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Rich Roll

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  1. “I would say that I got more and more progressively more interested in where's my next good time than how am I going to create a foundation for a happy, successful life. And a lot of those aspirations that I had about athletics and academic excellence soon became secondary to where's the party tonight. And it was just a situation where over an extended period of time, like my life began to degrade. So it wasn't a situation in which I created cataclysms out of the gate that derailed me because I could function and it's easier to do that when you're younger, but I could function. I could comport myself in a way where I could still get good grade, show up for class, still go out partying until two or three in the morning and show up for six a.m. swim practice. But over time, like this is not a good recipe for living. And, you know, I live.”

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  2. “The solution that I had been looking for my whole life, this young person who felt like everybody else had a perfect roadmap for how to live. And suddenly, you know, those answers that eluded me were being provided in the form of this substance. And so when I got to Stanford very quickly, well, quickly and gradually, but”

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  3. “Alcohol was something that I first was introduced to when I was doing recruiting trips and traveling to colleges, which is what you do when you're an athlete and trying to consider where to go to school. And I had some experiences there that really anchored in me from moment one that this was going to be a thing for me. Like I had that sensation that you hear about with recovering alcoholics where from the very first drink, it was like this warm blanket that I could wrap myself in and all my troubles and insecurities and fears. And insecurities just sort of vanished. And for the first time, I felt comfortable in my own skin. And I just remember thinking, this is the way that I want to feel all the time. Like I could go to a party and I could strike up a conversation or crack a joke or talk to a girl, which were all things that were terrifying to me at the time. And so I just felt like I had found.”

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  4. “And world and American record holders and the like, and the opportunity to be a member of that team was like a dream that I couldn't even imagine for myself. So here I am in this incredibly privileged situation where anything truly is possible, but enter alcohol.”

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  5. “To my academic pursuit, so I was able to go from a kid who really had trouble learning and was sort of a sit in the back of the class kind of guy to being a good student and ultimately getting into a bunch of fancy colleges. So at 18, I really was in a situation, a very privileged situation where the world was very much my oyster and anything was possible. I ended up going to Stanford University. I went to the opposite coast, and I'm sure there's some psychological reasons why I flew 3,000 miles away to go to college. And it was, you know, the reason to go there was twofold. I mean, first of all, Stanford is Stanford and it's this amazing academic institution. But at the time, in the mid and late 1980s, it also had the number one NC2A Division I men's swimming program. They were like the most incredible team, the most insane assemblage of Olympic champions.”

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  6. “Some level of acumen at an early stage. And when you're a young person and you experience just a little bit of encouragement or success, you're going to kind of double down on that. And that's what I did. And I think there was something about being underwater in almost a metaphysical sense or a psychological sense where I felt protected like it was almost like this womb where I was insulated from all of the confusing emotions that I had as a young person. And so swimming really became my focus and I realized early that I wasn't the most talented kid, but I had this capacity to suffer and to work hard and a willingness to go the extra mile. And with that sensibility, I was able to bridge the talent deficit gap to some extent to the point where by the time I was a senior in high school, I was one of the better swimmers in the Washington DC area where I grew up. And the discipline that I learned in the swimming pool trickled in.”

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  7. “It entered my life near the end of high school and the beginning of college prior to that I was a very studious, highly motivated person who was very goal driven. And that grew out of, I think, in retrospect, looking back on my life on a deep insecurity that I had because as a young person, I was very much an introvert. I had a lot of difficulty connecting with other people and making friends. I certainly hadn't demonstrated any kind of athletic talent or ability. I was the typical prototypical kid who gets picked last for kickball and was very awkward and self-conscious. And at some point along the way, I discovered those sport of swimming and we could talk about that if you like. But that was the one thing where I kind of felt comfortable and showed.”

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  8. “So much for having me, Tim. It's really an honor to be able to join you for this, and I'm really looking forward to the conversation to come. So thanks for having me.”

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