Show Notes:
:30 – How Matt has stayed at the top of his game so long
1:30 – Evolving his training as a mature athlete
4:09 – Goal setting and winning gold in Rio
6:29 – Culture of Team USA’s wheelchair basketball team and Matt’s role on the team
8:57 – Dealing with burnout or loss of motivation
12:05 – What shapes Matt’s positive attitude
16:15 – How Matt thinks about retirement and his identity as an athlete
19:24 – The challenge of being present and sharing your life on social media
21:55 – Seeing visible vs invisible disability in everyone
24:17 – Matt’s experience competing for Team USA as a Black man
27:48 – Being hospitalized in late 2018 and the recovery process to get back to the court
30:34 – Coming back from being in a coma to qualifying for Tokyo within a year
32:08 – Decision to compete professionally in Europe
33:54 – Growth of the Paralympic movement and hopes for the future
36:07 – Introduction to wheelchair basketball and start of Matt’s Paralympic dream
37:42 – Advice for a young kid with a disability
40:02 – Goals and challenges for Matt’s fifth Paralympic Games
42:19 – Olympic or Paralympic moment in life
