Betting On Yourself
Betting On Yourself
Coach Scoonie Penn: How to Walk Into the Unknown (and Win)
Title: Coach Scoonie Penn: How to Walk Into the Unknown (and Win)
Artist: Michael Redd
Scoonie Penn, former college and professional basketball player, Director of Player Development at the Ohio State University, and Assistant Coach for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, joins Michael on the podcast today.
“People will tell you that you’re not capable, or that it’s not going to work, but you need to believe in your own strengths and abilities. I love betting on myself.” - Coach Scoonie Penn
They discussed Scoonie’s long and successful career in basketball, walking into the unknown, how he grew up at a young age, going to the NCAA Final Four, the NBA Draft and playing in Europe, and his natural talent for leadership.
As you’ll hear, Coach Penn is a fearless, hilarious, and Godly man. His version of betting on himself has always been about going all in, taking extreme responsibility, and being able to look at himself in the mirror at the end of each day.
In this episode Michael and Coach Penn talked about:
- What betting on yourself means to him
- Pushing himself at a young age
- Being a leader within his family and in sports
- How he began to surpass his peers in playing
- What his best coaches did for him
- How to do the work when you can’t work
- The NBA draft and his time in Europe
- His future goals as a coach
- The advice he’d give his sixteen-year-old self
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