Josh Waitzkin

eight, 10 kids at once. And I would be teaching. It was like giving a simultaneous exhibition. Like each one had their own language. And it was, I w I was like so involved with this theme that I would be, it was exhausting because I was teaching 10 chess lessons at the same time, the 10 kids.

eight, 10 kids at once. And I would be teaching. It was like giving a simultaneous exhibition. Like each one had their own language. And it was, I w I was like so involved with this theme that I would be, it was exhausting because I was teaching 10 chess lessons at the same time, the 10 kids.

And I remember I had this moment, this heartbreaking moment where I had this one student named Ivan, who I, who I just charismatic, intense, you know, we had a very close relationship. I love the kid. And like, I was, he was at the national championship. I was giving him this, this, um, this pep talk. And I was just like firing him up and speaking to him in the way he needed to be spoken to.

And I remember I had this moment, this heartbreaking moment where I had this one student named Ivan, who I, who I just charismatic, intense, you know, we had a very close relationship. I love the kid. And like, I was, he was at the national championship. I was giving him this, this, um, this pep talk. And I was just like firing him up and speaking to him in the way he needed to be spoken to.

And I remember I had this moment, this heartbreaking moment where I had this one student named Ivan, who I, who I just charismatic, intense, you know, we had a very close relationship. I love the kid. And like, I was, he was at the national championship. I was giving him this, this, um, this pep talk. And I was just like firing him up and speaking to him in the way he needed to be spoken to.

And then he was like, he ran off like stoked, fired up to go kick some ass. And then this other kid who was on the team, this beautiful sensitive boy came over and I looked at him with the same energy that I'd just been speaking to Ivan and I brought it to him. And I was like 15 seconds into speaking to him and I looked at his eyes and I realized like this is a disaster. This is terrible.

And then he was like, he ran off like stoked, fired up to go kick some ass. And then this other kid who was on the team, this beautiful sensitive boy came over and I looked at him with the same energy that I'd just been speaking to Ivan and I brought it to him. And I was like 15 seconds into speaking to him and I looked at his eyes and I realized like this is a disaster. This is terrible.

And then he was like, he ran off like stoked, fired up to go kick some ass. And then this other kid who was on the team, this beautiful sensitive boy came over and I looked at him with the same energy that I'd just been speaking to Ivan and I brought it to him. And I was like 15 seconds into speaking to him and I looked at his eyes and I realized like this is a disaster. This is terrible.

And then I stopped. And I like gave him a hug and we like slowed it down. He needed to go in a very different way than Ivan went in.

And then I stopped. And I like gave him a hug and we like slowed it down. He needed to go in a very different way than Ivan went in.

And then I stopped. And I like gave him a hug and we like slowed it down. He needed to go in a very different way than Ivan went in.

But coach, think about how often you see cornermen fucking up fighters.

But coach, think about how often you see cornermen fucking up fighters.

But coach, think about how often you see cornermen fucking up fighters.

Right? Yeah. I mean, so as a coach, I think we have to like put our own egos aside and our idea that we know how one should learn.

Right? Yeah. I mean, so as a coach, I think we have to like put our own egos aside and our idea that we know how one should learn.

Right? Yeah. I mean, so as a coach, I think we have to like put our own egos aside and our idea that we know how one should learn.

Well, I took on this interesting challenge when I broke my back. Because I was already doing this, but I was training people. But when I broke my back, I remember I said, okay, during this healing process, after the year and a half to two years of denial and training through it, when I stopped, I tried to take on training people with the same passion and love that I had for training myself.

Well, I took on this interesting challenge when I broke my back. Because I was already doing this, but I was training people. But when I broke my back, I remember I said, okay, during this healing process, after the year and a half to two years of denial and training through it, when I stopped, I tried to take on training people with the same passion and love that I had for training myself.

Well, I took on this interesting challenge when I broke my back. Because I was already doing this, but I was training people. But when I broke my back, I remember I said, okay, during this healing process, after the year and a half to two years of denial and training through it, when I stopped, I tried to take on training people with the same passion and love that I had for training myself.