Rick sits down with former Major League Baseball player Ryan Roberts, who spent nine seasons in the majors but says he never really felt like he had “made it.” Even after reaching a level almost every young player dreams about, the pressure simply changed from getting there to proving he deserved to stay.
In this conversation Ryan talks about being called up and sent down 17 times, the mentality that kept him going through years of uncertainty, and the line he carried with him throughout his career: people could watch him fail, but he never wanted them to watch him quit. He also opens up about choosing his family when baseball stopped fitting the life he wanted, then going from professional stadiums to construction sites, a coffee shop, entrepreneurship, and eventually building RIVYN and launching COREFLO after his own experience with stress, caffeine, and a heart attack.
In this interview you’ll learn:
- Why Ryan says reaching Major League Baseball never made him feel like he had finally arrived
- What being called up and sent down 17 times taught him about pressure and uncertainty
- Why becoming a dad eventually changed the way he looked at ambition and success
- How a former MLB player ended up doing construction, running a coffee shop, and starting over
- What his experience with caffeine, stress, and a heart attack changed about the way he thinks about energy
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