Josh Waitzkin

And it was like watching Marcelo put himself like right next to the fire, like right next to Ryan's game. He wanted to learn the edges of Ryan's game but never enter it. And his ability to play right at the threshold of all of Ryan's traps, which he could pull almost everyone else into in just pure grappling. But not just – his ability to learn. It felt like a cat.

And it was like watching Marcelo put himself like right next to the fire, like right next to Ryan's game. He wanted to learn the edges of Ryan's game but never enter it. And his ability to play right at the threshold of all of Ryan's traps, which he could pull almost everyone else into in just pure grappling. But not just – his ability to learn. It felt like a cat.

putting its paw right up against the edge of a fire and just like learning about what heat was and deconstructing it, but then not ever getting into the heat, you know? And I, and you'd watch Ryan will roll anyone else. He just pulled them into the fire, into the spider web. That's fascinating. Marcello has a really incredibly deep, almost simian physical intelligence.

putting its paw right up against the edge of a fire and just like learning about what heat was and deconstructing it, but then not ever getting into the heat, you know? And I, and you'd watch Ryan will roll anyone else. He just pulled them into the fire, into the spider web. That's fascinating. Marcello has a really incredibly deep, almost simian physical intelligence.

putting its paw right up against the edge of a fire and just like learning about what heat was and deconstructing it, but then not ever getting into the heat, you know? And I, and you'd watch Ryan will roll anyone else. He just pulled them into the fire, into the spider web. That's fascinating. Marcello has a really incredibly deep, almost simian physical intelligence.

And his ability to learn from a single rep is unique in my observation.

And his ability to learn from a single rep is unique in my observation.

And his ability to learn from a single rep is unique in my observation.

Oh, yeah. Man, that dude has had such bad luck.

Oh, yeah. Man, that dude has had such bad luck.

Oh, yeah. Man, that dude has had such bad luck.

I mean, tons of stuff with his knee, with his hip. I think he's starting to come back. I think his shoulder's something now. He's still, you know. He's had like nine surgeries. I think 23. I think it was 23. I think he's had 23 surgeries. And the bad one happened with someone just falling on him in training.

I mean, tons of stuff with his knee, with his hip. I think he's starting to come back. I think his shoulder's something now. He's still, you know. He's had like nine surgeries. I think 23. I think it was 23. I think he's had 23 surgeries. And the bad one happened with someone just falling on him in training.

I mean, tons of stuff with his knee, with his hip. I think he's starting to come back. I think his shoulder's something now. He's still, you know. He's had like nine surgeries. I think 23. I think it was 23. I think he's had 23 surgeries. And the bad one happened with someone just falling on him in training.

I don't know. That was a hip. Oh, God. Yeah, I don't know exactly.

I don't know. That was a hip. Oh, God. Yeah, I don't know exactly.

I don't know. That was a hip. Oh, God. Yeah, I don't know exactly.

Ask him.

Ask him.

Ask him.