WEBVTT - Virtual Training 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:07.680 Welcome to the NFL Legends Podcast, an NFL podcast for 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:12.840 the players, by the players. Here is your host, four 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:22.479 teen year NFL veteran and Hall of Famer A. Nius Williams. Hello, 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:26.239 Welcome to the NFL Legends Podcast. I'm A Nius Williams. 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:31.880 We're hosting our podcast series remotely during this COVID nineteen crisis. 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.000 One of the things that is important for anyone be 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:38.840 at a player, legend are just someone else at home 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:43.680 during this time, is staying active. Our guest today is 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:48.800 NFL legend La Charles Bentley, who has created a virtual 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:53.319 home workout video series that are available online as part 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:57.120 of the NFL Way to Play series. Welcome back, La 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.880 Charles Nis. Thank you for having me a reallyier pre 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.320 say that. Well, the first thing I'd like to ask 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.880 what these videos. If people are able to get to 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:09.240 it and be active with these virtual videos, not only 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:12.640 the current players that you work with, but also people 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:16.760 at home, if they take key to your videos, pay 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.039 attention to them with Charles, the question I would have 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.440 does that mean they are able to uh deform their 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:26.840 bodies into something or what I would call like a 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:32.840 Bentley that fancy car? About that it might turn into 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.840 a kid, but I don't know about a Bentley. Uh well, 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.160 I think what these what these videos, what they're gonna 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.080 do is at least get people, as you mentioned, and 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:45.080 get your back moving and get your back active. And 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:49.040 even for those people that uh people being the fans, 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.920 parents that are going a bit stir crazy and you 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.520 want to just kind of get out here and move 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.640 your body around a little bit, these videos will help 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.640 them as well. The server tremendous purpose in there, and 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.560 they're lives during this current climate there we're in, so 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:07.800 to speak. But they they're supplementary. You know, this is 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:12.000 something that is serving a need that the world has 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.520 at this point in time, and at some point in 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.040 time we get back to some level of normalcy people 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.799 get back into the weight room. But as of right now, 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:21.960 I think this is a great opportunity to get people 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.239 moving or keep athletes moving. You know, one of the 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:28.600 things Charles, you're usually doing off season, you're usually training 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.520 NFL alignment anyway, a lot of them in person, but 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.520 also because of the virtual the videos that you've already done, 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:41.480 it's almost like literally you were set up already and 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:46.640 prepared for this global challenge. To train people. It just 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.880 so happen now it's not just office alignment. But with 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:55.440 these videos, what are you hoping people can get from them? Well, 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.799 I'm hoping the biggest thing is peace of mind, uh, 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.720 knowing that you are in a place where, yes, as 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.880 I said, the world is not exactly where we would 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.079 like it to be right now, but we will get 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.720 back to some level of normalcy. But right now, I 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.040 think it's just important for people to form a mental 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.760 health standpoint, especially just to get their bodies and minds 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.880 active and keep it going. Uh. And I think that 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.840 is really the focal point, and the opportunity that we're 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.240 trying to take advantage of is to serve a need, 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:27.160 and the need is yeah, people are stir crazy. People 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:31.000 don't have the opportunities and the luxuries that you know, 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:35.040 we're used to being afforded. But having an opportunity now, 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.520 uh to just sit at home and still be active, 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.120 that is invaluable. And hopefully, over a period of time, 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.120 as I said, the world will get back to the 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.160 point where we can get back out here and uh 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.760 continue to live our lives under the format that we're 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.720 accustomed to. But as of right now, there's a need 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.640 uh leave these videos, and this content serves that need 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.640 at a very high level. And I think another component 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.520 is this you see so much on social media, you know, 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.720 where people just posting, you know, posting content and just 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:06.320 showing look at what I'm doing, and look at what 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.440 I'm doing without context, And I think that can be 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.480 a bit of a slippery slope where you're not providing 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.880 true programming to individuals. So if I'm gonna show you 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:17.560 how to do a push up or how to do 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:21.200 a bodyweight squad, whatever it may be, I should also 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.960 provide context to that, meaning some sort of roadmap is 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:26.960 gonna get you from point A to point B. Am 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.040 I doing a hunted push ups? Or by doing fifty 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.000 push ups? Or am I gonna change the volume over 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.599 a period of time? And I think that's again what 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:40.400 these videos provided. It gives you a structured program that 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.680 we'll get you from point A to point B. And 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.839 so you've already described some of the content. Is there 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:49.560 are specific videos, you can tell us what they are 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:54.159 and also, uh elaborate a little more what will people 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:58.000 experience as a result of going through those videos? Well, 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.600 in terms of what your experiences is through three phases, 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.120 and I tried to marry the three phases. Uh, these 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:08.120 particular three phases with what happens in our game. So 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:12.120 you're gonna have an isometric, a bandit component, and dynamic. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.360 And relative to football, the isommess my symmetric is the strain. 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.600 So you get into a tackle or a block, you're 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:23.160 gonna strain into that. With the bandit, you're receiving constantention 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.360 or constant load, and that's another element of our game, 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.599 is receiving load. And the last but not least, the 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:34.080 dynamic or explosive part. You don't want to drag yourself 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:35.920 into a block or a tackle when you want to 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.320 drive dynamically through it. So those are the three components 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.760 relative to the training side that you're gonna experience isommetric, 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.840 the bandit, and the dynamic. Now, typically in a weight 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:50.360 room environment, UH, you're gonna be able to receive those 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:54.200 type of stimulus under a squad rack or a power 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.719 clean or whatever it might be. But in this instance, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.839 we're just simply replicating these movements of replicating the stimulus 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.480 through a basic bathtile, a rubber band. And as we 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.599 kind of get further into the system itself, we actually 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.919 end up taking a gallon water jug, filling it halfway 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.880 up and creating a bit of a dumbbell type deal. 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.520 And then week later on put it rubber band through 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.680 it and we create a kettlebell type deal as well. 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:22.599 So what ends up happening over the four week period 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:27.320 is you will experience football type training, but you would 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.440 do so with a very minimal approach. And I think 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:34.320 again that is going to keep athletes ready, uh to 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:38.960 receive and deliver force when the time becomes appropriate. Once again, 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.680 I remember, one of the things you've implemented is what 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.159 my high school coach implemented when when I was a 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.840 freshman high school we didn't have at our schooled to 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.599 budget for the weights in the enormous weight room that 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.400 we've see in a lot of facilities. You were able 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.880 to do these videos look like it required very little 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:02.719 equipment a trainer or non trainable. Also, you've catered it 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:06.720 to just the basic human being, not the elite athlete. 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.400 Tell me about that, Well, that's a that's a great point, uh, 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.240 And this is why part of me feels that the 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.200 time that we're in right now is it's gonna actually 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:20.880 be a positive for young athletes, especially because it gives 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.600 it gives us an opportunity to get back to the basics, 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:29.240 you know, building overall general fitness by getting the heart rate, 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:33.480 of relearning basic movement patterns. That's that's what it takes 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.520 to be a high level athlete. But to your point again, 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:40.600 you know, when you give much more I guess you 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.440 could say equipment and tools and information, it can become 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:48.600 a bit burdensome for individuals to to weed themselves through 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:51.000 what is the most appropriate way, what is the most 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.920 effective way uh to build an athlete? And you hear 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.800 so many different voices and opinions and thought patterns and 0:07:56.880 --> 0:08:01.320 whatnot at schools of thought, that message of getting the 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:06.080 athlete ready to play this game can often become difficult 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.840 to understand and us again burnensome to week through. But 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.360 when you remove and you have to get back to 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.480 the Spartan like mentality or a Spartan type world that 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.280 we're in right now where you have very minimal resources. 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:25.160 Now we get back to that innate human ability to thrive, 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.720 not just thrive, but to survive at a very high level. 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.680 And I think that's what these videos are gonna be 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.280 able to do is It gets us back to that 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.920 base ground level of where our game is truly playing at, 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.760 and that's through general fitness, and that's again getting the 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:45.560 heart rate of relearning basic movement patterns. Uh. Not seeing 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.680 athletes with a bunch of weight on the bar but 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.160 they're doing the movement's wrong. You know, you're gonna give 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:54.160 kids a unique opportunity throughout this time period to really 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.679 build the proper capacity to play this game at a 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.720 high level if we take advantage of it fully. Last 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.800 time you all with me doing a podcast, you talked 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:09.560 about your injuries and finding your purpose training alignment. But 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.640 let's talk about your philosophy during this time many you're 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:16.480 calling a crisis, and the word crisis has a dual meaning. 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.760 One part of it means danger, to other means opportunities. 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.280 When you talked about your injuries and the challenges and 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:27.720 adversity was going through, it seemed to have formed your 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:32.800 philosophy behind what you do, what you're training modules, and 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:37.839 your training. Talk to us about your philosophy, Well, I 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.880 tried to not have a general philosophy because I always 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.800 believe this is that once a person says, well this 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:49.199 is my philosophy, it means that you aren't willing to adapt. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:53.600 So I guess my philosophy is to stay fluid. Now, 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.680 there are some experiences that I have that are unique 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.079 that allows me to think maybe a little bit differently 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.960 than some. I think that that's unique to all of 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.040 us based on our experiences. That's the culmination of who 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.200 we are as people. But relative to how I go 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:12.360 about developing athletes, the the philosophy or the fluidity in 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:16.120 that philosophy is just said, for this focus on the necessities, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.440 eliminate the fluff, and if you can develop the person 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.760 that after it becomes infinitely easier to develop. So this 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.800 time period that we're in right now, it really feeds 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:30.000 right into the first two premises. Two basis of what 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.680 I believe is you have to eliminate the fluff and 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:36.600 focus on the necessities because we don't have the access, 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:40.000 uh to all of the extra stuff that we used 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.920 to dealing with in and and and player development and 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:46.120 human performance and whatnot. So with all that being said, yes, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.520 my experiences of the past have built how I think, 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.439 and I think how I think sort of fits perfectly 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.200 into where we are. Uh. But what that being said, 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.800 even once the world gives back to a sense of 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:03.200 almost say, I feel that on a personal level it 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:06.520 would just be much more invigorating and I'll be much 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:10.439 more appreciative of what you're used as a set accustomed 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:16.040 to happen. Here's the thought, we all rightfless. So we're 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:19.120 required now and encouraged to stay home. So a lot 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.880 of people are at home. You've geared a lot of 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:24.199 your module and your training obviously to be able to 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.040 do this at home. Getting back to the basis, it's 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.960 interesting when we're able to get outside, a lot of 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.040 times we may have found ourselves being busy but not 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:38.160 yet productive. Now challs were required to stay home, it's 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:43.000 easy to be unproductive wasting time. So you said, if 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:48.880 you build the person that will correspond to building an athlete. 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.960 How are you encourage people to actually what kind of 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.640 mindset do they need to have to even stay consistent 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.000 in not waste time video games, not just waste time 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:05.640 watching Benjing on programs. Tell me about that. It's funny 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:10.360 you say that it's a whole I just instituted a 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.480 rule in the home because all of my kids are 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.600 at home. My six six kids, five boys, one girl, 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:19.160 and the oldest is sixteen or the youngest is five, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.840 so you get everything in between. And I found, uh, 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:29.800 the environment becoming to becoming conducive to them not being productive. Yes, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:33.040 they have the little online school that they have to do, 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.480 but you know they're they're done with that in ten 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:37.920 minutes and then they have the whole day to figure 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:39.600 out what to do. And so what I saw is 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:43.319 everyone's spending much more time on the iPads and YouTube 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.800 and social media, and even myself, you see yourself starting 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.320 to slide it down that that rabbit hole of spending 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:53.760 more time on social media, more time watching Netflix. I 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:57.160 think I watched The Tiger King in one day. Uh, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.400 I think I watched two or three other two three 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.760 other series like it just one sitting. Not granted they 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:07.640 were really interesting, but nonetheless that's not exactly how you 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.080 stay productive. So what I've done is I've now mandated 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:15.120 that our kids now have to read parts of parts 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.920 of one book every night and then have to do 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.640 a one page report on it before they go to bed. Now, 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.920 in terms of how that would manifest itself in terms 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.520 of general population, I think we have to be wise 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.040 with how we're using our time and making sure that 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.920 that time isn't just being spent on social media, It's 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.720 not just being spent in front of the TV. But 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.960 pick up a book that you may have been putting 0:13:38.960 --> 0:13:41.600 off and you wanna you want to read. Uh. You know, 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.640 there's so many other activities. Like I found, I've just 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.720 really discovered myself that I have no hobbies. Uh, And 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.600 this is a problem. My hobbies have been revolving around 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:55.000 the business and revolving around my kids, and you know, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:59.120 I'm like, I have nothing that really interests me outside 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.040 of that. But you know, I'm trying to not pick 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.600 up a hobby. My daughter now, she's big into uh, 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.520 the the legos that have this robotic type lego system 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.000 that she has, and I'm trying to help her with 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:14.920 that and get into that. So I'm discovering more about 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.080 my family. I'm discovering more about myself. But to your point, 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.120 I think that we have to be open to that discovery. 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.080 We can't allow this time to consume us. We can't 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.640 allow this time uh to use us as much as 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:32.160 we should be using this time. And how different has 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.920 it been. You've homeschooled your children, so this setting of 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.760 being at home as at least as students they're used to. 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.520 So what's been the biggest challenge now in keeping them 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:47.440 motivated now that it's not just I'm home for school, 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.880 but we're home for a while. That's a great question. 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.520 The biggest challenge has been they got a taste of 0:14:54.520 --> 0:15:00.760 regular school and so so now they got that, they 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.000 got that taste and they're like, you know what, we 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:07.480 kind of like this and now having this additional time, 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:09.840 you know, and it has been a bit of an 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.640 adjustment for them. Although for the first five years or 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:17.520 so they've all been homeschooled. H but now they got 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.200 into that rhythm of hanging out with friends and and 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.520 that social element of school and uh, you know that 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.760 just typical school routine, and I think they really began 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:32.000 to enjoy it. So now that they can't experience that, 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.960 it was a little bit woe is Me type of 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.200 persona that they all kind of took on. And that's 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.560 where the social media and the YouTube and they're gonna 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:43.040 kind of just lounge around. Uh, they really got adapted 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.320 to that. But you know, we gotta break that happen, 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.080 not to let them get too comfortable with that. As 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:52.400 we trans transition back to the actual legend. One of 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:56.560 the things I noticed about legends we worked out, but 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.880 a lot of times to workout was because we wanted 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:05.600 to ball out. And now when we're legends now, instead 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:10.600 of training being a part of our lifestyle, it's been 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:16.200 stopped because now our legends are saying, man, I don't 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.240 want structure. I don't I don't want being a weight room. 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:20.920 I just want to do what I want to do. 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:26.800 How do you motivate legends to make fitness, stand in shape, 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.320 taking care of their their bodies, make that a part 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.240 of their lifestyle. How do you motivate them to make 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.240 it a part of the lifestyle now that they're no 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:40.640 longer training to do their jobs. You know. I think 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.440 that's a that's some layered discussion. I think it's a 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.080 little bit difficult, you know, but you have to get 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.680 to the base of it. I think part of the 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:55.280 issue with that is many legends, uh post career, we 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:57.800 we now want to take ownership of our lives, so 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:00.680 to speak, because we were so accustomed to both telling 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.600 us what to do. You have to work out at 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.960 this time, we have to be here at this particular time, 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.000 and now that we don't have that structure, you know, 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.200 and you know I don't want to do that because 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.119 I don't have to do that. And I think the 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.439 biggest shift that we have to make is, you know, 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.560 at one point in time, yes, we trained because we 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.560 wanted to be the best player we could be, But 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.840 oftentimes we trained because we didn't want to get in trouble. 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:25.919 Either we wanted to stay in good graces of the 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.160 coaches or the team, or the organization or whatever may 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.000 may or not have been. But in this instance, I 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.680 think the good graces you want to stay in is 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.159 good graces of you. How you wake up in the 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.280 morning and you roll yourself out of that bad How 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.800 do you want to feel when you look into the mirror, 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:42.680 How do you want to feel about the person looking 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:44.919 back at you when you play with your kids? How 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:46.439 do you want to feel? How do you want your 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.760 kids and your wife to look at you. I think 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.320 that is something that we have to take ownership of 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.000 because no one is going to mandate, uh that we 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.239 take ownership of that. But that's something again that we 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.679 all have that inside of us. That and we decide 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.800 to do something, you know, we do it at the 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.120 highest level possible, but we have to take and make 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.840 that that initial take that initial step and make that 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:12.560 choice to take ownership of it. Uh, it's no longer 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.639 I'm doing this because of I want to be the 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.520 best player, because I don't want to coach to be 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:20.240 on my butt. I'm doing this because I want to 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.160 do it for me. I want to do it for 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:24.159 my kids, I want to do it for my wife. 0:18:24.480 --> 0:18:27.359 I think that's a shift in mindset that we have 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:29.320 to take it, and we have to eventually get gods 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:34.159 to that point. Dealing with the mental mindset that obviously 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:36.199 you have to develop. And I remember being on the 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.439 podcast with your last time. You talked about what it 0:18:39.520 --> 0:18:43.280 took to go through the rehab, to go through the monotony, 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:46.720 the tedious things that you have to do. What should 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:51.440 the mental mindset be during this time? Now, little Charles, 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:55.000 how does a person when you rehab that's adversity. Now 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:59.160 we're staying home. Sometimes we don't know when things will 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:01.480 get back to our our old normal, or if it 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:06.600 ever will. What should now from your experience, how did 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:10.560 you develop the mental toughness that was needed to not 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:14.000 only get through to rehab successfully get back on the field, 0:19:14.640 --> 0:19:17.399 but also how did you translate that to to life, 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.160 and how would you encourage legends to build that mental toughness. 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:25.280 You know, that's a little tough to answer because all 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:30.120 of us are in different seasons of our lives, and 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:34.880 all of us have different anxieties and and and pressures 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.520 that were under So I'm not sure if there's a 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:41.760 true one size fits all approach. But speaking from my 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:46.640 personal experiences, you know, I knew that my worst case 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:50.719 scenario was Okay, you can't play football anymore, a right 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.560 relative to life in the grand scheme of life, you know, 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.600 that's really not that big of a deal. But if 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:01.400 I take that same uh reality, and I now put 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:04.520 it into a situation where it's, hey, you may not 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:08.080 be able to feed your kids tomorrow morning, that's a 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:13.640 completely different level a different again level of desperation and 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.520 and experience at that point in time. But I think 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:20.000 the one thing that kind of oversets all of that 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:25.120 is your faith. You know, how is your faith, how 0:20:25.200 --> 0:20:29.159 strong is your faith? And knowing that even through the 0:20:29.160 --> 0:20:32.320 worst and the best of situations, things are generally going 0:20:32.359 --> 0:20:35.800 to work out on your behalf. And I think this 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:39.640 right now is a unique experience for all of us. 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:43.159 But again, what's unique for me is different from what 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.680 may be unique and traumatic for someone else. But at 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.440 the end of the day, my faith is being tested 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:52.000 in areas that are important to me. But I think 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:54.280 other people's faith are going to be tested in areas 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.119 that are more important personal to them. But at the 0:20:57.200 --> 0:20:59.280 end of the day, the common thread is still going 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.120 to be the faith that faith word. So I think 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:06.000 that the mindset UH is going to be rooted in 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:09.320 your faith and how much faith and how much faith 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.880 do you truly have to be able to get yourself 0:21:12.920 --> 0:21:16.160 and your circumstances back to the point that you want 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:20.480 to envision them being as ironic. As we close it out, 0:21:21.119 --> 0:21:24.240 they can find your videos to be also found youth 0:21:24.320 --> 0:21:28.959 football dot NFL dot com. Is that correct? Correct? And 0:21:29.000 --> 0:21:32.120 as you're closing out, you mentioned faith. I actually shared 0:21:32.200 --> 0:21:37.360 a message in doing these type of opportunities, I call them. 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:39.920 There's a time I had a football in my hand 0:21:39.920 --> 0:21:43.040 and the football I reference as my faith La Charles, 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:46.080 And as I started sharing this message, I dropped the ball. 0:21:46.400 --> 0:21:50.000 I fumbled it and I said, a lot of times 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:54.359 when people go through things, they end up fundling their faith. 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:59.440 I said, but this is the time now where your 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:04.280 faith is tested. Now, this is this is like, it's 0:22:04.320 --> 0:22:09.479 just like our training. We could be trained professionals, trained 0:22:09.480 --> 0:22:13.399 professionals in the weight room, practice field. But when you 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:17.399 told a story about going against that office alignment and 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.600 how that impacted you traumatically and how you had to 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:24.959 get through, well, guess what your faith was tested in 0:22:25.000 --> 0:22:28.400 this case as it relates to being on the football field. 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:31.960 You experienced something that you had never experienced. And even 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:36.640 though you had heard about this guy, you had heard 0:22:36.680 --> 0:22:39.320 it because faith comes by hearing, right, So you had 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:43.719 heard about this guy, but you hadn't experienced him. And 0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:47.119 then when you it was awesome because you told the story. 0:22:47.400 --> 0:22:49.359 And I don't want to go back into it, but 0:22:49.480 --> 0:22:53.280 it was a player defensive player that your veteran teammates 0:22:53.320 --> 0:22:56.560 had told you about, I'm sorry, veteran office alignment and 0:22:56.720 --> 0:22:59.800 told you about to be prepared. But you being that 0:23:00.119 --> 0:23:04.199 youngster young in your faith. If I'm using football metaphor right, 0:23:04.800 --> 0:23:07.880 and then now you experience it right and next day 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:12.040 you know your faith was tested. And at a moment 0:23:12.119 --> 0:23:15.719