Scott Hamilton: Champion on and off the ice

Scott Hamilton is a retired figure skater and Olympic gold medalist. He won four consecutive U.S. championships from 1981–84, four consecutive World Championships from 1981–84 and a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.  Since that time he has been a TV commentator, a motivational speaker, the founder of a skating academy, a cancer survivor and the founder of a cancer research center.  He is a New York Times bestselling author and his latest book is called Finish First: Winning Changes Everything.   Some interesting insights from this episode:  Finishing first doesn't necessarily mean finishing first. Accomplishing whatever goal you set for yourself is a finish first moment.  "The only disability in life is a bad attitude."  It was his mother's passing that was the catalyst which woke him up and allowed him to take his skating to another level.  He gave away all his medals and trophies because he didn't want to let them be an anchor to prevent him from moving forward.  All of the losing earlier in his career was actually great preparation for ultimately learning how to compete and win.  "Excellence is leveraging everything we have to live the best life we possibly can."