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[00:06:20] Speaker D: Good morning, I'm Dr. Kerry Gelb and welcome to Wellness 1280 on Open youn Eyes Radio. Please listen as I discuss the newest information in the world of health, nutrition and sports Every Saturday morning 6am Central Time on AM 1280 the Patriot. Also, please share your thoughts by emailing
[email protected] that's K E R O Y G E L B mail.com and visit my new website, wellness1280.com where we have all guest links, Wellness 1280 info and previous shows. Wellness is taking over the Patriot Airways for the next hour. Sit back and enjoy my interview with professional basketball player Obie at Megano. Mental toughness is often considered as crucial as physical training in sports. Yet youth and amateur athletes spend less than 5% of their preparation time on mental training. For professional and elite athletes, that increases to about 10 to 20%, focusing on skills like visualization, focus, mindfulness and handling pressure. Many top athletes recognize that mental performance can be the deciding factor in close competitions, with some estimating this sport is 70 to 90% mental at the highest levels. Today's guest obi Amegano, an eight year professional European basketball player and Tokyo 2020 Olympian has made it his mission to bridge the gap between mental wellness and high performance through his flagship program, Mindful Athletic Performance. Map Mapp Obie empowers athletes, professionals and teams to cultivate mental resilience, manage stress and achieve peak performance. Ob also holds a Master's degree in psychology and is the host of the podcast One on One that's W o n by one O n E. Obie, thank you for joining me today on Open youn Eyes podcast and radio show.
[00:08:36] Speaker E: Dr. Carey, thank you for having me. I'm glad to be here to dive into high performance, the mental side of the game and everything in between.
[00:08:44] Speaker D: You know, I've never spoke with an Olympic athlete before, so I'd like to ask you, what is it like to be in the Olympics, man?
[00:08:52] Speaker E: So this Olympics was a little bit. Well, the one I was in Tokyo 2020 was a little bit different. You know, that was Covid and so we got a whole different view of the Olympic Village. You know, the Olympic Village was in Tokyo and it was built in, I don't know, like six months. They had all these huge buildings built. I don't know if you guys heard about it, but everything during, during that Covid time, everything was built out of cardboard. So our beds were built made out of cardboard. The, the rooms were. It was a very strange situation. So we had, I mean one of my teammates is seven foot guy and he's sleeping on the bed the same size as mine and they're, I mean the bed is like this, you know what I mean? It's a, it's a small little bed. But overall, man, it was a great experience just to be there to see all the high level athletes all just, you know, in, in arm's length.
We're in a shared cafeteria. You're walking around with your trays, you know what I mean? It's just the experience was amazing to see all the flags to be able to represent my country. Nigeria, where I was born. Right. I live in the States but was born in Nigeria, so that's who I went to the Olympics with. But it was, it was a heck of an experience, man. One that I could have only dreamed about, you know, being at.
[00:10:08] Speaker D: Now you're a guard, you're about 6, 2, 6 3.
[00:10:12] Speaker E: Yep.
[00:10:12] Speaker D: Did you get many minutes in?
[00:10:15] Speaker E: Yes, so, so I played point guard, which is, that was my first time ever playing point guard. So long story about me, long story short, played in high school as the five. Right. I was the biggest guy on my team at six two. It's funny because I was listed at six four. I'm nowhere, any, nowhere close to that. But one state as a, as a five, as a big man, went to college, had to make the transition from big man to guard. And so, you know, that's the transition I made. And then I showed up. I tell this story quite often because it's one, you know, a proud moment of mine is just showing up to training camp and a lot of people don't know, but on the Nigerian national team, I mean, we have, I think we took a 12, 15 man roster and eight or nine of those guys were NBA players. And a lot of people don't know that. And so, yeah, the Nigerian team, we've got, we've got a lot of NBA guys on that team. And so I showed up and coach Mike Brown, who's the coach of Sacramento Kings, he told, you know, he was like, obie, look, I know your score. This is the role you've played your whole life. But we've got a lot of guys who need the ball. I mean, these NBA, they need the ball. You know what I mean? And that's, that's their. And so it was very helpful for me. I was just like, okay, you know, my goal was to make the roster. I didn't care how I made the roster. I would have carried the water bottles to get, to get to the Olympics. Right? Whatever, whatever role you need me to play, coach, I'll do that. And so he was like, look, we need somebody to, to play the point guard, assist the ball, play defense, help run the team, get the guys the ball who need the ball. And so me, you know, I'm not the selfish guy. I was like, okay, I understand that there's these guys. I understand the hierarchy. I understand these guys are making a lot of money to play this game, to do that, to play this role. All right, I can, I can fill in. I can come and play my role. And I think that's just kind of a testament to how I've progressed in my journey of basketball. Like you said, I play, you know, I was, I'm the smallest guy on the court, nine times out of 10, one of the smallest guys on the court. And to make that, to make that jump, to make that, that transition to being a point guard and knowing that there's guys who need the ball and just being able to have that opportunity was, you know, a dream come true for me.
[00:12:30] Speaker D: How'd you guys do in the Olympics?
[00:12:32] Speaker E: Not great. You know what? Okay, let me Come back. All right, so we prelims, if any of you guys are. If anybody's listening to this, you know, we played USA In Las Vegas. This was the prelims before we took off to Tokyo. Played usa Won that game. You know, we played really well. So we played Argentina.
USA And Australia, I believe, played really well during that. The tournament. The prelim tournaments beat USA you know, a huge moment for us. And then got to the Olympics and things didn't go the way that we had planned, all right? And it's crazy. We were. We were, you know, top 10 countries there. We were. People were expecting us to do really well, and we kind of laid a goose egg out there. So, you know, we took it for what it was, for what it was worth. We. We. We learned from it. And, you know, we were happy to be there. Obviously, we wanted to come out with more wins. It was unfortunate, but all in all, it was a great experience.
[00:13:35] Speaker D: Do you guys get any wins in the Olympics?
[00:13:38] Speaker E: No. Lady goose egg, 0 for 3. You know, and it's. It's hard to say, man. It's still. Still hits home for me, you know, because it was. We. We had high expectations entering, and I think it's just a testament to basketball worldwide, honestly, you know what I mean? We come from B. USA we go over. We go to the Olympics. I think we played. We played Germany. I believe we played Australia. Again, I can't remember who else we played. It was a whole blur. But just a testament to it because those teams, I mean, there's talent everywhere. And you can see it now with the NBA, with so much European talent in the NBA, it's unbelievable.
[00:14:24] Speaker D: You play with so many NBA players, great players. Who is so great that you played with or against that you say to yourself, I just can't believe that this guy is that good, that somebody. He's born to be that good.
[00:14:36] Speaker E: I will give you a sleeper that a lot of people don't know about. And he was actually my teammate last year in Spain, so I've known him for some time, and he was.
He played with. You know, he play. He's Nigerian. His name is Jaleel Okafor. He is one of the. The most gifted players I've ever played with. Like I said, I played with him in the Olympics, had the opportunity to play with him in Zaragoza this past year in Spain. And just offensively, he's a problem. He's so big, so athletic, so strong, and he moves so well that at his position, you're either too big and too slow or you're too small and too little. And so he always has a mismatch. So offensively, watching him was a real, it was, it's just, it's a pleasure to watch that guy play the game. I mean, to me, it was almost like how I feel watching Shaq play in his old days. He's so athletically gifted, so strong, dunks the ball every time. That's how I feel watching Jaleel Okafor. It was just he's such a tough guard.
[00:15:40] Speaker D: When you were a kid, when did you know that you were going to be good enough to play professional basketball?
[00:15:47] Speaker E: Honestly, I didn't know I was good enough to play professional basketball until my senior year in college. You know, I had a lot of injuries, so I missed a lot of time on the court.
[00:15:58] Speaker D: Hold that thought right there. We're up against the break. This is Dr. Kerry Gelb with OB, professional basketball player, founder of One by One, host of the One by One mental health podcast. We'll be back after the break.
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[00:19:13] Speaker D: I'm back with Obi Amegado, professional basketball player, founder of One by One, also the host of the One by One mental health podcast, creator of the Mindful Athletic Performance program Map Mapp Mental Health. He's a mental health advocate. He's Obi Amo on Instagram and also he was a Tokyo Olympian. And I'm so excited to be talking to him because I have a 14 year old son who plays baseball and I want to know how I can make my son better mentally.
Before we get there, I do want to ask you. I'm always interested. You mentioned that you realize in high school that you could be a professional athlete, but what was it like when you were 10 and 12? For the 10 and 12 year olds out there, the 14 year olds that you know, they're trying to find their way, how do they know when they could become a professional athlete?
[00:20:08] Speaker E: Well. Well let me go back because you know what I meant to say I think it got cut off was I didn't realize until about my junior senior year in college.
That's when I realized that I might be able to go play. I had a good, you know, good season, and guys were starting. You know, like I said, coming out of high school, I was the five. I played the big man. So I'm six two. Of course he's not going to go play professional at the 5 at 6 2. And so it was kind of the same way. I had to build my skills, and I was just honing my skills, you know, through my freshman year in high, in college, got to Western Illinois. I remember the very first scrimmage we played Iowa, and I was scared, and I was at a position and I didn't know what I was doing. And after that, Coach Mo, I love Coach Mo. He was like, look, Obi, we might need to put you back at the four where you feel more comfortable. And I was like, man, I didn't come here for that. He's like, you've gotta. You've got to prove to us that you deserve this spot. So from then on, I mean, I was. I was head down, working, working, working. She ended up transferring to Oral Roberts, ended up having a good four years there. And then it was like, oh, Obi, Obi, he could go play professional. And that's when it kind of clicked in. But when I was younger, you know, 10, 12, 14, just growing up, I had my head down and I was working. I was. I think it was a different time. You know, I had a. A personal. I had a trainer. He was like a father figure to me. I still talk to him to this day, and he just kind of took me in under my, under his wing and worked with me every day. We just trained, he and I, we trained every day. I wasn't playing pickup, wasn't playing organized ball, just training.
[00:21:45] Speaker D: Were you always better than everybody else that you played with? You know, 10, 12, 14, or were they kids that actually were better than you?
[00:21:52] Speaker E: I was always. I was always bigger. I was bigger, stronger, faster. So I had the. I had kind of more of raw. The raw talent, but I didn't have the skill. And then that's when, you know, Steve came in and Steve took me under his wing, and it was just, okay, now we're going to build your skill, and I'm going to teach you how to work what. What working hard looks like. I think this day, these. This day and age, kids are confused with what hard work really looks like. And so, you know, I. For me, it was putting in a lot of time, a lot of miles on my body. And I think that might be part of the reason that, you know, I had those four surgeries coming up. But to me, it was a sacrifice that I was. You know, it was something that I wanted to do. I wanted to pursue the game. And I knew that. You know, my dad used to tell me, you know, at that time, I was young, I was. I was fat, I was out of shape. My dad was like, look, if you want to go play, you. You have to be able to be. You got to be able to play the game. You got to be in shape. You got it, you know, so he kind of taught me, you know, the road that I needed to take to get to where I wanted to be. And so at the time, I didn't know what I wanted to be, but I knew that I was going to work hard at whatever it was.
[00:22:59] Speaker D: And as a kid, when you were working hard, what kind of. What kind of routine did you have?
[00:23:04] Speaker E: Depends on what age. As a young kid, you know, I was playing football, I was playing soccer, and that's kind of where my athleticism was kind of built, was on the. On the soccer field and football. And then it wasn't until my freshman year in high school that I got to basketball. And then every day, you know, five days a week, let's call it five days a week, Monday through Friday, it was individual time, it was court time. But it was different than what kids are doing now. Kids are doing now five days a week of fun time, right? They go and clock in, and it's just fun with their friends. They're playing around. My clocking in was drills one on one with the coach, and then I would have practice with the team. And so I got a lot of individualized work. And I think kids these days, they confuse playing for fun with actually working. There's, you know, there's a difference.
[00:23:54] Speaker D: And how about the weight room? When did you go in the weight room?
[00:23:59] Speaker E: The first time I really remember being in the weight room was probably seventh or eighth grade, right? So I'm the youngest of four. I've got two older brothers and an older sister. And so I was getting picked on. I was out of shape, and my brother was just making. He would make fun of me, right? Pick on me. I was. I was a kid, and one day, you know, he would just be like, hey, let's go to the gym. Let's go to the gym. Let's go to the gym. Obviously, I didn't want to go. I'm a kid. I want to play. I want to have fun. He would literally just grab me. We would go to the gym and I would hate it. And it got to where I was in high school, and I was like, man, okay, I want to. I don't want to look like this anymore. And so I started putting in the extra time. But, you know, I was fortunate enough to have coaches and people around me, the resources to kind of get into lifting, get into the weight room and things like that.
[00:24:45] Speaker D: And tell me the difference between the NBA and playing in Europe.
[00:24:50] Speaker E: The difference.
The difference between the NBA and Europe, I would say, is, number one, is spacing.
People don't realize that the NBA court's a little bit bigger and not that it's a little bit bigger. There is defensive and offensive three seconds in the paint. So if you don't know what that means, you can't be in the paint for more than three seconds. And why that makes such a big difference is because in Europe, they take a 7 foot 2 guy and stand him in the middle of the paint, and so he can help everywhere, right? He's huge. He's helping everybody. There's no room. There's no space. In the NBA, you can only be in that spot for 2.9 seconds. You got to get out. So you can't just sit right in the middle and clog up the pain, right? And so you got to move, and you got to move. You got to move in and out, moving in and out. Europe, you just sit there, and then you've got. Everybody has to work around. So that's one of the biggest things. And then secondly, athleticism. NBA is extremely athletic. All right, Europe is athletic as well, but NBA, I mean, it's the. The most athletic people in the world are there. You know what I mean? And so you won't get that type of athleticism anywhere except for the NBA. The explosiveness, the athleticism, the height, all those things. I think that adds to, you know, those guys being such great. And don't get me wrong, I mean, they've got the most talented guys in the world. The, the. The top 50 guys in the NBA are the most talented guys in the world at basketball. But outside of that, I think there's talent that competes in Europe. But, you know, with the athleticism, with the rules, the style of play is much different. The NBA is, is about, is a, is entertainment. I want to watch one guy score 60 points. That's the NBA. You won't see that in Europe, you won't see that in anywhere in Europe.
[00:26:42] Speaker D: Why do you think they have that role in Europe where they could leave a guy in the paint, unlike the NBA? Because it seems like an unfair advantage to take a seven foot guy and just leave them there.
[00:26:52] Speaker E: Yeah, I, I think that they value the art of the game. So think soccer, think football. Soccer, right. It's. They ver. They really value the art of that game. And I think Europeans took after the soccer model of we want this game to be pretty. We want people to play together, we want to execute basketball. NBA is like, give me the ball and everybody move out of the way. This is a show we're watching, right? That's what it's about. It's. We, we've got the best players in the world, the most talent. Give that guy the ball and everybody move out the way and let's watch the show. Europe is like, we want the, the show to be cohesive. Everybody's moving. We want five players moving as one, as a unit. We want it to be a team. Right. And I think that that's the main difference.
[00:27:41] Speaker D: You know, to turn to the psychological part, the mental part of the game. When I was in New Jersey and I went to the gym, I became friends with somebody, this guy Temple Gibbs. You might even know his sons. He had three sons that played Division 1 college, and I know at least one played in Europe.
Gibbs, he, he had, I don't know if you know one of them, but he told me, he goes, he goes, don't spend all your time with your son practicing skills. And he goes, you need to spend just as much time on the mental part. And he recommended that I get my son a sports psychologist. And I want to hear your opinion of that. When should that be added and how important is that?
[00:28:27] Speaker E: I think it's hard to say when it should be added, but I think that if you're not happy with the results that you're seeing, if your son or daughter, a child is not happy with the results they're getting, if they're stuck in their, you know, struggling with confidence, struggling with self doubt, fear of failure. Right.
Some of those things that we talk about often, what else is external validation? Right. Some of the things that, as a, as an, as a, maybe a teenager growing up, things that are very prominent in, in that, at that level, I would, I would really suggest that you seek outside help. Right. So sometimes as parents, we get stuck not knowing what to do for our kids, whether we should push them, whether we should give them some space. I think having that outside perspective really helps. And that's what. That's what sports psychologists do. You know, anybody that's playing with anybody that's helping individuals get better, it's a lot about helping that individual uncover what's inside of them already. It's not about putting anything in there. It's just helping them uncover their own ability.
[00:29:36] Speaker D: You mentioned fear of failure. That seems to be a big part of sports more than other places in life. You know, you're. I'm playing softball and I'm going up and I'm a. Instead of having fun sometimes and wanting to hit the ball, I'm thinking about making it out. Even at my age, what happened in sports fair or failure? And how do you get over that?
[00:29:59] Speaker E: I think because we have such quick feedback loops, right? So you get in a game, you turn the ball over immediately. You're. You're just. Immediately you feel the pressure of that because they're going down there, they might have scored. Whatever happens, you miss a shot immediately, you get down, everybody's looking at you. There's such. There's eyes on you, there's quick feedbacks. And so how do you get over that? I think the answer that's not as pretty, that people don't want to. Don't want to look into is, is they're just not as good as they think they are. And that's. And that there's nothing wrong with that. Right? We're all, you know, I'm not as good as I would like to be. Or. And. And a lot of people, let's not say as good as they think they are, they're not as good as they would like to be. And then some of them are not as good as they think they are. And I think all of that comes from a lack of fulfillment within ourselves. And so the only way we obf.
[00:30:53] Speaker D: Thought. We're speaking with Obie Amegano, professional basketball player, founder of One by One. And we'll be back after the break. This is Dr. Kerrigo. You're listening to Wellness 1280 on Open youn Eyes radio. Am 1280, the patriot.
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[00:33:11] Speaker A: The eye doctor the other day with my daughter Maggie. I was shocked when the doctor told me that my daughter was already becoming nearsighted. It turns out that this problem affects more than 40% of Americans. My eye doctor thinks this disease is getting worse. Perhaps it's getting worse because of kids prolonged time spent playing with smartphones or maybe because kids now spend less time outside. My genetics probably aren't helping her a whole lot being nearsighted myself. But the good news news is that the doctor told me about a new FDA approved product called My Sight. This specific one day contact lens is already worn by thousands of children in the us. It is proven to slow down the progression of nearsightedness. And best of all, Maggie loves these contact lenses. The doctor taught her how to use them. Now it is so exciting to see her have even more success in the classroom and when she plays sports. I Recommend you visit openyoureyesradio.com to find an eye doctor that specializes in this treatment program. Learn
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[00:34:15] Speaker D: This is Dr. Kerry Gel. You're listening to Wellness 1280 on Open youn Eyes radio on AM 1280, the Patriot. I'm speaking with Obie Amo, professional basketball player, mental health helper, creative mindful athletic performance program, MAP, mental health advocate. He's also on Instagram @ Obi Megano. So, Obi, I want to ask you about self sabotage, which is very easy to do in sports. You know, I'm most familiar with baseball and my son plays baseball. And then there's always a kid who makes an out, throws his helmet, throws his bat, hits his head against his hands like this and just can't get over the failure. How do we deal with self sabotage and dealing with failure? If you're going to play with sports, you're competing against other people. So you have to be able to deal with failure. How can we do it? How can we deal with it better?
[00:35:15] Speaker E: First, I want to talk about, actually, let's talk about fear of failure. Failing. You know, failure is part of, it's part of life. It's a huge part of sports. And if you can't get over the ability to fail, how are you going to grow? Right? And so we talk about having a growth mindset where it's like, you know that your ability, where you can grow in your ability versus having a fixed mindset, which is, well, I'm just not going to get any better. This is how it is. This is how life is. I can't grow. Well, then maybe you can't, right? We'd rather have a growth mindset where we're, where we're pursuing opportunities and understanding and this is going to be hard. This is going to be hard, right? You're not going to step up and hit a home run every time. I mean, how realistic is that, right? So I tell guys this all the time in basketball. I'm like, hey, when you step up, you're going to miss a shot. Especially when we're working out. You miss a shot, don't put your head down for multiple reasons. You put your head down, you're saying to yourself, you're throwing, you're essentially talking, you know, saying negative thoughts to yourself for one and then for two, for everybody that's watching, not just yourself but your teammates, they're watching how you react. If, if I see you miss a shot, you put your head Down. I know you're not here right now, so next time you're probably not going to get this pass, right? You're not going to get this next opportunity until I know that you're back in this game right here. And then thirdly, for the fans, for the recruiters, for the scouts that are up in the stands, that's the last thing they want to see. All right? I remember I was working out.
I forget, I think I was with Orlando Magic and they were like, look, when you miss a shot, don't act like it's the first time you've ever missed a shot. And that's what, you know, kids, we miss a shot and we want to show everybody else that, man, I'm better than this. Guys, don't worry like I'm better than this. And the truth is, is they're not really worried about that. They're worried about themselves. And so you're just harming yourself, all right? People aren't. They're not as worried about us as we think. As we think they are. And it would be much better for you to just get back on defense, make a, make a hustle play, move on to the next play, right? And then that's where the self sabotage comes, comes in at. If I make a mistake and I'm not in the game, then I let that mistake roll into the next play and I make another mistake and then I let that mistake roll into the next play and then I make another mistake, right? And so now that's when you're self sabotaging. You're not only sabotaging your teammates and now you're sabotaging yourself and it's a, it becomes a quickly a cancerous environment. And kids don't, you know, athletes, a lot of athletes, I keep saying a lot of athletes don't understand that a coach doesn't want that player on their team because not only are they self sabotaging, but they're ruining the chemistry of the team as well with that attitude, with that negative attitude. Because that attitude of a, you missed a shot or you turned the ball over or you struck out or you threw an interception, whatever sport it is, whatever that mistake is, you'd be much better off working on the next player, putting your energy on the next play than sitting back and then focusing on this play and allowing it to affect the next play, right? And I'll give you one more last thing is if I miss a shot here and I'm down on myself, what's the likelihood that I make the next One. It's very low. It's very low because I'm still focused on that shot. I'm still thinking about that shot, right? You're not thinking about this shot. And so you end up just. It ends up stacking on top of each other. Mistake and mistake and mistake it, and it turns into a huge self sabotage.
[00:38:37] Speaker D: At what point in your life were you able, were you able to let go, like the technique of letting it go? You made a bad shot, you made a bad pass where you let it go and it doesn't affect you at all. And it's totally out of your mind. At what point in your life and what did you do to get to that point?
[00:38:54] Speaker E: I still, I mean, I, I don't think it's ever gone. You know, I'm, I'm human as well. So I understand when, when guys go through those moments of man, they're down on themselves. I understand that. But how do you bounce back, right? And so I use, you know, I use. I. There's various methods, but one I like to use is, is letting it out, right? So you miss a shot, you're frustrated, actually let it go, Let it out. Because if you're holding onto it, then you're just, it's just, it's. It's brewing inside, right? You're brewing. Let it out. It's okay to let it out every once in a while, but you've got, you've. It's got to be purposeful. There's got to be a direction, there's got to be a reason for that. You can't be letting it out every time. Give yourself 30 seconds. Give yourself one minute to regroup. Take a second, take a few deep breaths. Regather your thoughts, regather your mind. Take a second to regroup and then go back. But put a, Put a time limit on it. If you have a bad day or a bad morning, put a time limit on the time that you get to spend thinking about that. I'm going to give it like 10 minutes, all right? I'm gonna sit here, I'm gonna sulk, I'm gonna let it go, and then I'm gonna move on. You know, I think a lot of times we let days, I'll get into days here. We let a bad morning be a bad day.
All right? I was late this morning to work. I was rushed, I was flustered. This happened before work. I show up now, man, I just had a bad day. And we'll say that. We'll actually say it, man. It's Just been a bad day. It's 10 o'clock. Hasn't been a bad day. It might have been a bad morning. You still have time to turn it around. So I think that's, I think that mentality, that growth mentality is extremely important for everybody to understand. There's, you know, life is cyclical. You'll go through periods that aren't so good. You'll go through periods that are really good. The idea is to stay here, even kill. That's the idea.
[00:40:42] Speaker D: You know, Steve Young said he, he the principle that he uses competing against himself rather than competing against his teammates, but we always compete against himself for self improvement. How do you compete against yourself to make yourself better?
[00:41:00] Speaker E: Well, that's where the name One by one came from, right? One by one, winning. The, the success comes from within. It comes from you, your perspective. What is winning? What is, what does it mean to you? And that's what I always ask people, you know, like what your success. And we, we're really bad about this, especially with our, with the, with the phones these days, social media, seeing all the highlights of other people and we compare ourselves to them. We're comparing our life to their highlight. Well, if you go to my YouTube, you're going to see a bunch of highlights as well. But there's, there's a lot of stuff that went on that you didn't see. So we can't compare our lives to the lives of others. And so then it comes back to, all right, well, what do I want? What, what does success look like to Obi? All right, and then, and then gradually making small steps one by one, taking small steps, taking a big goal, and then chunking it down to little measurable steps along the way. And then you're creating success each day. So I want to work out today. I got to the weight room, I worked out. That's a success right there. That's one win. And then counting up those small wins, celebrating those small wins, each win, celebrate every one of them, right? All the small ones. I'm not saying throw yourself a party, get yourself a pat on the back. You did what you're supposed to do. We keep moving forward. And I think taking that mentality of one by one winning each day, each second, just taking one little win each day. And I think that's where we build that success. That's how we cultivate success from within.
[00:42:31] Speaker D: So you have self affirmations on your shirt. Tell me about how, how self affirmations could be helpful and what ones do you use?
[00:42:40] Speaker E: Man, you Know, we met. So this is our, this was one of our first shirts. This actually this is our second, our second shirt with the brand that we made.
And it was right at the time when self affirmations was the biggest thing for me. And so if you know me, I'm really big with sticky notes or notes, right? I always have reminders around me of things that I need to remind myself about. All right, so, you know, when I was in my second year in Spain, in Madrid, former bride of Spain, I was struggling as well. And one of the, I was struggling with my happiness. And one of the things I told myself was, don't let them take your happiness. And I put that on my, on my wall and I, for me, it was just a reminder that your happiness is your happiness. Nobody controls your happiness. And so I'm a big believer. I mean, I've got. If you look at my phone right now, the back screen of my phone says I am. And it's just a reminder to myself that you are what you want to. You are what you want to be. You, you are the, you are the creator. All right, so the back of this shirt, which you can't see, is about 10 affirmations. And it's just, you know, it's a, it's a self reminder, a good self reminder to keep moving forward. And so I like to use, I like to use visual reminders to myself of things that I want to continue to instill in my mind, in my body.
[00:44:08] Speaker D: Give me some of your favorite self affirmations.
[00:44:11] Speaker E: I am loved.
That's probably, I think that's the first one on here.
You know, I am enough. You know, I am capable. You know, I tell myself, man, you can do this. You know, I go through that all the time. And people see me, I'm really big at talking to myself. So if you see me work out on the court, I'll miss a shot. And I'm like, man, you got this. Don't worry about it. You've been doing this, this, you can do this, you can do this, right? This is the, the things that, that's going on through my head. I remember plenty of games where I'll come to halftime and I have 24 points and I'm averaging 24 points. And I'm like, man, this is a big feat. I'm like, crazier things have happened. You've done it before, right? And just. And people think of affirmations and they think like this, Woo, woo. You need to be talking to yourself. No, man, just reaffirming yourself, your beliefs. And that's all it is. Whatever, whatever beliefs you have, whatever you've got going on in your mind, reaffirming yourself. Right? You've got this. You can do it. You've done it before.
[00:45:11] Speaker D: I know a lot of professional athletes use visualization. You're laying in bed, it's almost, I've, I, it's almost like practicing, but without practicing. Doing it in your mind, is that something that you use? And if you do, tell me the how that, how helpful that is.
[00:45:28] Speaker E: Oh, gosh. Four surgeries, two ACLs, a torn labrum in my right shoulder, bilateral fasciotomy. I was in a wheelchair, both legs. Operated on four surgeries in two years. Missed a lot of basketball. Ended up averaging 20, just under 24 points in Division 1 basketball my senior year in college. But all of hold that thought.
[00:45:52] Speaker D: We're up against the break. We're talking with obvious, the very handsome Obi A Megano. So if you're listening to this on the radio, make sure you watch this also on YouTube because when he starts playing basketball, he's either going to be a movie star or a broadcaster. He's a 2020 Olympian. We'll be back after the break.
[00:46:12] Speaker A: I went to the eye doctor the other day with my daughter Maggie. I was shocked when the doctor told me that my daughter was already becoming nearsighted. It turns out that this problem affects more than 40% of Americans. My eye doctor thinks this disease is getting worse. Perhaps it's getting worse because of kids prolonged time spent playing with smartphones or maybe because kids now spend less time outside. My genetics probably aren't helping her a whole lot being nearsighted myself. But the good news is that the doctor told me about a new FDA approved product called My Sight. This specific one day contact lens is already worn by thousands of children in the US it has proven to slow down the progression of nearsightedness. And best of all, Maggie loves these contact lens. The doctor taught her how to use them. Now it is so exciting to see her have even more success in the classroom and when she plays sports. I Recommend you visit openyoureysradio.com to find an eye doctor that specializes in this treatment program. Learn more@openyourized radio.com Life takes a toll on our bodies.
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[00:49:14] Speaker D: We'Re back with Obi Amo, professional basketball player, creator of Mindful Athletic Performance program Map Mapp. He's a mental health advocate. He also has an Instagram. We can see great stuff about Obie. You can see how handsome he is because someday he's probably going to be a movie star or a broadcaster when he retires. So go to his Instagram. Former Olympian. So before we the break we were talking about visualization and I know some professional baseball players. I've seen them talk about visualization and they say it's just as good as, you know, almost as good as them actually practicing. And they'll do, they'll go through their hitting routine before they go to bed or pitching routine. Tell me about that. And is that something you use and do you think it's helpful?
[00:50:05] Speaker E: Yeah. So when I'm talking about mindfulness and that's a word I use often, I, I get into visualization, I get into meditations. I get into, you know, all, all those sports performance terms. But people get deterred. They, they, they get deterred because the terms are a little bit, I don't know, chewy, whatever words you want to use. Right. But it's not, it's not the whole woo. I, you know, I say woo, woo all the time because that's how people feel about visualization. It's not that. Right. So when I was injured, I spent a lot of time injured. And when I was in college and what I was saying before we took this break was, you know, ended up averaging at the end of my career, right. Under 24 points, I was one of the top leading scores in the Division 1. But with that, I, you know, I had four surgeries. I missed a lot of games before that time. And people ask me, like, how did I bridge that gap? And I tell them visualization, and they look at me like I'm crazy. And what I say is, I spent so much time watching practice and not playing that that's all I had to do was visualize what I was going to do when I got back on the court. All right? So it's like I'm watching the game, I'm watching them practice, and I'm like, no, don't do that. Like, with, you know. And you're thinking to yourself, man, if I was there, I would have done this. I would have done this. I would have done this. That is visualization.
Watching film after a game, before a game. That is visualization because you're seeing what's going on. You're visualizing what you could do differently. You're seeing the other team, excuse me, how you're going to attack their offense, their deep. You know what I'm saying? You're watching. And that's visualization, right? So when I talk about visualization to athletes, I'm like, it's not this huge, big scheme of things. It's just you noticing and understanding and mindfully running through scenarios of the game or of the practice. And that's all visualization is. And so it's been a huge tool for me. I'm a big believer in watching film. All right? You have to watch film to get better. That is visualization before the game, sitting down, calming your mind. Okay. When I go out on the court, we're going to go through this. These are the Warm up drills. We're doing. I got to do my stretch routine. I got to go.
[00:52:21] Speaker B: Foam roll.
[00:52:22] Speaker E: I always use the bathroom before, so this is when I'm going to go. That's visualization. All of that is visualization. It's strategic planning. All right? So when you think about visualization, don't get caught up in what you see in the mass media, in real. Real application of visualization for. For an elite athlete or for an athlete in general, it's very simple. It looks. It's just. It takes effort. You have to put thought into it. You got to put time into it, and that's all. And that's what people don't really understand. And what they. You know, they. When they think about visualization, they have this. This. This myth or the misconception of what it really looks like.
[00:52:59] Speaker D: In your Maps program, you provide tools to enhance focus. Talk to us a little bit about that. What kind of tools can you use to enhance focus?
[00:53:08] Speaker E: Well, number one, visualization, Right? So like I said, you know, going into your game, just visualizing, what is it going to look like when you run out there? The crowd is going to be everywhere, right? You've got crowd, your family's up there, boyfriend, girlfriend up there visualizing, okay? When they're chatting at you, when they're yelling at you, what are you going to do? What are you going to do? Right? A lot of people look in the stands and wave. You're not focused on the game, right? So you've got to plan that. You've got to strategically run through what that looks like. All right? When coach pulls you out, because, you know, coach. You know, coach gets. You know, he gets. Gets crazy sometimes. He gets a. Gets beside himself. You know, he's going to pull you out for something you didn't do. It's going to be that guy's fault. You know, that's going to happen. All right, so when it happens, how are you going to react? Are you gonna. Are you gonna allow it to kill your confidence, or are you gonna stay locked in on the task at hand? And so when we're talking about real application, those are the scenarios that we run guys through. Okay, when that happens and you come to the bench and you're pissed off, what are you gonna do? Well, I'm gonna take a few deep breaths. I'm gonna calm my nerves, right? I'm gonna. I'm gonna assess the situation, right? You're combining visualization, combining mindfulness, combining breath work, and putting it all into real life application.
[00:54:22] Speaker D: Now, talking about Coaches, how do you deal with a toxic coach?
[00:54:26] Speaker E: Every coach is toxic, and that's what. And you know what I mean. And that. And that's number one. That is number one, understanding kyp. Know your personnel, know yourself, know your players, know your coaches, know that he's going to do that. You know he's going to do that. He's been doing it for. For you're. You're a senior now. It's been three years. You know, he's going to act like that. It's not going to change. Now what are you going to do about it? What can you do about it? All you can do is control yourself, control your emotions, control your feelings, control your actions. That's all that can happen. And so when I talk to. When I talk to athletes, I tell them that, yes, coach is going to get mad at you for something that wasn't your fault. Now what happens? Now what happens? How are you going to react? Right? And so when. When you're faced with that, you realize, well, now it's only up to me. So now if I get mad, it's my fault. And that's what I try to get kids to understand people, to understand myself, to understand as well. And that's why I can talk about it, because I've been there. I got released my rookie season, rookie season in Italy, got cut, and guess what? I was a young kid, and I thought it was everybody else's fault. Fault.
And it was up to. It took a lot out of me to realize, no, that wasn't their fault. That was my fault. You know, it wasn't until three, four years later, then I sat, sat and I'm like, man, I could have done this differently. I could have done this differently. I. All these things I could have done differently. Now it's my fault now. I owned it. All right? And so for athletes out there looking at this, you've got to own your. You got to control your own future.
[00:56:00] Speaker D: So talk to the kids out there, and when it's not their fault and the coach yells at them, what should they do?
[00:56:06] Speaker E: When it's not your fault and the coach yells at you, do the same. Do the same thing my dad taught me, my dad told me to do, accept the blame, keep moving on forward, because it takes a special kind of, you know, if you say, hey, Obi, you did this, and you know you didn't do it, okay, I did it. Fine, it was my fault. I'll take the responsibility. What happens next? Nothing. We just keep moving forward. Right? And so the objective is to continue. The objective is to continue. And people get so. They get so caught up in the fact that, oh, well, they're putting blame on me. I didn't do this. All right, well, maybe he's wrong. He's a human as well. Have you never been wrong before? Have you never thought something that was wrong before? That's okay. Accept that he's a human. He might be making a mistake, and that's okay. If you knew he would. If you knew in your heart of hearts that he was making a mistake, how would you react? You would be forgiving, and that's how you should react. Be forgiving.
[00:56:58] Speaker D: On the flip side, let's talk about some of the best coaches you had. Who was your favorite coach? And tell me some of the things you've learned from coaches that were just incredible, so remarkable, that changed your life.
[00:57:09] Speaker E: My two favorite coaches. I'm going to go with number one. Has to be Laurent Lignan, my coach in Dijon. France. Dijon, like the mustard. I played there for a year. I. He was my favorite coach, and I wouldn't go play for him again. And let me tell you why he was my favorite coach, because he taught me what it looks like. He taught me very many valuable lessons, and a lot of them were to control what I can control because I didn't like him at first, right? And so I had to learn, like, whether you like him or not doesn't matter. Your job is to do your job. And when we understand that, then we take everybody else out of it once again, one by one. I'm all about self, right? I am, is what this shirt says. I'm all about what can you do? Not what, not. Not what are they doing? Not what he's. What can you do about the situation? All right? And he taught me in a situation that I was very upset at, and, you know, I was very upset the first half of the season. I was expecting a lot more minutes, a lot more shots, a lot more opportunity. And he just basically said, this is what it looks like, and this is what it's going to look like. You can either get with it or you can get going. And for me, it was like, all right, realizing this is the framework, this is what you have to work with now. Go and maximize it. And I think that's the. That's the long. That's the long story here. That's the big takeaway is like, everybody is dealt a hand. What are you going to do about the hand that you're dealt?
[00:58:38] Speaker D: Real quick as we're coming up to the end of the show real quickly. Why wouldn't you play for him again?
[00:58:43] Speaker E: It was hard and I don't know if I'm that tough anymore. It was hard. No, seriously, I would play for him. I think I've grown a lot now and I think that I've matured a lot in the way that I respond. Right before I was, I, I struggled responding because I thought it was whoa. It was, it was whoa. It's me. Why is it me? Why am I getting this treatment? It's unfair. I had that mentality and so I've grown a lot from that. To understand maybe he is this way. You know, he was really strict, Ev. He was so strict. You couldn't. Anybody taught me a lot of valuable lessons. Don't be late. I'm talking about if it says 10 o'clock, we're shutting the door when it says 10. And if you walk in after that you can find.
[00:59:27] Speaker D: So we're talking to Obi Amegano. I want to thank him for joining me today. Obi, if people want to find out more about you, how could they do it?
[00:59:35] Speaker E: Type in my name, Obegano. That's OB I, E, M as in Mary, E, G, A N as in Nancy, O everywhere. That's Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, everywhere.
[00:59:48] Speaker D: Well, everybody look for O.B. this is Dr. Kerry Gill for Open youn Eyes Radio. We'll see you next week. Thank you for joining us.
[00:59:55] Speaker E: Thank you for having me.
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