The Yogi Roth Show

Meredith Dolhare is one of the world’s most accomplished ultrarunners. She’s completed the most notorious races - the Badwater 135 mile footrace through Death Valley in the heart of summer, the Kona Ironman World Championship, and the Furnace Creek 508 mile cycling race, to name a few. We sat down in Venice Beach, CA to discuss her training methods, career and life story; what I learned is that she's also one of the most impressive and dynamic people in the world of sport. A survivor of sexual trauma and bullying, Meredith has never let anything keep her from achieving at the highest level. She played collegiate tennis at Vanderbilt University, where her team was ranked among the top ten in the country. She later graduated with honors before eventually moving on to professional endurance sports, where she earned sponsorships from the top brands in the industry, including TIMEX, Newton Running, Generation UCAN and others.Throughout her own career, Dolhare raised two young men, both of whom are now in college.

Oliver Luck, CEO and commissioner of the XFL, joined The Yogi Roth Show from the Athlete’s First RV in Atlanta at the Super Bowl. From the A1RV, they discussed his excitement around ‘re-imagining the game’ with the XFL, the process of building a relative ‘Start Up,’ and the joy he gets from constructing a league that will provide athletes, coaches and various professionals new jobs.They also delve into the XFL’s freedoms regarding college football players eligibility, dealing with the growing anxiety and depression in sports & some of the changes the XFL will have regarding rules and style of play.Commissioner Luck’s entire life has been based in sports, as he has lived all over the globe building one of the most respected careers in college and professional athletics. A former quarterback at West Virginia and the NFL, Commissioner Luck would eventually find himself as the president of NFL Europe before returning to the United States as the CEO of the Houston Sports Authority and President and GM of the H

Scotty McKnight, a record setting wide receiver from Colorado who also spent time in the NFL, lived an incredible story as an athlete. Today, he has transitioned to sharing the stories of future stars in sports as the President of GOAT Farm Media, which helps professional athletes create, control and profit from the stories they desire to share. As a multi-media expert, Scotty identifies, ideates and creates stories that are shared across the globe. Most recently, he co-produced the series Destination Dallas with Aaron Rogers, chronicling the 2018 NFL Draft and various players such as Arizona Cardinal QB Josh Rosen’s path. We sat down in the Athlete’s First RV at the Super Bowl in Atlanta and discussed his plans for the 2019 NFL Draft and the content he is producing that will appear on Showtime, Sports Illustrated and others, as well as the ‘why’ behind his career choice.For more insight on Scotty and the content he and his team are creating follow @GoatFarmMedia on twitter or visit https://goatfarmmedia.com/

Known as one of the top 5 greatest American living athletes today, Jim Brown is in the NFL Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, the Lacrosse Hall of Fame and has accomplished much more in his life. Yogi was able to sit down with this sports icon in front of a live audience at a Thuzio event in Los Angeles. Jim Brown, who is also a complicated figure, has been in the middle of sport, entertainment, activism and conflict during his life. At 82, Jim Brown describes himself as a ‘driven person,’ and delves into why he abruptly left the NFL and found his way to Hollywood as an actor ,where he broke down barriers in acting much like he did in life in activism alongside Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell and more.His stories will take you back in time at Syracuse, where he almost left college, into an NFL huddle with the Cleveland Browns, a famous summit with elite athletes in 1967 that strove to change the country and even into a recent meeting with Donald Trump.He also describes the details be

Matt Leinart and Vince Young did not grow up together, but ever since the 2006 National Championship game at the Rose Bowl they have evolved together. In short, these two Hall of Fame quarterbacks are connected for life because of a simple game.They joined The Yogi Roth Show and talked about that specific game, what motivated them and their respective teams at USC and Texas, and how their relationship has evolved since that fateful night in Pasadena.Furthermore, this conversation is in front of a live audience at a Thuzio event during the week of the 2018 USC vs Texas college football game, and the crowd was amped the entire time.For more conversations around sport, performance and the humanity within it visit https://www.yogiroth.com/podcast/ or follow @YogiRoth on all social media.For more information about Thuzio and their events visit https://thuzio.com/. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

Jon Gordon, an international best selling author and speaker, joined The Yogi Roth Show to start the New Year. For the last two years, he and Yogi have met to share their ‘word of the year’ on this podcast. For Jon, 2019 is about ‘Expand’ and for Yogi, it’s ‘Create.’ Jon has purposely had a ‘word of the year’ since 2001 and Yogi since 2013.Jon also dives into the concept of turning ‘hopes into habits,’ what has made Clemson so special under Coach Dabo Swinney and many more principles that will cultivate thoughts around your New Year. Listen, share and enjoy one of the world's greatest though leaders message around hope, inspiration, leadership and positivity. To listen to Jon share his word of 2018, re-visit this conversation https://www.yogiroth.com/pod/jon-gordon-seek-create-impossible-2018/. Follow @JonGordon11 on all social media or visit www.JonGordon.com, as well join his new mission around positivity, https://positivebrands.com/. For more episodes of The Yogi Roth Show visit https://www.yogiroth.com/po

Max Browne was offered a scholarship at 14 years old and by 18 was the #1 recruit in the nation. He joined The Yogi Roth Show and opened up about recruiting, the highs of his career and how he asked for help during the lows of it. This courageous conversation is one that will shed light on the humanity of college football, the pressures within it and how Max dealt with his anxiety during his emotional journey in college.Furthermore, he will inspire you as Max used football to get multiple degrees at USC and the University of Pittsburgh. Max also spent the 2018 football season in an apprenticeship role with the Pac-12 Networks Yogi Roth, beginning his young career as a college football analyst.Follow Max on twitter @MaxBrowne4 and listen to this episode or past episodes at www.YogiRoth.com. Also, be sure to subscribe to the How Great Is Ball newsletter for insights in college football. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

Cody Hawkins was born into football. His father, Coach Dan Hawkins, has been coaching for the majority of his life. But while coaching football is Cody’s profession is does not define him. The current UC Davis wide receivers coach joined The Yogi Roth and shared his experiences playing at Colorado under his Dad, being a player-coach in various leagues around the globe & his ‘why.’He takes you inside the Colorado program and his own mind when he was a student-athlete, as his Dad was fired by the Buffaloes during Cody’s senior season and the game after Dan was let go Cody would be named Big-12 Offensive Player of the Week. Yogi had the opportunity to broadcast that game on Fox and shares his lens on that afternoon in Boulder.Furthermore, Cody also has the travel bug, and once his career in college ended he found that football is widespread around the globe and started leading football clinics that would impact others in unimaginable ways. He described the power of travel and related it to the human experien

Adam Amin is known as one of the top broadcasters in sports and joins The Yogi Roth Show to share his story. Adam joined ESPN at the young age of 24 and has called major college football, basketball, NBA, NFL games and more during his career.While host Yogi Roth and Adam dive into the details of his professional journey the essence of their conversation is around humanity, as Adam has seen it first hand being the only member of his immediate family to be born in the United States.Adam, whose family was born and raised in Pakistan, defined being human as always wanting to evolve and be better and to appreciate others for the same reasons that you would want to be appreciated. He shared that his favorite word in the English language is ‘empathy’ and said that the most human thing you can do is be empathetic to those around you—even if there may be underlying differences in philosophy or mentality. When one learns of Adam’s father, Mohammed, it makes sense that Adam views life this way. Mohammed moved to the USA

During a historic month in college football and during a historic week in the United States, Yogi Roth shares two stories from his life that have influenced his lens on the world in a unique episode of The Yogi Roth Show.The first story describes his first time at the voting polls as a child and the second story details the city of Pittsburgh and the impact of his mentor, Michele Rosenthal, who lost two brothers, David and Cecil, in the shooting at The Tree of Life synagogue in late October.His hope is that everyone recognizes and remembers that regardless of platform we all have a voice. Visit The Athletic, https://theathletic.com/631206/2018/11/03/love-wins-in-pittsburgh/, to read Yogi's essay on Michele and how 'Love Wins in Pittsburgh' or www.YogiRoth.com for more podcasts around the humanity in college football. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

Bruce Feldman is an award winning author, college football personality and one of the most respected members of the media. He joined The Yogi Roth Show and shared the ‘why’ behind the path he chose, how he has always followed his heart and how ‘it all comes down to the work.’Bruce was an art major in college and has since altered his career path to become what I consider to be one of the greatest college football writers of all time. Bruce’s path began in upstate New York and his life journey has led him to work at ESPN, become a New York Times best selling author, a highly regarded author with The Athletic and a Fox Sports college football sideline reporter. His knack for storytelling has allowed him to gain the recognition he deserves for seeking out the stories that should be told. Bruce is relentless in his search to cultivate meaningful stories that not only offer people new perspectives, but often connect to the humanity in college football. When I asked Bruce what “it all comes down to” for him, he imm

Trent Dilfer--a 14-year NFL veteran, Super Bowl winning quarterback and current head coach at the Elite 11--is the most recent guest on this week’s podcast episode of The Yogi Roth Show. Someone I consider family, this was a conversation I have been thinking about since we launched this podcast almost three years ago. Our conversation goes into depth unpacking Trent’s path, his passions, and how football continues to impact his life’s journey. In this podcast, Trent reminisces over the time when he first fell in love with the game of football. He said that by the age of 10 his love affair with the game had began, which only continued to grow as he recognized and appreciated the complexities of the game and team camaraderie that came with it. Trent, who lives with a Growth Mindset, has also dedicated this phase of his life to impacting young men in grassroots football through the Elite 11 quarterback camp. There, he and his staff set out each year to guide the top quarterbacks in high school football to recogn

This week McKenzie Milton joins The Yogi Roth show to talk about his journey from a small familial town in Hawaii to a national stage in college football. Going into his senior year of high school McKenzie wasn’t highly recruited, but his passion for faith, family and football, along with an element of grit that most of us can relate to, took him to the next level. McKenzie accepted a scholarship offer to the University of Central Florida as a quarterback, and has proved that he deserves to be recognized as the elite thinker and competitor, as last year he finished 8th in Heisman Trophy voting & has continued his success. Even though McKenzie was overlooked by his dream school and was only a 3-star recruit out of high school, he seized every opportunity to grow and excel in both life and in football, with his family being his biggest motivation. A combination of his dad coaching him throughout childhood, constantly competing with his brothers, and his mom being his #1 fan, McKenzie generated a chip on his

“It’s not a weakness to get help, it’s a sign of strength.’ ~ BYU QB/Elite 11 co-MVP Tanner MangumTanner Mangum was an unknown recruit in 2011 from Eagle, Idaho and after a summer with the Elite 11—the premiere high school quarterback competition—he catapulted himself onto the map in college football, as he was named co-MVP with Jameis Winston and Neal Burcham at the 2011 Elite 11 quarterback camp. Tanner always knew that he was capable of accomplishing great things if he worked hard, but in his case, greatness didn’t always originate from football. Tanner decided to put his newfound fame and notoriety in football on hold in order to follow his faith and serve a two-year mission trip in Chile to get to the core of people, as well as himself, in order to connect with a different culture and recognize the universal humanity that we all share. When he returned he instantly became a household name, as he threw the game winning touchdown pass for BYU as they beat Nebraska on a ‘Hail Mary’ as time expired in his fi

Brenda Tracy is a catalyst and agent of change. She joins The Yogi Roth Show, as their conversation will take you inside the world of Brenda, as she travels to college campuses year-round, impacting college athletes to Set The Expectation.Brenda, a survivor of a gang rape on a college campus is now inspiring and empowering student-athletes to #SetTheExpectation to end sexual and relationship violence on college campuses.Over the last two years, thousands of high school and college student-athletes have embraced her campaign and most recently a conference has embraced her mission. Among them have been Stanford, San Jose State, Michigan, The Opening Football Camp and many more. Leading the way was Stanford Head Coach David Shaw, who dedicated the first ever college football game to bringing awareness to sexual and relationship violence on campus, and the Cardinal titled that game in 2017 the #SetTheExpectation game. In 2018, other teams have followed Stanford’s lead. Brenda and Yogi’s powerful conversation unpa

In front of a live audience, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff joins The Yogi Roth Show where he shares elements of his path to LA. Yogi and Jared met when Jared was in high school at the Elite 11 Quarterback Competition and they will reflect on that day, when he was a freshman at Cal, the night of the NFL Draft and much more.Jared’s story encompasses the word grit. He grew up undersized and under-recruited, but his passion and perseverance within the craft of football led him to being the top draft pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.After being the #1 pick, Jared Goff became a household name. His drive to succeed has allowed him to never flinch when facing adversity, and has made him the leader that he is today. Coming from an athletic family, Jared was always encouraged to be the best that he could be and to trust his preparation. Jared has always known that his dedication to football and ability to maintain his PACE (Performance After Critical Errors) would lead him to the league, however Jared shared that t

This insightful conversation with the legendary coach Mark Speckman goes in depth about how he has overcome perceived physical hardships and achieved great success by just figuring it out. Born with no hand and nine toes, Coach Speckman has lived his life by doing the best he can and seeing what happens from there. He has always had a chip on his shoulder motivating him to be the best that he can be, and has realized that asking for help and trusting your instincts are not limitations, but instead valuable tools to accomplish the unthinkable. When asked by Yogi what it means to be human, Coach Speckman simply responds by saying it means you are a master of your own fate and bouncing back. Listen to this podcast to learn more about the inspiring story of Coach Speckman, and how he has revolutionized the offensive style of football through his passion for the love of the game. Follow coach on Twitter @markspeckman or reach out to markspeckman@ucdavis.edu. Also, read his book, ‘Figure It Out’ to learn more about

This inspiring conversation with Coach Mack Brown epitomizes the essence of what it means to seek your passion and then relentlessly chase it. As a teenager, Mack Brown dreamt of being a college football coach and over 40 years later he is a member of the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame class. With ‘fun’ being at the core of his approach, Mack Brown found success as a head coach at multiple institutions, and while he may be best known for winning a National Championship at Texas, his journey was one that impacted millions on and off the gridiron.He and host Yogi Roth dive into the brilliance and dark side of college football, reminisce over the USC/Texas title game and discuss how Coach Brown turned ‘pressure into pride’ while guiding one of the most historic programs in college football history. You’ll laugh, be taken inside the headset before the famous 4th & 2 at the Rose Bowl and learn that Coach Brown isn’t quite done with coaching.Listen to conversations with those seeking and uncovering the huma

Dr. Michael Gervais, one of the most accomplished high performance psychologists in the world, re-joins the LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS podcast with Yogi Roth. These two friends take a deep dive into the mindset of high performers with a focus on anxiety and depression in college football and how dealing with that is trainable.Dr. Gervais describes how there are challenges in every facet of life and paints a clear picture around adversity and that efficient processing and organization around ones thoughts can allow athletes, coaches and mentors to dissolve performance anxiety.Check out Dr. Michael Gervais’ podcast at www.findingmastery.net, his online business at www.competetocreate.net and follow him on social media @michaelgervais.For more conversations visit www.YogiRoth.com/podcast and subscribe to the ‘How Great Is Ball’ newsletter.Follow @YogiRoth for insights around the country in college football and more. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

How Great Is Ball! Finally, college football is here and George Chahrouri joins the LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS podcast with Yogi Roth to talk about the analytics in college football. George, the lead data scientist for Pro Football Focus began his post college career teaching math in South Central Los Angeles. It was in the communities of Compton and Watts where his love of math grew and once Pro Football Focus was created he learned he could merge his love of football with his passion of mathematics.Each week George will join Yogi on the LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS podcast to discuss college football prior to Yogi's feature interview.Follow George on Twitter @PFF_George and listen to his podcast, PFF Forecast, which focuses on NFL games each week.Be sure to visit www.YogiRoth.com and subscribe to the weekly 'How Great Is Ball' newsletter for new podcasts and college football insights. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe