Sam Mewis on Confidence and Putting in the Work I #AskASoccerPro Show Ep. 064

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Time Stamp:

00:00 – 06:00: Overcoming Uncertainty -

06:08 – 10:28: Sam Mewis Joins the Live! -

10:28 – 17:49: When Should You Ignore? -

17:50 – 20:16: Learning from Others -

20:17 – 23:46: Setting Goals After the World Cup -

23:44 - 25:44: What Would Sam Bring to a Deserted Island? -

25:50 – 35:34: Dealing with Injuries and Setbacks -

35:35 – 39:19: Sneaking onto UCLA’s Fields -

39:20 – 43:21: Will Sam Still Cheer for Tom Brady? -

43:22 – 47:38: Do You Want to See Sam’s Tik Tok? - 

47:41 – 50:12: Why Sam Watches Game Film -

50:13 - 53:18: How the NWSL Can Grow - 

53:32 – 56:22: Why #3? - 

56:23 – 59:45: Keep Sticking Around! -

Quotes from the episode:

Quincy Amarikwa

Quincy Amarikwa: (01:25)

I think a lot of people are realizing more and more that you know, we're going to be on quarantine and behind closed doors for quite some time, but there's nothing wrong with that cause this gives us a great opportunity to improve ourselves and to make that next jump put in that extra time that we might not have been putting in otherwise and take full advantage of this opportunity that is quarantine.

Quincy Amarikwa: (13:08)

You have to learn how to survive on and off the field

Quincy Amarikwa: (16:25) 

Confidence is a skill you build over time by doing the repetition 

Quincy Amarikwa: (17:14)

A lot of the players who aren't confident tend to be those who are realizing they didn't do enough work and now that they're here they feel exposed. 

Quincy Amarikwa: (31:40)

There’s very few things that you actually have in your control

Sam Mewis

Sam Mewis: (08:58)

if I see someone out there who's better than me at something, I ask them and I want to learn and, I want to cut, adopt whatever they're doing that makes them that good.

Sam Mewis: (10:18)

I almost feel like that willingness to learn from someone who's older and more experienced has been one of the most like shaping parts of my career. 

Sam Mewis: (11:02)

When I make a mistake, I want to be the first one to say that was me, my bad, I messed up.

Sam Mewis: (14:22)

I think in the times of like really high stress or when it feels like the odds are stacked against you or you feel like people are expecting you to fail, knowing exactly what you need to do and, and knowing that you've done it a million times before and that you're totally prepared.

Sam Mewis: (19:17)

I just feel like there's so many opportunities to learn that if you get turned away at one place, I would just go someplace else. 

Sam Mewis: (22:45)

My teammates are all so driven and so willing to accomplish something and move on and accomplish something else. That it kind of makes you have that mindset of like, what's next? What can I work on now? 

Sam Mewis: (22:59)

I think I've had this kind of like long standing model that, the struggle and the journey is what is supposed to fulfill you. So, reaching the top is so fun and it's like so incredible and amazing and um, but it's, it's the climb that sustains you and it's the climb that is what really gives you purpose and direction and satisfaction.

Sam Mewis: (27:37)

I think every time I get like fed up with doing fitness or fed up with traveling or tired or I kind of remember the time that I couldn't play.

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