You feel like your life is going to last a long time, and if I was to talk to my 26 year

old self, I would tell that kid that you don't have time and you really, you don't know

when it's going to end. And so get out there and do the things you want to do. Get out there

and get out for them now. Don't wait another second. Take advantage of it. Get out there and

live and strive to be better. Because the life you've got, which I just said was a gift, it

is a gift. So live it. Yeah, I always wanted to be a commando ever since I was a little kid and I

heard that the seals were really tough and that the training was really tough. And then you know,

once you get in, everyone makes a big deal out of bugs that's, but it's in the seal teams, it's

no big deal. Everyone goes through it, you get cold, you get wet, whatever. You do a bunch of

push-ups and pull-ups and dips. Anyone that gets to the seal teams and does deployments overseas and

has a real career, if they're not talking about bugs, training. It just doesn't mean it.

Hi, the guy that was, you know, an NCAA water polo team captain champion, we quit. And I had a guy that

was an Olympic ultimate gymnast, and he quit. Just because someone's a good physical athlete,

it doesn't mean that they're a good seal. Because being a good seal is a lot more than just being a good

athlete. Being a good athlete is like the baseline. And it's everything that you've learned to do

after that. A good leader, a guy that's tactically sound, a guy that makes good decisions, a guy that's

good under pressure, a guy that doesn't ever give up on trying to accomplish a mission. Those are

the things that makes you a seal. So you're always learning and growing and I was always learning until

the day I retired. Because it's not a boom this happened and everything changes. It's a constant

addition of skill set and repetition of situations where you become competent at your job.

The fear of getting shot or killed is not on your mind when you're in the moment. You know,

it'll build up when you're waiting to go out. You know, there's times you're waiting to go out,

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