3 X Olympian Dominique Dawes - NEVER GOOD ENOUGH

Sometime there is a price to pay if you want to be the best...at anything.  Often times the price will be extreme and it’s only with time and distance that we get perspective enough to truly evaluate our experience and assess its impact, good and bad, on our lives.In this powerful conversation Dominique and I discuss her life experience in gymnastics as she climbed to the very top of her sport. We discuss her personal drive for perfection, the relentless focus on fundamentals, the extreme rigors of training and the suffering and sacrifices that were made along the way. In addition to this Dominique and I also discuss the “win at all cost” culture that exists in many sports (especially in competitive gymnastics) and the role coaches play in this process. We go back and forth discussing the balance that must be struck between the importance of winning and the importance of the positive experience coaches should be providing for their athletes well.   Dominique is on a mission to transform the culture of gymnastics with the goal of not only producing champions but more importantly healthy happy athletes as well.