's your old man, and what's he doing up there? And every parent was like, go Rome, go Rome, because they all knew who I was, and they wanted their kids to get the message. You know? So did you crush it? Did you crush the commencement speech? I thought that I did pretty well, but I don't know. Those kids didn't, they're not, okay.

Hey, Jake, who's your old man, and what's he doing up there? And every parent was like, go Rome, go Rome, because they all knew who I was, and they wanted their kids to get the message. You know? So did you crush it? Did you crush the commencement speech? I thought that I did pretty well, but I don't know. Those kids didn't, they're not, okay.

A number of them came up afterwards, like really good speech. That's what I needed to hear. But I think most of them went running for the bars. But the parents loved it. If you ask them, I crushed it.

A number of them came up afterwards, like really good speech. That's what I needed to hear. But I think most of them went running for the bars. But the parents loved it. If you ask them, I crushed it.

Dude, don't you dare let me walk here and think that I did not appreciate that or that I was mocking you. Dude, I have such immense respect for you. And in a life where everybody was going well out of their lane to crush me, you are one of the guys who has defended me and supported me and said, look, I understand what that guy's about. I understand what price that guy paid.

Dude, don't you dare let me walk here and think that I did not appreciate that or that I was mocking you. Dude, I have such immense respect for you. And in a life where everybody was going well out of their lane to crush me, you are one of the guys who has defended me and supported me and said, look, I understand what that guy's about. I understand what price that guy paid.