Rich Roll

I'm just acknowledging that it's here and I think it's here to stay because it's so consistent with everything else that I'm seeing across the board in culture.

So it's hard for me to think that this is a flash in the pan.

I think this is the spark of something that's going to grow.

And that's deeply concerning to me.

Why do we engage with sports?

to find meaning, to find purpose.

It's not for winning or accomplishments.

It's to grapple with ourselves and in so doing, build self-esteem by confronting discomforts, working through them, accomplishing things, failing, and developing a degree of self-understanding as a consequence of that.

a truthful relationship with yourself.

So if you're struggling with your self-esteem, the solution isn't to go to the Enhanced Games website and get a substance that's going to solve that for you.

That is not the answer.

The answer is you got to grapple with things that are difficult to do.

And taking a shortcut is a cross purposes with the entire aim.

Like you shouldn't be trying to hack your way to figure out how to,

finish a marathon with the least amount of training possible, you're only robbing yourself of the experience.

The journey of getting there, that's the value.

That's the grist for growth.

And these substances, while effective to one degree or another, you have to ask yourself, are they robbing you of the richness of that experience, the whole reason for getting involved in sport to begin with?

Now, I'm sympathetic to like, you know, I'm turning 60 this year.

I want to feel energetic.