Mike Magee and Quincy Talk Soccer and Business I #AskASoccerPro Show Ep. 054

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In today’s episode: Breaking down the mentality of a future pro

Time Stamp 

00:00 – 06:04 – Introduction 

06:07 – 12:50 –  Self-Honesty

12:50 – 17:36  – How I met Mike Magee

17:37 – 21:32 – Mike Magee Joins the Live!

21:34 –23:30 – How Mike Approaches the Game

23:42 –28:01 – Why Mike told Quincy to Focus!

28:25 – 31:26 – Acting Impulsively

31:29 – 33:18 –Embracing the Suck

33:21– 35 :22 – On Regret

35:26 – 38:37– Being a Role Model

38:49 – 40:37 – Failing is Fine, if you Learn

40:42 – 47:30 – Learning from Others

47:45 – 50:57 – Thinking or Reacting?

50:58 – 54:28 – American Soccer is Changing

54:45 –57:36 – Outro

QUOTES:  

Quincy

1.  What I thought about Mike before I met him and knew him as a person was completely limited by the ‘outside looking in perspective.’ (13:20 – 13:28)

2. It’s extremely important to understand that just because you have an assumption or an idea of what you think someone or something is like, there’s nothing wrong with that… What's most important… is that you don’t allow your assumptions to prevent you from seeing what’s actually true. (14:51–15:15) 

Mike

1. You learn more about people when things suck, when nothing’s going right. (32:45 –32:49) 
2. Those lessons are the best ones to learn. Going on in life I can think back to all those times people helped me. Listen, I’m not one of these stories you look back on and I’m patting myself on the chest. I’ve had help all along the way, my family’s been incredible, I got the best friends on the planet… I’ve been blessed all along the way.   (36:36 –36:59) 
3. I enjoy learning the hard way and I think the biggest thing you learn is failing is fine, it’s acceptable. You learn if you do things the right way and you put the work in. (39:42 – 39:58) 
4. The biggest jump in quality I ever took in my career was the day when, like, Robbie Keane came, and I started watching this man…when I’m surrounded by Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, David Beckam… I got to watch these guys and I remember almost my entire first season like literally watching these guys every day. I know its cliché, when you guys say watch this player…. I think my ability to be humble enough to realize that Robbie Keane is the player I would dream to be, or that David Beckham never takes a day off. (42:08 – 42:44) 
5. I was always thinking. I probably spent more time not necessarily thinking what I wanted to do, but what the game needed. (48:11 – 48:17)
   

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In the #AskASoccerPro Show 11 year MLS vet Quincy Amarikwa breaks down the MSL (Mental Strength League), an ongoing game that he believes he and everyone else is a conscious or unconscious participant. 

This is a philosophy and mindset he has developed, refined and implemented over the course of his life and now 11+ year professional soccer career... 

And what he attributes to finding success in his personal, business and soccer endeavors… Resulting in the creation of the “Amarikwa Process.” A 7-step mindset process Quincy refers to when tackling any endeavor or meeting new, temporary obstacles.

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