Sidelines to ShowUp2Win - with Dwayne Morton | Epi.22 | Active Action Podcast

In this episode of the Active Action Podcast, host Dr. Nazif interviews Dwayne Morton, CEO of Show Up to Win and former international basketball player. Morton shares his harrowing experiences of being misdiagnosed with rare blood cancer for 18 years, dealing with PTSD from a police shooting, and the lessons learned from these adversities. He emphasizes the importance of mental resilience, gratitude, and controlling what one can control. The conversation delves into Morton's journey and how his experiences have shaped his purpose-driven initiative, Show Up to Win, aimed at helping others overcome their own challenges.

What You’ll Learn:

How Dwayne was misdiagnosed with rare blood cancer and lived with it for 18 years before learning it was sleep apnea
The mental and emotional impact of surviving a tragic police shooting and the tools he used to cope with PTSD and survivor's guilt
Why Dwayne created Show Up to Win—a purpose-driven platform to help people reignite their inner strength and resilience
The role of sports in building mental toughness and grit from an early age
Why he shares his story so openly and how it helps others find hope in their own struggles
A deep dive into the Show Up to Win philosophy and how it inspires action, not just motivation

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 I found out last year, a year ago in March, that
00:00:03 --> 00:00:05 I was misdiagnosed with the rare blood cancer
00:00:05 --> 00:00:08 and all I had was sleep apnea. So something that
00:00:08 --> 00:00:11 could have been probably fixed in probably about
00:00:11 --> 00:00:14 a month, I had to deal with for 18 years. Other
00:00:14 --> 00:00:17 people's nightmares are other people's dreams.
00:00:17 --> 00:00:19 And so I looked at it that way. I looked at it
00:00:19 --> 00:00:23 as this isn't ideal. This isn't what I want.
00:00:23 --> 00:00:27 This is not what I expect, but I have to play
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29 the cards that I'm dealt. I believe these things
00:00:29 --> 00:00:32 happened through me. My shoulders were big enough
00:00:32 --> 00:00:35 to handle. I'm extremely purpose driven. This
00:00:35 --> 00:00:38 is not ego driven. I'm not a spotlight type person.
00:00:38 --> 00:00:42 This is so I can teach others how to go through
00:00:42 --> 00:00:44 it. So whatever they're going through, they can
00:00:44 --> 00:00:46 see, hey, he was involved in a shooting. He was
00:00:46 --> 00:00:49 misdiagnosed. Maybe me losing my job is not that
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00:01:39 --> 00:01:41 Welcome back to another episode of the Active
00:01:41 --> 00:01:46 Action Podcast. Today, we'll be talking about
00:01:46 --> 00:01:50 specific sport and we have a very special guest
00:01:50 --> 00:01:54 with us just want to provide a huge shout out
00:01:54 --> 00:01:56 to all our listeners at active action podcast
00:01:56 --> 00:02:00 for keep listening to us and providing your valuable
00:02:00 --> 00:02:04 feedback so those are always helpful so without
00:02:04 --> 00:02:07 further ado let's dig into the podcast right
00:02:07 --> 00:02:12 now today we have with us duane martin the topic
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15 for today's podcast is Sidelights to Show Up
00:02:15 --> 00:02:20 to Win. Dwayne Martin is the CEO of Show Up to
00:02:20 --> 00:02:24 Win. Dwayne is a powerful inspirational speaker
00:02:24 --> 00:02:29 whose life story is a testament to be an indomitable
00:02:29 --> 00:02:32 human spirit. As a former international basketball
00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 player, Dwayne understands the crucial role of
00:02:36 --> 00:02:41 mental performance in achieving greatness. on
00:02:41 --> 00:02:45 and off the basketball court. So Dwayne, would
00:02:45 --> 00:02:48 you introduce yourself to our audience? Yeah,
00:02:48 --> 00:02:51 absolutely. So first of all, I want to say thank
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54 you to the listeners of the Active Action Podcast.
00:02:54 --> 00:02:58 I am a big believer in time as our greatest commodity.
00:02:58 --> 00:03:00 And so I just want to say thank you. And I want
00:03:00 --> 00:03:03 to thank you, Dr. Nazif, for inviting me on your
00:03:03 --> 00:03:05 platform. So thank you very much. I'm a very
00:03:05 --> 00:03:09 grateful person. I always want to start out the
00:03:09 --> 00:03:12 podcast with as much gratitude as possible. So
00:03:12 --> 00:03:14 yeah, for me, I'm a former international basketball
00:03:14 --> 00:03:17 player at the age of 19. I actually learned one
00:03:17 --> 00:03:19 of my biggest things of gratitude while I was
00:03:19 --> 00:03:22 overseas playing basketball. I ran into a boy
00:03:22 --> 00:03:25 who was five years old at the time, and he had
00:03:25 --> 00:03:28 not eaten in three days. And so through that,
00:03:29 --> 00:03:31 That has helped me push through the challenges
00:03:31 --> 00:03:34 that I'll be talking about. So I am also, I was
00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 diagnosed at the age of 29 with a rare blood
00:03:37 --> 00:03:40 cancer. And so that rare blood cancer gave me
00:03:40 --> 00:03:43 a lot of insight dealing with a lot of stuff.
00:03:43 --> 00:03:46 But also I was dealing with things that I wasn't
00:03:46 --> 00:03:49 prepared at the age of 29. I was initially given
00:03:49 --> 00:03:52 five years and then later on it was pushed over
00:03:52 --> 00:03:56 to 15 years. Three years ago, I was involved
00:03:56 --> 00:03:58 in a police shooting and had a near -death experience.
00:03:59 --> 00:04:02 I dealt with PTSD and survivor's guilt. I found
00:04:02 --> 00:04:05 out last year, a year ago, in March, the anniversary
00:04:05 --> 00:04:08 was last week, that I was misdiagnosed with the
00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 rare blood cancer and all I had was sleep apnea.
00:04:11 --> 00:04:14 So something that could have been probably fixed
00:04:14 --> 00:04:16 in probably about a month, I had to deal with
00:04:16 --> 00:04:19 for 18 years. And so that's the introduction
00:04:19 --> 00:04:23 and that's how I ended up. deciding to build
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26 my program called Show Up to Win. And so that's
00:04:26 --> 00:04:28 why I'm here. And so I just want to say thank
00:04:28 --> 00:04:31 you. And I'm looking forward to sharing more
00:04:31 --> 00:04:34 about those stories. Thank you so much, Dwayne,
00:04:34 --> 00:04:37 for that wonderful introduction. So can you tell
00:04:37 --> 00:04:40 me, Dwayne, before I just go into some of the
00:04:40 --> 00:04:44 specifics that you mentioned in the intro, how
00:04:44 --> 00:04:47 did basketball prepare you for this journey today?
00:04:47 --> 00:04:50 Oh, wow. So basketball definitely prepared me.
00:04:50 --> 00:04:53 And I even go back to when I was four years old.
00:04:54 --> 00:04:56 I believe that's where I learned resiliency.
00:04:56 --> 00:04:58 I believe that's where I learned persistency.
00:04:58 --> 00:04:59 And this is also where I learned determination.
00:05:00 --> 00:05:03 Because at four years old, I was shooting basketball
00:05:03 --> 00:05:06 at a 10 -foot go with a man's basketball. We
00:05:06 --> 00:05:09 didn't have the basketball goals where you could
00:05:09 --> 00:05:12 change the height. And so for me, I would go
00:05:12 --> 00:05:16 out there and I would say, hey. I would pick
00:05:16 --> 00:05:19 out different places on the net. Okay. Hit the
00:05:19 --> 00:05:21 bottom of the net, then hit the different colors
00:05:21 --> 00:05:23 of the net and then hit the rim. And then eventually
00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 the ball will go in. And then when the ball went
00:05:25 --> 00:05:27 in more and more and more, that's when I fell
00:05:27 --> 00:05:30 in love with basketball. And so that's also part
00:05:30 --> 00:05:33 of the journey though, too, is when I went overseas,
00:05:33 --> 00:05:36 I didn't go the traditional path. I didn't play
00:05:36 --> 00:05:38 my last two years of high school basketball.
00:05:38 --> 00:05:40 So that's some other things is I just took different
00:05:40 --> 00:05:44 paths. It's very familiar with the Robert Frost
00:05:44 --> 00:05:47 poem, The Two Roads. I took the road that was
00:05:47 --> 00:05:50 the most least likely, and that's a huge story
00:05:50 --> 00:05:53 of my life. Sure. Thank you for that perspective,
00:05:53 --> 00:05:57 Dwayne, and sharing that journey with us. So
00:05:57 --> 00:06:00 you did mention when you were in your introduction
00:06:00 --> 00:06:03 that you were misdiagnosed with blood cancer
00:06:03 --> 00:06:07 at the age of eight. Okay. Is that correct? I
00:06:07 --> 00:06:13 was diagnosed at 29. And last year at 47, I actually
00:06:13 --> 00:06:16 found out that I was misdiagnosed. Oh, what an
00:06:16 --> 00:06:19 experience. Can you tell me what was the key
00:06:19 --> 00:06:23 takeaway from the diagnosis of that blood cancer
00:06:23 --> 00:06:27 and then having to know that it was a misdiagnosis
00:06:27 --> 00:06:30 again? Yeah. So I would say the key takeaway
00:06:30 --> 00:06:33 for me was, I go back to that little boy. Other
00:06:33 --> 00:06:36 people's nightmares are other people's dreams.
00:06:36 --> 00:06:40 And so I looked at it that way. this isn't ideal.
00:06:41 --> 00:06:43 This isn't what I want. This is not what I expect,
00:06:43 --> 00:06:46 but I have to play the cards that I'm dealt.
00:06:47 --> 00:06:50 And I believe that that was part of it. And that's
00:06:50 --> 00:06:52 why I've always had a really strong mindset.
00:06:52 --> 00:06:54 There's just been times where I didn't apply
00:06:54 --> 00:06:56 the mindset. And I think that's what happens
00:06:56 --> 00:06:58 with other people is we, we go through stuff
00:06:58 --> 00:07:00 and we're just like, you know, for, for me, the
00:07:00 --> 00:07:03 first five years, I felt like I could beat it,
00:07:03 --> 00:07:06 but then eventually I would just succumb to it
00:07:06 --> 00:07:10 because it came to that point where. I had to,
00:07:10 --> 00:07:12 I felt like I had to become content with it.
00:07:12 --> 00:07:17 And also part of it too is, is I had great mentors
00:07:17 --> 00:07:20 even back then. I'm actually part of Jim Rohn's
00:07:20 --> 00:07:23 mentor tree. My mentor mentored Jim Rohn and
00:07:23 --> 00:07:26 was mentored by Jim Rohn. And so that's the thing
00:07:26 --> 00:07:29 is I feel like I had a lot of opportunities,
00:07:29 --> 00:07:31 but I think the key takeaway for me was just
00:07:31 --> 00:07:34 that other people have it worse. Sometimes things
00:07:34 --> 00:07:38 aren't ideal and we give up. I never was suicidal.
00:07:38 --> 00:07:40 I didn't want to give up. I just wanted to figure
00:07:40 --> 00:07:44 out how's the best way that I can control my
00:07:44 --> 00:07:49 story the best way possible. Can I ask you, Dwayne,
00:07:49 --> 00:07:52 when you learned that you had the blood cancer,
00:07:52 --> 00:07:57 what did you do to become so resilient or how
00:07:57 --> 00:07:59 did you maintain the composure at that time?
00:08:00 --> 00:08:02 Wanted to ask you for the benefit of our listeners,
00:08:02 --> 00:08:07 maybe who might be going. through the same journey?
00:08:08 --> 00:08:11 Yeah. So for me, I knew other people had it worse.
00:08:11 --> 00:08:13 I was very fortunate. I was around really great
00:08:13 --> 00:08:16 people who supported me from the start. I feel
00:08:16 --> 00:08:19 like everybody has to go through some things.
00:08:19 --> 00:08:22 So the resiliency part, I believe I just had
00:08:22 --> 00:08:24 it. And when I say that, I believe basketball
00:08:24 --> 00:08:27 taught it. I believe my parents taught it. I
00:08:27 --> 00:08:28 think there were some different things that I
00:08:28 --> 00:08:30 learned through childhood that helped me push
00:08:30 --> 00:08:34 on. But I felt like the other part for me was.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:37 I wanted to control what I could control and
00:08:37 --> 00:08:39 what I couldn't control. I knew was out of my
00:08:39 --> 00:08:42 control and I just had to, had to drop it. And
00:08:42 --> 00:08:43 so that's the other thing is sometimes we get
00:08:43 --> 00:08:46 worried about things that we can't control. And
00:08:46 --> 00:08:49 so I was unable to control those things. So I
00:08:49 --> 00:08:52 wasn't, I was least less concerned. And I think
00:08:52 --> 00:08:55 that's one of the main things that I took away
00:08:55 --> 00:08:57 was just, Hey, there's certain things I'm not
00:08:57 --> 00:08:59 able to do anything about that's in my control.
00:09:00 --> 00:09:03 What I can do is control what I can control and.
00:09:04 --> 00:09:07 That was going to be able to give me my best
00:09:07 --> 00:09:10 results. And so also, one of the big things for
00:09:10 --> 00:09:15 me was my morning routine, I believed, is what
00:09:15 --> 00:09:17 really helped me with the resiliency and stuff.
00:09:17 --> 00:09:20 Is that I knew that I needed to move every day,
00:09:20 --> 00:09:23 even if it was small wins. Like go use the bathroom
00:09:23 --> 00:09:26 and go to the fridge and get a glass of OJ. Those
00:09:26 --> 00:09:29 were wins in my book. So sometimes I think you
00:09:29 --> 00:09:31 have to bring it down to even just that and just
00:09:31 --> 00:09:33 be like, hey. I did this today. That's a good
00:09:33 --> 00:09:36 win. Let's go back. I can go lay down and do
00:09:36 --> 00:09:38 what I need to do and rest. So that's the key
00:09:38 --> 00:09:41 component. The symptoms I was feeling was how
00:09:41 --> 00:09:43 people feel when they have the flu. You just
00:09:43 --> 00:09:47 ran down and tired and fatigued. I just had the
00:09:47 --> 00:09:50 flu two weeks ago, and I was reminded how bad
00:09:50 --> 00:09:53 it was. This last year, I've almost lost how
00:09:53 --> 00:09:56 bad it was, if that makes sense, because I've
00:09:56 --> 00:09:58 just been so fortunate to be healthy right now.
00:10:00 --> 00:10:02 Thank you so much, Dwayne, for sharing those
00:10:02 --> 00:10:06 words of wisdom. And I'm sure our audience would
00:10:06 --> 00:10:09 get inspiration from that. I just want to ask
00:10:09 --> 00:10:11 you really quick, you mentioned about police
00:10:11 --> 00:10:15 shooting. So can you tell our audience what happened
00:10:15 --> 00:10:17 and what lesson can you teach the listeners from
00:10:17 --> 00:10:21 that incident? Man, that was very tough. That
00:10:21 --> 00:10:24 was actually, I feel more difficult than being
00:10:24 --> 00:10:26 diagnosed. And the reason it was, was it was
00:10:26 --> 00:10:30 so close. It was a very tragic day. I never want
00:10:30 --> 00:10:33 to lose the sight of that. A police officer here
00:10:33 --> 00:10:36 was tragically killed. He was murdered. A criminal
00:10:36 --> 00:10:39 had a hidden gun. It was taken out of his waistband.
00:10:40 --> 00:10:43 He shot the police officer. There was a shootout.
00:10:44 --> 00:10:49 Just my luck at the time. I was driving by and
00:10:49 --> 00:10:52 a stray bullet hit the truck. This is the reason
00:10:52 --> 00:10:55 I'm dealing with survivor's guilt and PTSD. If
00:10:55 --> 00:10:56 the bullet would have been an eighth of an inch
00:10:56 --> 00:11:01 to the left. It kills me. If the bullet was an
00:11:01 --> 00:11:04 eighth of an inch to the right, my little niece
00:11:04 --> 00:11:08 was in the backseat. So for me, my little niece
00:11:08 --> 00:11:10 is one of my favorite people in the world. And
00:11:10 --> 00:11:14 so that was part of, well, I'm her protector.
00:11:14 --> 00:11:16 And so for me, it's like you have to take ownership
00:11:16 --> 00:11:20 of things. I could have went left and went to
00:11:20 --> 00:11:22 the route that I did, or I could have went right
00:11:22 --> 00:11:24 and did the ice cream. And so I want to take
00:11:24 --> 00:11:27 ownership of the things I can control. And so
00:11:27 --> 00:11:30 I put us in that situation. For me, one of the
00:11:30 --> 00:11:34 things I did was I relied on my things that I
00:11:34 --> 00:11:37 did at basketball. I controlled my breath. When
00:11:37 --> 00:11:40 I got out of the truck, I wasn't panicking. People
00:11:40 --> 00:11:42 were like, how can you be so calm? I had to be
00:11:42 --> 00:11:44 calm. I had my three -year -old niece in the
00:11:44 --> 00:11:46 backseat. She's looking for me to be like, hey,
00:11:46 --> 00:11:51 what's going on? That whole situation was extremely
00:11:51 --> 00:11:55 tragic. For me, it was also something where I
00:11:55 --> 00:11:57 didn't go out and say, hey. All this stuff happened
00:11:57 --> 00:12:00 to me. I'm sharing the stories now just because
00:12:00 --> 00:12:03 I feel like it's very relevant to people and
00:12:03 --> 00:12:06 explain my resiliency. One of the key takeaways
00:12:06 --> 00:12:09 for that is that I can control what I can control,
00:12:10 --> 00:12:13 right? And also I'm being mindful of the fact
00:12:13 --> 00:12:15 that it was a tragic day. Someone lost their,
00:12:15 --> 00:12:19 a police officer lost his life. I'm from a very
00:12:19 --> 00:12:23 small community, less than 5 people. So
00:12:23 --> 00:12:26 my friends were friends with that guy. My friends
00:12:26 --> 00:12:28 were friends with the family. I bring this up
00:12:28 --> 00:12:31 because I'm mindful and I understand that there's
00:12:31 --> 00:12:34 other people's feelings involved. And I was a
00:12:34 --> 00:12:38 very small part, but I also was extremely fortunate.
00:12:39 --> 00:12:42 Thankfully, that day, that bullet could have
00:12:42 --> 00:12:44 went an eighth of an inch to the left or eighth
00:12:44 --> 00:12:46 of an inch to the right. It changes the whole
00:12:46 --> 00:12:49 dynamics of my family. Sure. Thank you so much
00:12:49 --> 00:12:52 for sharing that story, Dwayne. And I'm very
00:12:52 --> 00:12:55 unfortunate that you were a part of that. situation
00:12:55 --> 00:12:58 and how you mentioned the bullet could have gone
00:12:58 --> 00:13:01 eight inch left or right it's all a part of the
00:13:01 --> 00:13:04 fate but also i really commend how you maintain
00:13:04 --> 00:13:08 composure and how you were resilient again back
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 from all your how all your previous experience
00:13:11 --> 00:13:14 prepared you for that moment to stay resilient
00:13:14 --> 00:13:17 i think it's a very big lesson for our listeners
00:13:17 --> 00:13:20 if they are in such a horrific situation you
00:13:20 --> 00:13:23 mentioned that One of the cops got killed. So
00:13:23 --> 00:13:27 there are people who are involved with their
00:13:27 --> 00:13:29 family who knew him. It's a very tough moment
00:13:29 --> 00:13:33 for everyone having that, say it as a small community.
00:13:33 --> 00:13:35 So I really understand and empathetic to it.
00:13:36 --> 00:13:39 I wanted to ask you, you have gone through the
00:13:39 --> 00:13:41 diagnosis of the cancer. You have gone through
00:13:41 --> 00:13:45 this difficult situation of in a near death situation
00:13:45 --> 00:13:48 of a police shootout. Why are you so open about
00:13:48 --> 00:13:51 and you're talking about that? That's very courageous.
00:13:51 --> 00:13:54 So can I ask you, why are you so open about these
00:13:54 --> 00:13:58 challenges? Yeah, so the reason I'm so open is
00:13:58 --> 00:14:03 because there was a part of me, I was in that
00:14:03 --> 00:14:05 victim mentality for a while. These things happened
00:14:05 --> 00:14:08 to me. I don't believe that happened. And then
00:14:08 --> 00:14:10 there was a period where I felt like these things
00:14:10 --> 00:14:12 happened for me, so they gave me a platform and
00:14:12 --> 00:14:15 that. So I don't even believe that anymore. I
00:14:15 --> 00:14:17 believe these things happened through me. My
00:14:17 --> 00:14:21 shoulders were big enough to handle it. I was
00:14:21 --> 00:14:24 able to handle it, but I'm able to facilitate
00:14:24 --> 00:14:27 the lesson to your audience and to other listeners.
00:14:27 --> 00:14:30 So people are learning this story and these lessons
00:14:30 --> 00:14:32 through me and they don't have to go through
00:14:32 --> 00:14:34 these horrible lessons that I had to go through
00:14:34 --> 00:14:36 to learn the lesson. And so I think that's part
00:14:36 --> 00:14:39 of it. I'm extremely purpose -driven. This is
00:14:39 --> 00:14:41 not ego -driven. I'm not a spotlight type person.
00:14:42 --> 00:14:45 This is so I can teach others how to go through
00:14:45 --> 00:14:47 it. So whatever they're going through, they can
00:14:47 --> 00:14:49 see, hey. He was involved in a shooting. He was
00:14:49 --> 00:14:52 misdiagnosed. Maybe me losing my job is not that
00:14:52 --> 00:14:55 big of a deal. Maybe me finding my purpose and
00:14:55 --> 00:14:57 having to tell. I think that's the thing is I
00:14:57 --> 00:15:00 think that it's relatable. And I think a lot
00:15:00 --> 00:15:03 of people would probably lose their stuff on
00:15:03 --> 00:15:06 it. And they realize that, hey, when you go through
00:15:06 --> 00:15:08 stuff, you can only control what you can control.
00:15:08 --> 00:15:10 And so I think that's part of the reason that
00:15:10 --> 00:15:13 I share this. I'm just very purpose driven and
00:15:13 --> 00:15:15 I want people to learn. This lesson through me
00:15:15 --> 00:15:17 and not have to go through the things that I
00:15:17 --> 00:15:21 went through. Thank you so much for explaining
00:15:21 --> 00:15:24 that. Can I ask you one quick last question?
00:15:24 --> 00:15:28 I know you're the CEO of Show Up To Win. Can
00:15:28 --> 00:15:31 you please explain what is Show Up To Win and
00:15:31 --> 00:15:36 what is its importance to the listeners? Yeah,
00:15:36 --> 00:15:39 so Show Up To Win is a program that I created
00:15:39 --> 00:15:42 because when I was going through my stuff, I
00:15:42 --> 00:15:44 couldn't find something like it. I found things
00:15:44 --> 00:15:48 that were, it was like a bro code or it was,
00:15:48 --> 00:15:50 it was like people who wanted to lift weights
00:15:50 --> 00:15:52 and stuff like that. And that who are dealing
00:15:52 --> 00:15:55 with some type of diagnosis and things. And I
00:15:55 --> 00:15:57 felt that was a wonderful thing. It just wasn't
00:15:57 --> 00:16:00 for me. First thing is, is I wasn't able to work
00:16:00 --> 00:16:02 out. So that was the, I knew those things, but
00:16:02 --> 00:16:05 I also felt there's people who were dealing with
00:16:05 --> 00:16:07 things that I was, who were an ex athlete or
00:16:07 --> 00:16:10 an athlete. And so we just have a different type
00:16:10 --> 00:16:14 of mentality. And to give people a better understanding
00:16:14 --> 00:16:17 is when I had knee surgery, they told me to do
00:16:17 --> 00:16:20 50 leg raises. I did 150 that day. That's just
00:16:20 --> 00:16:24 because I wanted the results. Right. But I'm
00:16:24 --> 00:16:26 so results driven. That's the thing is I want
00:16:26 --> 00:16:28 the results. I was willing to do what other people
00:16:28 --> 00:16:31 are unwilling to do. And so for me, that was
00:16:31 --> 00:16:33 part of the reason why I created this program
00:16:33 --> 00:16:39 was to let people I feel. And so I'm not. Some
00:16:39 --> 00:16:41 of your listeners might be aware, some of them
00:16:41 --> 00:16:45 not. But if you took a lighter, right, and you
00:16:45 --> 00:16:48 dump it in water, the flint is not even good.
00:16:48 --> 00:16:50 So you can't flick it by itself, but you can
00:16:50 --> 00:16:52 push the button and somebody else can come with
00:16:52 --> 00:16:55 a light and relight the flame. And I believe
00:16:55 --> 00:16:58 that's what my program is about, is about relighting
00:16:58 --> 00:17:01 that inner fire and getting people through their
00:17:01 --> 00:17:05 situation. They can use myself as inspiration
00:17:05 --> 00:17:07 and I feel show up to win as like a lifestyle
00:17:07 --> 00:17:10 brand, honestly, similar to like live strong.
00:17:10 --> 00:17:12 I believe that if people could really get behind
00:17:12 --> 00:17:16 it and create this army behind me. And here's
00:17:16 --> 00:17:18 the thing, man, is it's not really behind me.
00:17:18 --> 00:17:22 You're with me. I'm an expert at overcoming adversity.
00:17:22 --> 00:17:25 I've been through it twice and I went through
00:17:25 --> 00:17:27 some of the most unlikely and untimely situations.
00:17:27 --> 00:17:30 And so I feel like I'm able to teach that to
00:17:30 --> 00:17:33 people. And so that's the reason that literally
00:17:33 --> 00:17:36 when I say sidelines to show up to win in the
00:17:36 --> 00:17:39 last year, everyone has seen my journey. I went
00:17:39 --> 00:17:42 from someone who was just, I wanted to be left
00:17:42 --> 00:17:44 alone. I wanted to be in the corner, reading
00:17:44 --> 00:17:47 a book all the time. And to now it's like, Hey,
00:17:47 --> 00:17:50 I'm willing to come out of my shadows and be
00:17:50 --> 00:17:52 that Superman that everybody wants me to be.
00:17:53 --> 00:17:56 I'm a hundred percent healthy. So why would I
00:17:56 --> 00:17:58 not give back to people? So I feel that's the
00:17:58 --> 00:18:00 reason that I went through these things is so
00:18:00 --> 00:18:02 I can help out so many others. And I'm just,
00:18:02 --> 00:18:05 I'm looking so forward to that and being able
00:18:05 --> 00:18:07 to speak in stages and explain to people, Hey,
00:18:07 --> 00:18:11 like all these things were really bad and, and
00:18:11 --> 00:18:13 there's things that I didn't do well, but every
00:18:13 --> 00:18:16 time that I did something and I just ran out
00:18:16 --> 00:18:20 of, from an athlete's perspective, the time ran
00:18:20 --> 00:18:22 down before I could score enough points. Like
00:18:22 --> 00:18:25 I never lost it, but there were always lessons.
00:18:25 --> 00:18:29 And I feel that's a very important part. Thank
00:18:29 --> 00:18:32 you so much, Dwayne, for that wonderful words
00:18:32 --> 00:18:35 and also explaining what Show Up to Win is. I
00:18:35 --> 00:18:39 would encourage our audience to check the program.
00:18:39 --> 00:18:43 And also, if you go to our website, www .activeaction
00:18:43 --> 00:18:46 .fm, and if you search Dwayne's name, you will
00:18:46 --> 00:18:48 see his webpage and you'll get the links for
00:18:48 --> 00:18:51 his socials and information about his program
00:18:51 --> 00:18:54 as well. Thank you so much, Dwayne. for joining
00:18:54 --> 00:18:57 us this morning. I really appreciate that. Absolutely.
00:18:57 --> 00:19:00 Thank you so much for giving me this platform.
00:19:00 --> 00:19:02 And thank you so much for your listeners being
00:19:02 --> 00:19:05 able to give me your time. I really appreciate
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