Ryan Leak

You never know whose mom is in the crowd.

I just consistently try to give my best in whatever room I'm in.

It could be a boardroom.

It could be an arena.

It could be a church.

It doesn't matter.

I just try to give my best and it's helped me build a pretty great career.

I get asked to do all sorts of stuff.

You know, I just, again, stay ready so you don't got to get ready.

And I work with a lot of athletes right before games.

And so you have a very short window of time to impact them and give them a thought that doesn't throw them off, but inspires them to play, but also gives them something to chew on about their life.

And it's difficult, but I think it's a muscle that I've just tried to

to work on over the years.

And I think the more you do it, the better you get at it.

One of the things that I think is vitally important for a professional athlete, it could be a coach or a player, is got to have fun.

Got to have fun.

Sometimes the check is so large, the media pressure, all of these talks around the sport, what it can do is actually suck the life out

out of what used to be how you got started was you went to a park where kids go and you have fun.

Now you're a businessman.

Now you're a businesswoman.