Conversation With Chima Moneke #054

The transfer portal has changed the landscape of college sports.  I love it, and I'm also worried.  Everything has its pros and cons.  As a player, I didn't have the freedom to transfer. I had to sit on the bench and hope an opportunity presented itself.  In this video, I discussed the valuable lessons I learned from being on the bench for three years.  Check out the video and let me know what you think.  Do you think we're creating a generation of athletes who don't know how to fight through adversity?  Or do you think if the situation ain't ideal, automatically leave?

In this episode, I talk about why I prefer to train alone.  I started training alone when I was a kid.  It wasn’t t a choice I made I just was the kid that nobody took serious so I had to find a way.

This continued even when I was in college.  We had all the resources in the world, but I was always the player who couldn’t get a rebounder or couldn’t get a coach to pour into me truly.  So, I had to figure it out by studying and breaking down a ton of film.  

I don’t like people in my training sessions if we’re not on the same wavelengths.  Working with trainers from the teams I sign up for is one of my biggest struggles.

I’ve learned how to train myself and heal myself in case of injury so that I’m not dependent on anyone at any time.

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In this episode, I talked about how your name precedes your skills.  People fall in love with how you make them feel.   Not with you doing your job well.  Doing your job well is expected.  Being impactful requires you to do your job and more.  The people will always respect and remember the people who go the extra mile.    

In this episode, I discussed how tough love is better than fake love.  Nobody likes it when people are tough on them, but the people who are tough on you are the people who care about you the most.

Something I've learned after 35 years. It never gets easy. Every time, I've felt I had it figured out. A new challenge appeared. I used to look at it like, why me? Why I can't never get over the hump. Then I sat back and thought about it. I have overachieved. Everything I said I wanted to do in life, I did it in my twenties. Never really appreciating all the hard work and dedication led me to believe life was against me. I've been winning the whole time.

No matter where you are, there will always be a challenge. That's exactly what you want. That keeps you young.

When you're young, you will have to prove yourself. 

You must prove that you're worth it when you're in your prime.

You must prove that you're not old when you're a vet.

You're not a loser unless you quit.

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Many players are in this situation.  I've been in this situation my whole career.  It's one of the reasons I created the #makempay mentality.    Most players were playing against the other team.  Most of the time, I played against my team and tried my best to force them to see value in me.

Now, since that's out of the way. 

I'm qualified to talk about this subject.  I've mastered how to fill your role, change your role, and create a new role.  It's a game within a game.  You already know my methods if you purchased my "How To Makempay" e-book.  

I see it even more clearly as I get older in my career.  That's why I don't laugh at "old man" jokes.  Somewhere, there's some truth in most jokes.  You don't play for 14 years professionally without discipline, hard work, and strategy.  So, I'm not about to join in on your dismissive remarks.  

There are many ways to succeed on your team, even if you don't like your role.

I'll start by saying I love pickup basketball. It's one of the purest forms of the game. I played pickup ten years into my professional career. 

There are a lot of pros playing pickup, but just like anything, there are a lot of cons. Every player's situation is different. 

One of the pros is that you get to feel contact in the offseason. You get to work on some of the moves you're practicing in training. You get some cardio if you're playing seriously. 

Now for the cons. Pickup has changed. Just like the game of basketball is constantly evolving, pickup basketball has evolved, too. It's evolved for the worst for me. Quick three-point shots, no rebounding, minimal defense, no organization, no real game-like reps, and many more cons.

In the offseason now, I mainly focus on my body and my skillset. Since I have a consistent contract, I use my job to get the pros that I would get from offseason pickup games. As I said, this is a case-by-case basis, and everyone's situation differs. This is what has worked for me. I arrive in shape, and my tools are sharp and ready for a long season. 

Leave in the comments what your offseason looks like.