I am your host, Jeremy Campbell, and I am thrilled to welcome Mrs. Patty Williams-Downs to today’s episode. She is the current executive director of OneGoal Houston, a national non-profit education company, she is a proud wife and mom, and a former Division 1 commissioned athlete excelling in basketball.

Patty shares openly her journey as a professional athlete and the tools this has given her for her current leadership position. Patty and I dive deep into what made us into high-performance athletes, how it feels to always seek for the win, but being humble enough to look straight into the losses and mistakes in order to excel in improving continuously.

Key Takeaways:

[1:35] Patty introduces herself.

[4:34] Patty shares her early years’ experiences that molded into who she is today.

[9:25] Patty talks about her high school years, her sport preference, and her thirst for competition and success.

[11:28] Jeremy talks about his competitive spirit.

[13:25] The beauty of sports is to be able to experience failing and winning repeatedly.

[15:15] Resilience: The common denominator among all athletes.

[16:43] The goal is to improve as quickly as you can.

[17:46] Patty talks about the cycle of improvement.

[21:31] Patty shares about her years in college as a Division 1 academic athlete.

[31:07] Patty talks about realizing she needed to fail often and learn to be humble.

[34:19] How gifted am I?

[37:12] In sports, confidence takes you really far.

[38:30] Patty never took a day off; she was acting more from fear than from optimism.

[45:21] Failure is inevitable and obstacles will be in your way; buoyancy has to become your tool.

[46:25] Never take your eye off the end goal.

[49:47] Patty talks about her current position at One Goal Houston.

[53:15] Patty’s work is to give children choices.

[58:15] The demands on student-athletes exceed the expectations that are placed on professionals but student-athletes do all that effort for free.

[1:00:16] Patty and Jeremy talk about the consequences of college athletes not receiving payment for what they do.

[1:04:34] How do black athletes achieve a great level of financial success?

[1:06:48] What does motivate Patty to show up every day?

[1:10:30] Patty talks about her appreciation for the existing systems.

[1:14:48] Patty shares her definition of success.

[1:15:13] How do you know you’ve made it?

[1:20:38] The possibilities are endless!

[1:21:30] Jeremy and Patty share their daily habits for success.

[1:27:18] Rapid-fire questions.

Mentioned in this episode:

Elite Performance Training Systems

Elite Performance on Twitter

Elite Performance on Facebook

Elite Performance on Instagram

Elite Performance YouTube Channel

Email Jeremy at iamelitepodcast@gmail.com

One Goal Houston

Patty Williams-Downs on Facebook

Tweetables and Quotes:

“No matter where you are, you win.” @EPTSSTRONG

“People that have not experienced real  failure are not that successful in their careers.” @EPTSSTRONG

“The beauty of sports is to have the opportunity to fail and win over and over.” @EPTSSTRONG

“50% of female executives were once athletes.” @EPTSSTRONG

“Did you do what you said you were going to do?” @EPTSSTRONG