Full Transcript for Fundamentals Over Flash: How Discipline Creates Freedom and Builds a Resilient Kid

Coach Mason, my AAU coach. 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:21.759 Then Coach Dan kind of taught us it's like tough love for basketball. 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:22.319 Yeah. 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.720 And then uh Coach Shane Samway is Coach Dan. 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:27.360 Okay. 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:29.920 But they're totally different coaching styles, right? 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:30.399 Yes. 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.680 So tell us about the very first time you met Coach Dan. 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:37.360 Coach Dan, I wanted to leave practice that first day. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.519 I did not want to be around that guy. 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:40.240 Yeah. 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.240 Well, what about the second day? 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:48.399 I wanted to go back because I felt like I got better each and every day and every year that I went to his camp. 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:49.040 Yeah. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:59.600 And so for listeners at home, and just to kind of paint the picture, the first time we went to Coach Dan's practice, we get there and Coach Dan is very strict. 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:06.160 He's about fundamentals and really learning each piece of basketball before you put it together. 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.560 And in that first practice, there were probably 40 kids. 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:14.160 And when we left practice, Kazel said, I don't want to do that again. 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.279 And I said, Buddy, that is real basketball. 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.399 That is somebody that is passionate about teaching you the game. 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:25.519 And I said, reality is over half these kids won't show back up next time, so we're going. 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:33.120 And the next the next uh practice we went to, sure enough, there were maybe 10 kids in that practice. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.319 And we went to that practice every single time. 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:41.360 And unfortunately, it didn't happen this year uh due to some scheduling conflicts. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:47.439 But uh Castle always asks about Coach Dan's practice because he absolutely got better because of it. 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:52.160 And, you know, the kids, the kids that show up for that practice, they get a lot better, don't they? 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:52.879 Yeah. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:06:03.279 So we in there was a kid that we played with and he was a grade younger than me, and uh he went to I saw him before he started with Coach Dan. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:09.120 He sat the bench the entire time, and I saw him play like half of the game. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:15.439 Maybe not e probably not even that much, and not even half, maybe like a fourth. 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:25.439 He only had like a few minutes, and then after he played he he was averaging thirty minutes a game. 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:27.680 Oh wow, that's a big difference. 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:36.720 So because basketball is such a big part of your world these days, if you could play one-on-one with one player, who would that be? 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.360 I would rather do a like two-on-two. 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:43.920 Okay. 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:50.160 Me and Wenbenyama versus uh Jordan and Kobe. 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:51.680 Oh, alright. 00:06:51.920 --> 00:07:02.959 Because if Win Ben Yama just lifts me up on his shoulders, they can't really block that, and it's not traveling because Wenbinyama doesn't have the ball and I didn't move my feet. 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.079 I get it, but I I gotta believe Kobe and and Michael are gonna come out on top on that one. 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:08.560 Yeah. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:09.279 Yeah. 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.800 But what an amazing game it would be to see. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.600 Right? 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:14.240 Yeah. 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:15.120 Alright. 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.240 Uh, who would you say is a good role model for you? 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.079 Who do you look up to? 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:27.600 I might have to think about that for a second. 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:28.560 That's totally fine. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:30.480 We might have to come back to that one? 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:30.720 Yeah. 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.160 Okay, we can come back to that. 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:38.240 Um now, one of the things that you get to do with me every once in a while is you get to go to car lunch. 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:42.639 So for anybody that doesn't know what that is, why don't you explain what that what that is? 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:59.439 Uh people that have a lot of money and a lot of cars, they come and have lunch, and it's really cool to see even in the rain, somebody can bring a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:05.680 In the thunderstorms, somebody can bring the most amazing types of cars. 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:06.319 Yeah. 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.560 And what what about what about the lunch itself? 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:09.600 What about the conversations? 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:10.639 What about the people? 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.720 Um what the people are pretty fun. 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:15.839 Yeah. 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:16.800 Yeah. 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:19.519 Anything else? 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:20.639 No, not really. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:21.519 No, not really. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:22.000 Okay. 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:22.639 All right. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:29.199 So I know that one of the things that you want to do this year is you want to work the sports desk at Sycamore. 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:29.439 Yeah. 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:30.879 So tell me a little bit about that. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:44.720 So we get to interview people that play on the sports teams uh the section that I would be doing, I would be interview interviewing the boys' parts of the team. 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:58.960 So baseball, basketball, football, golf, um, and then sharing what happened

in the games that uh last night or that evening that somebody might have not seen or missed. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:08:59.600 Cool. 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.919 And one of your friends does that right now, right? 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:02.399 Yeah. 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:06.159 So my f my uh best friend call his older brother. 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:12.559 His older brother does it, and uh he did it last year, so that was pretty cool. 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:14.000 And that saw me. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.360 I I saw that and I knew I wanted to do that. 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:17.919 Okay. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:24.159 And so is that something you try out for, or is it something that uh you gotta what how how does that work? 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.440 I don't really know. 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.120 I think you just sign up. 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:27.519 Okay. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.440 And you write you write something, I guess. 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:32.720 I'm not really sure. 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:33.200 Okay. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:34.879 Well, we gotta get that figured out, right? 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:35.279 Yeah. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:35.840 Okay. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:42.639 And is that something you do in seventh and eighth grade, or what it's for sixth graders, seventh graders, and eighth graders. 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:43.120 Okay. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.039 And how many people do that? 00:09:45.360 --> 00:10:03.840 Uh last year, so you have like a camera producer, an editor, uh, like two other cameramen, a director, and then everybody that talks, um, and then like we'll do news around our hometown. 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:10.879 So you have people that like go out there, and then the cameramen that do that, the reporters, all that kind of stuff. 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:12.080 Okay, cool. 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:25.039 Well, you know, one of the things that we talk about quite a bit, uh, whether that is uh CrossFit or whether it's us playing pickleball or whether it's basketball or working out, um, we talk quite a bit about health. 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:25.840 Yes. 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:38.879 And so what would you uh what would you say is the difference maybe between the lunches that you pack for yourself or the breakfast that you make for yourself versus maybe something that you see other kids eating? 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:47.919 Uh Takis, talkies, hot Cheetos, Doritos, Fritos, Cheetos, fried corn, chips. 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.480 Hang on, you eat all those things? 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:52.240 No, no, no, no, no. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:11:02.559 For breakfast, I usually have eggs, maybe like a waffle occasionally, more like eggs and bacon, or eggs and like half a piece of toast. 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:18.159 And then the lunches that I see at school are cereal and then um not organic fruits or juices, or uh like low quality almost or expired milk. 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:19.759 Expired milk? 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:20.399 Yeah. 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:22.720 I've had expired milk before. 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:24.879 That doesn't sound good. 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.919 All right. 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:27.519 Well, let's not do that. 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.799 Ew. 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:36.320 Um, and then you you you were actually saying this on the way over here. 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:37.759 So what is the reaction? 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.840 Because you said you had tried a taki before. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:42.559 What does what does a taki actually do to you? 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:56.720 So my back actually turns red and my like it starts to sweat, and so do my like neck and the whole back of my my back, my neck, all that starts to heat up and get really red. 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.200 Yeah. 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:04.000 I think I think you're just because we don't do a whole lot of processed food, I think it's just your body's like, oh, get that out of here. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.759 No, don't let that in here. 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.240 Um, so walk everybody through. 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.799 What what is your normal routine in the morning? 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.600 Like, like tell them about what time you get up. 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.679 So I I usually get up at 5.30 or 5.45. 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.840 If I'm tired the night before, then I'll sleep till about six. 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.759 I usually wake up, I'll either take a shower. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:30.240 If I was really cold or I didn't sleep good, that helps me wake up. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:40.879 And then um I usually get dressed, fix my hair, brush my teeth, uh, do all kind of the normal stuff that people do in the morning. 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:56.480 And then um I'll probably put on some different clothes and um lift some weights downstairs and then come up in about 10-15 minutes and then put on what I'm gonna wear to school. 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:07.120 Uh uh me and my mom make some breakfast sometimes, and then uh she sometimes makes my lunch for me, which I really appreciate. 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:18.480 Um sometimes I'll make it and then uh at the end of the morning I can watch TV as soon as I have like all my important things done. 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.039 Okay. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:19.919 All right. 00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:24.720 And you know, a lot of kids play a lot of video games. 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:30.080 They and not that you don't play some video games, but a lot of kids play a lot of video games way into the night. 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.159 Uh, don't get proper amounts of sleep. 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:33.679 Well what time do you go to bed? 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:40.879 I go to bed in the summer, it's been a little rough since we've done car shows and basketball and things like that. 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.480 But on a school night, I'm between 8 30 and 9. 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:51.759 And then, like I

said, I get up at 5 45, 5 30, 6 o'clock, just so that I'm up, ready to go. 00:13:51.759 --> 00:14:01.279 When most kids are waking up 10 minutes till school, they're just throwing some clothes on, uh, grabbing a Pop Tart out the door on the bus. 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:02.960 Oh, Pop Tarts. 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:05.519 My arch nemesis. 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:16.559 So I remember a game we used to play when we were trying to really kind of trying to teach you about the importance of of food and and that kind of stuff. 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:21.360 And uh, I don't remember how we started this thing, but what did we used to do? 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.639 We would go into HG Hills. 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:29.600 So we'd go into HG Hills and we'd go grab our stuff and we'd always go down the Pop Tart aisle. 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:37.919 And it was whoever found the most amount of carbs or added sugars on the back of the Pop Tart got something. 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.600 I don't remember what it was. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:46.960 I think it was like um like the little toy dirt bikes that we used to get from like O'Reilly's or that kind of stuff. 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:53.600 It was if I if I won like a bunch of rounds, I could get one of those or a truck from Tractor Supply. 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:54.320 Yep. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:15:02.159 And what what was the what was the like most sugar or highest carbs, just terrible Pop Tart situation? 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:12.960 So I think it got discontinued or something, but I think there was I I don't really remember it. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:18.399 I think it was like strawberry frosted milkshake. 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:27.279 And it was like 91 91 carbs for uh a pack of two. 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:28.080 Yeah. 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.120 That's that's a real good way to start your day, right? 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.240 Yeah, great. 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:32.879 Great. 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:41.360 Uh well, speaking of the the uh toy motorcycles, I remember when you were a little guy, and back then, yeah. 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:43.679 Teeny tiny tiny teeny. 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:45.279 Teeny tiny tiny teeny. 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:49.039 Well, I remember I I used to travel quite a bit for work. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:16:06.879 And one day I got to my hotel and I opened up my suitcase, and you had packed me some motorcycles in my in my suitcase, so that uh when I called to say goodnights that evening, uh we could uh play motorcycles together. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:08.159 I remember that. 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:15.759 I think I remember doing that a couple more times, but like I still I still play with those toy motorcycles. 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.440 Yep, that's fun. 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:31.759 And then one of the times, you know, um because we kind of raised you to be a little bit older than you are or act a little older than you are, um, you know, I think you were maybe one when I bought you

your first first motorcycle. 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:33.440 Oh, yeah, I remember that. 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.559 I it's I don't know. 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.279 I don't know that you remember. 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.240 No, no, but I I remember the like the seeing the pictures. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:39.840 Yeah, absolutely. 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:43.120 And so you rode dirt bikes early. 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:45.919 Um oh, here's a fun story. 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:52.240 What about the time you just tried to submarine your no, no, no, no, no, no. 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.559 We are not talking about that today. 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.600 All right, we'll save that for the for the for the next podcast. 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:14.400 Um last year, you got you got a pretty pretty nice thing, pretty uh pretty big deal for uh starting summer. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.440 Do you remember what that was? 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.440 It was my razor, wasn't it? 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.000 Uh-huh. 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.920 Yeah, because I got it on the last day of school. 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:40.400 You told me we were going to the shop that uh does our um that fixes them, and I didn't know this, but a couple of days before you had to go pick it up, and so I went to go hang out with a friend, and I had no idea why I was doing this. 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:46.319 And um my grandpa almost ruined it because he was like, Did you get your new razor yet? 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.319 And I was like, What new razor? 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:58.400 And so sure enough, the last day of school, we go to the shop and uh they're like, Can you start that up? 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.680 And I was like, Yeah, easy. 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.720 Hand me the keys. 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:04.799 So I get in there and I start it, and they were like, Why don't you just go ahead and pull it out? 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:07.440 And I was like, Isn't this somebody else's? 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:13.599 And they were like, Go ahead and pull it up on the trailer, and I was like, Why am I pulling it up on our trailer? 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:18.000 And then they ended up telling me after we got it strapped down that it was mine. 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.720 Yep. 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.319 And who who was there? 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:25.039 It was me, you, uh, my mom, Mr. 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:26.559 Jason, and Mr. 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.200 Mitch. 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.839 Okay. 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.400 Mr. 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:29.359 Mitch and uh Mr. 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:30.720 Jason are pretty cool, aren't they? 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.240 Really cool, yeah. 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.079 Um, all right. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:44.160 So what do you think is something that parents or adults don't understand about being a kid these days? 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.559 What do you mean by that? 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.279 I don't know. 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.960 Just whatever you think it means. 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:51.279 Can you ask that question one more time? 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:51.759 Yeah. 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:59.440 What do you what would you what's something that you think maybe adults or parents don't understand about being a kid, maybe being a middle schooler these days? 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:09.519 Just take the console away, make him put him on a bike. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.200 Okay, all right. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.640 So how come? 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:26.799 Uh so I actually had a sleepover with a friend a couple of nights ago, and um we were just kind of sitting inside, we were watching TV, playing with the dogs, and he was like, You wanna go outside? 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:28.559 And I was like, Yeah, sure. 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:36.960 And so ended up, we just kinda just kind of like sat around in the garage and I was like, You want to go ride bikes? 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.160 And he was like, sure. 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:52.640 So he hopped on his e-scooter and I hopped on the bike, and we rode ten and a half miles on bike and e-scooter, and I realized how much fun I was having with my friend. 00:19:52.640 --> 00:20:00.000 Uh, we got to talk, we got to ride to uh places that we had never gone before in that neighborhood. 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:08.160 So I just thought that that was really fun to be able to um just be outside and ride bikes together. 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:08.880 Yeah. 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:14.799 And so, you know, obviously you get a lot of your friends, they they play a lot of video games. 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:33.759 Um, a lot of uh sleepovers or going to hang out with friends just end up with it being a lot of video games versus sometimes or some some uh people you hang out with, uh, it's a lot of playing basketball or riding bikes or that kind of stuff, playing outside. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:36.319 What what do you think is the main difference? 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:40.480 Or what do you tell me which one you like better? 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:50.079 I think since we had so much fun riding bikes together, and when we used to live in a neighborhood, we would have races all the time, which was really fun. 00:20:50.079 --> 00:21:09.920 Um, but I think sometimes when I'm at a sleepover where they just want to play video games, I kind of get caught up in that, and so we end up spending like the entire night before we have to go to sleep and the entire morning playing it, and we just never really did anything fun or productive. 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:18.559 Like we didn't go go outside, we didn't ride bikes, we didn't uh if they have uh pets, we didn't play with them. 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.440 Yeah. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:36.799 Um and so one one of the things that I'm very proud of you on is if if you if you're somewhere and they're just playing video games or um you don't want to be there anymore, you will call

me. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.519 Yep. 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:46.079 And so maybe there's a kid out there right now that's watching, or maybe there's an adult um that maybe they don't have that relationship. 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:51.440 Maybe their son is not or their or their daughter's not willing to call and say, Hey, I'm ready to come home. 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:53.200 Uh, what would you tell them? 00:21:54.559 --> 00:22:01.039 I mean, some nights when I'm at a sleepover, at like I didn't Want to do it. 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.079 I had a sleepover with my friend, and we were having a lot of fun. 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:24.079 We went down in the creek that he has, and uh we built a fort down there that was super fun, and it got to be about 10:30, 11, and I was getting ready for bed, and he was watching TV, and so I can't sleep with the TV on. 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:26.480 I like it to be dark, quiet. 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:29.200 I like to listen to like rain sounds. 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:32.559 I know some people find comfort in that, and so do I. 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:40.960 And he just wanted to watch TV until he passed out or fell asleep, and that's just not really what I like to do. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:44.559 So I gave you a call and you came and picked me up. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.279 Yeah. 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.960 Well, and and so that's one of the things, and I I'll give a shout out to Mr. 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.160 Bobby Hopkins. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:23:04.799 Uh, and Bobby was very forward on the podcast about how if he always wanted his son to understand that no matter what, he could call him, no matter when it was, how late it was, how early it was, and he would come and get him. 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:39.279 And I would encourage every parent out there, uh, whether it is a code that they text you, or whether it's they're willing to give you a phone call, no matter what, uh, but but have that relationship with your son or your daughter, that they feel comfortable calling you to pick them up so that they are not in a situation that they don't want to be in, even if it's just that they're not going to get good sleep and be productive the next day, um, because that's a habit or that's a uh a feeling of comfort of being able to call you that they will carry on into more difficult uh situations later in life. 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:46.640 Um if you could design a video game, what would it be? 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.440 Probably a racing game. 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.039 I really like racing. 00:23:53.039 --> 00:24:07.599 Uh I I'm trying to get like a racing steering wheel that hooks up because uh I'm not old enough to have a driver's license and I've got a razor that's only in the backyard of my grandparents' house. 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:19.440 But uh with this, you know, I can kinda sit down, but still, you know, like I don't play shooting games because I know that I can get addicted more to that. 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:27.680 Um, but racing games I can drive even though like I can't drive in the real world. 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.960 Okay, all right. 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.640 Uh, but you have started learning how to drive a five-speed, right? 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:34.480 Yes, it's very complicated. 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.440 It's very complicated. 00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.559 I do not like it. 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.359 You don't like it? 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.599 No. 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.480 Are you kidding me right now? 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.039 Not yet. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.920 Not yet, at least. 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.880 Okay, all right. 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:42.400 And what are you driving? 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:49.920 Uh B and W Z3, 1997, no. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.119 1999. 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.599 Uh-huh. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.079 Okay. 00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:54.240 I couldn't remember if it was 99 or 97. 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.039 All good. 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.839 All good. 00:24:55.839 --> 00:25:04.720 Um, and you know, there's very few cars these days that are manuals, but I do think that it's important for everybody to know how to drive a stick shift. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.839 So that's that's fun. 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:07.599 That's a project we've been working on. 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:19.599 And then um if you could pick your own hype song for you to come out into basketball or to CrossFit, whatever, what would it be? 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:27.839 The uh the theme song from Space Jam, the original one where Michael Jordan, uh the Space Jam song. 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.559 I love that. 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.599 Okay, all right. 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.400 I like it. 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:38.240 Um, we we talk about cars quite a bit just because of the the work that I do and uh some of the people that we know. 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:43.839 What do you think your first vehicle is going to be? 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:54.559 Uh I want a F-150 platinum or limited uh white with chrome. 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.160 I think that looks pretty good. 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.799 Okay. 00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:58.720 Good deal. 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:07.839 And then um for for kids maybe out there that have not had a job yet, uh, so last year you had a you had a job. 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.440 What were what were you doing last year? 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.559 Mowing grass. 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.440 Mowing grass. 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.839 And what did you learn through that experience? 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:22.880 That it might not be the best career pick, but it it was I I had some money at the end of the season. 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.440 Okay. 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.000 All right. 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.160 And so who did you work with? 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:28.079 I worked with Mr. 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.359 Paul Davis.

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:37.920 I mowed his grass uh every other week for $120 for like three or four hours of work. 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.720 Yep. 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:48.079 And so what's what's different about kind of owning your own business versus maybe working for somebody else, say like at the grocery store or something? 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:55.119 So at the grocery store, you get paid commission or um wage. 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:59.839 When you have your own business, you decide how much you get paid. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:05.200 As an entrepreneur, you can get paid a lot of money, a little money, or in the middle. 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:09.839 When you work for somebody, you they decide how you get paid. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:15.759 So the difference is you get to decide how you get paid versus somebody else deciding how you get paid. 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.640 And and but you do something a little bit different. 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:21.200 So you had to you had to talk to Mr. 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:24.559 Paul, you had to schedule those, you had to walk the yard with him. 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.160 So how was it working with Mr. 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.880 Paul? 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:40.880 It was not like anything I've ever done before, but it definitely taught me like things that if I want to do or want to have a business in the future, that I have to do those things. 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.160 Yeah, like what? 00:27:42.480 --> 00:28:06.799 Um talking to them, like being clear about it, um, saying what um telling them uh the truth, like honesty, if I can't make it, if uh I'll have to do it uh on a different day than I usually uh don't, like if it's during the week or on the weekend, um that kinds of things. 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.359 Okay. 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:10.960 And uh they put a lot of trust in you, then didn't they? 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:11.920 They did. 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:25.599 So um it was we had to like clear up some trees, uh create like almost a burn pile, we keep the yard looking good, uh, that kinds of thing. 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.240 Okay. 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:30.559 Um what is your favorite thing at CrossFit? 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.039 Deadlifts. 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.759 Deadlifts? 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.960 Or back squats? 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.599 Okay. 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.319 All right. 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:42.480 And what is the most fun day you've had at CrossFit? 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:45.359 Or what's the most fun thing you've ever done at CrossFit? 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.839 Probably rope climbs. 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.640 Rope climbs? 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.200 Okay. 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:51.119 You also do Spartan races too, right? 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.599 Yes. 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.319 What's the what's the fun thing about Spartan races? 00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.000 They're not really fun, they're just really challenging. 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.559 Okay. 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.599 So why is it important to to challenge yourself? 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.400 Get out of your comfort zone, I guess. 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.960 I mean, I don't really like doing them. 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.200 They're not really my favorite. 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.640 Um, but I do. 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.519 Okay. 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.319 All right. 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:30.559 Um, now I brag on you a lot of times in that um you probably know more about money than anybody your age, and I would even say probably more than most high school and or college kids. 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:33.599 So tell me about investing. 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.160 What do you mean? 00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:41.759 Like just if you were to buy a stock or investing in a company. 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:45.759 Tell me about tell me tell me about investing in your Roth IRA. 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:52.960 So your Roth is a uh like a money market that's not tax deductible, right? 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:55.279 Well, you don't pay taxes on it when it grows. 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.799 Yeah, that's what I meant. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:03.440 Um so whenever I retire, that's X amount of money that's in there. 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:09.839 And when you're 18, it's we it's best to start it when you're younger than me. 00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:20.960 Um, but you want to start it in between like as soon as you're three to eighteen because that'll let it grow even more to whenever you retire. 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.759 Yep. 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:32.240 And uh, you know, when we first started talking about investments, uh, we talked about a friend of ours was looking at buying a new truck. 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:39.039 And if he'd put that money into his Roth IRA instead of buying the new truck, do you remember how big a difference that was? 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:43.519 It was like a 40 or $20,000 truck, I can't remember. 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:48.559 And it would be like two million by the time he retired at like age 68. 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.160 Yep, you're exactly right. 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:55.920 So do you want the truck for two million dollars or do you want two million dollars in the future? 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.720 That's right. 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.359 That's right. 00:30:57.359 --> 00:31:00.559 So the future cost was was pretty significant. 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.920 Um, well, so we're we're kind of wrapping up here. 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:06.160 What what do you think the future looks like for you? 00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.079 What do you what are you excited about? 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:15.359 Um having my own business because I want to I want to be able to go to things like car lunch and car shows. 00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:19.759 I want to have I wanna be able to um have nice things. 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.400 Okay. 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.839 And what do you

what are you excited about for this year? 00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:25.519 What are you excited about coming up? 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:35.839 Uh definitely seeing if um what I can do, I guess. 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:41.279 So if I can get stronger, get better at basketball. 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.240 Okay. 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:44.480 And those two kind of go together, right? 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.160 Yes. 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.960 Yeah. 00:31:46.960 --> 00:32:02.160 Um and I ask everybody that's on the show if they were gonna pick four people to bowl in an event for that with them to raise as much money for charity as possible, who would they want on their bowling team? 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.119 And so who would you want on your bowling team? 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.680 So just like four people on my team? 00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.480 Yeah. 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.240 You, Mr. 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:16.240 Bob Learn, Michael Jordan, and Anthony Edwards. 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:26.240 Because uh Anthony Edwards actually bowls in his free time um with a bunch of his teammates, and I think Michael Jordan would be really cool. 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.359 Okay, all right. 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:34.400 And if you were gonna pick one person in order to like commentate to give the play by play, who do you think you'd pick for that? 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:37.519 Either Peyton Manning or Donald Trump. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.160 Okay. 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.640 All right. 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.400 I like I like both of those. 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.680 I like both of those. 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.359 It's it would it would be fantastic. 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.799 It's gonna be huge. 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.400 All right. 00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:49.359 Well, Castle, thank you so much for joining me in the studio today. 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:52.960 Uh, I gotta tell you, as your dad, it is absolutely fantastic. 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:55.119 It's a pleasure to watch you grow up. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:57.039 I'm so incredibly proud of you. 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:01.519 And uh boy, you are just growing up to be one heck of a young man. 00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.960 Thanks, Dad. 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.920 Absolutely. 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.599 All right, team, you heard it here. 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:10.000 I hope you enjoyed some time, spending some time with my son, Castle Cripps, in the studio. 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:20.160 Remember, the Charge Forward Podcast comes out every Thursday, and our goal is to bring amazing stories to you so that you can take something out of their story and make your story even better. 00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:28.400 Big shout out to our sponsors, HitLab Studios here in Nashville, Tennessee, since custom development and uh the Charge Forward Podcast. 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.720 Until next time, I'm Jim Cripps. 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.839 We'll see you later. 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:34.640 Team is Jim Cripps here with the Charge Forward Podcast. 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.400 I just want to tell you, I love you. 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.000 I appreciate you listening. 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:46.480 I appreciate you for subscribing and sharing the Charge Forward Podcast with people you know and you love because that's what we're here for. 00:33:46.480 --> 00:34:01.200 We are here to share the amazing stories, the things that people have been through, the ways that they were able to improve their life so that you can take little nuggets from theirs and help improve your story and be better tomorrow than you were today. 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:10.559 I hope that this is the tool you needed at the right time and that you find value in the amazing guests that we bring each and every week. 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:15.199 Thanks so much, and don't forget new episodes drop every Thursday.