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20 Apr 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #427 – Neil Adams: Judo, Olympics, Winning, Losing, and the Champion Mindset

“The most difficult thing I think for anybody is when they have to decide when to stop.”

— Neil Adams

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Neil Adams
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belief
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20 Apr 2024
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…Yeah, it’s a skill probably just to be grateful for the things you have. Exactly as you said. Sometimes the little things like food and cars and all that kind of stuff, just to have gratitude for. And family, all this kind of stuff. But it’s still, having talked to a bunch of Olympic athletes, when you give so much of your life to winning and then you lose, sometimes even when you win. But when you lose, at the very top, it’s a tough, tough, tough thing to go through. The most difficult thing I think for anybody is when they have to decide when to stop. Yeah, yeah.…

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