How To Get Into Champion Mindset - a podcast by JDC Win
from 2019-08-27T14:27:04
There are ups and downs and anything you do in life that's worth anything in life is going to be hard. If you continue to pursue it and push past all the negativity, push past all the people that say, oh, you can't do that or you can't do it, the more they tell you, you can't do it, the more reason you are pushed to want to do it.
In our everyday existence we are faced with life situations that pull us downwards and, even, sometimes we lose track of the goal we have ahead.
What makes it even harder is we sometimes believe others have the power to dictate to us that we can’t do it when the truth is it is us that holds our destiny and no one else.
Orlando Rivera is one guy who went beyond what others didn’t believe he can do. His fuel was, first, his passion and wanting to be the best and excellent at what he does. The absolute belief that he can do it made everything all the more attainable. It made him a 5-time kickboxing world champion, winning not just in his homeland, the US, but in other parts of the world and most especially winning in the country considered to be where this whole kickboxing art originated. It was quite a feat and a big honor, indeed.
His life story is one worth telling. Just when nobody believed he can still do it, what with age as the number one culprit, he proved to one and all that he could do otherwise. Fighting one of the strongest opponents he ever had, he won over and the rest is history.
Let them say again and again, you can’t do it; and every time, keep proving you can because indeed you can.
What you will learn from this episode
[02:25] How to get into the champion mindset
[07:21] Orlando on believing it can happen amidst everyone it cannot
[17:17] Toughest opponents he ever had in his career
[21:15] How he got started into kickboxing
[30:07] On fighting for passion and not for money
[30:59] How doors opened for him to celebrity status
[35:21] On humility being a mark of a true champion
[38:06] Having a champion love and family life
Quotable Quotes From Orlando Rivera
- I knew in my heart that that's what I wanted and no matter what I had to do, I did it and it. It didn't stop there because there's ups and downs, anything you do in life that's worth anything in life is going to be hard. If you continue to pursue it and push past all the negativity, push past all the people that say, oh, you can't do that or you can't do it. You know what, the more you tell me, I can't do it, the more reason I'm pushed to want to do it.
- I wanted to make sure that I went and fought in other countries. And then for other championships, because you can't call yourself a world champion in my eyes if you haven't fought around the world.
- If you want to believe that I made it happen, I made it happen because I believe that, if I can do this, with God's strength, I can do it. And it happened.
- If anybody ever tells you there's something you can’t do, I'm here to tell you that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything. There's nothing that cannot be done without you. And believe in your higher power and there's someone there that's watching over you. Yes, there is.
- Well, onto the next chapter of my life, next chapter in my life was to become the best coach I could become for the future generation coming up. So that's kind of where I'm at now.
Links
Further episodes of Champions 4 Life by JDC
Further podcasts by JDC Win
Website of JDC Win