Published: June 14, 2022, 12:50 p.m.
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Former NFL player and current pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Myron Rolle chats with Trey Elling about THE 2% WAY: HOW A PHILOSOPHY OF SMALL IMPROVEMENTS TOOK ME TO OXFORD, THE NFL, AND NEUROSURGERY. Topics include:
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\\n - An explanation of the 2% way (0:45)
\\n - Why examining one\'s foundations is important for fulfilling potential (2:26)
\\n - What his mummy was like during his childhood (4:13)
\\n - His dad\'s response to Myron kicking another kid\'s butt for calling him the n-word (6:12)
\\n - The benefit of adopting his father\'s stoicism as an adult (7:43)
\\n - The influence of Dr. Ben Carson\'s book, Gifted Hands (9:53)
\\n - The opportunities and experiences his football talent afforded him at prestigious prep high schools (12:03)
\\n - Why he decided to play football and attend college at Florida State University (16:08)
\\n - An epiphanous moment at a San Francisco Denny\'s when the Seminoles were prepping for a bowl game in the Bay Area (20:48)
\\n - Starting a program to assist the young people within the Seminole tribe in Florida (25:08)
\\n - Lessons learned from initially failing to qualify for the Rhodes Scholarship (29:48)
\\n - The exhilaration of winning the Rhodes Scholarship (33:29)
\\n - Why he chose to pursue the Rhodes Scholarship over an NFL career, following his junior year at Florida State (35:12)
\\n - Wonderful advice he received from Dr. Ben Carson the weekend before heading to Oxford (39:31)
\\n - The biggest benefit from his time at Oxford (42:17)
\\n - How he became better from the disappointment of sliding to the sixth round of the NFL draft (45:02)
\\n - Spending the offseason after his rookie year representing the Clinton Global Initiative in Africa (47:25)
\\n - Why his time in the NFL may have been cut so short (50:17)
\\n - The biggest regret about his time in the league (54:00)
\\n - Why \'community\' and \'vision\' were most important when selecting his residency hospital at Harvard Mass General Hospital (56:05)
\\n - What his wife Latoya means to him (1:02:05)
\\n - His opinion on college athletes finally being allow to profit off of Name, Image, and Likeness (1:05:49)
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