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Sports Motivation Podcast

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo 1142 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

Take control of your sports career and start dominating your competition. The "I'm Not You" Sports Domination Podcast is hosted by former All American and NFL Running Back Olaniyi Sobomehin (Niyi Sobo). He walks you through specific strategies, habits, and the most important mindset needed to take your game to the next level. You'll learn how to master your emotions, set goals and crush them, and adopt the mindset of the world's best athletes. The show features interviews with NFL, NBA, MLB, and professional soccer players to help you leverage their experience.

Episodes

You are not TRACKING enough (Write everything down)
You are not TRACKING enough (Write everything down) Aug 21, 2026 10:33 Whether you're chasing a personal best on the pitch, perfecting a golf swing, building a content brand, mastering a recipe, or showing up as the best parent you can be, the desire to be great at something is righteous. It's wired into you. But desire alone doesn't close the gap between where you are and where you want to be. In this episode, I break down the one habit that separates people who tra
The bigger the BEEF, the longer the CLIP (Bar from Jadakiss)
The bigger the BEEF, the longer the CLIP (Bar from Jadakiss) Aug 19, 2026 14:16 The bigger the beef, the longer the clip you need. Conflict is not a sign something is wrong. It is the size of what you are trying to accomplish. Your goal, your problem, your obstacle... that is the beef. And the clip is your capacity to handle it. More bullets. More action. More time and thought. More energy and focus. Most people underestimate what it takes to win and then wonder why the world
Dig to the ROOTS (or Keep Struggling)
Dig to the ROOTS (or Keep Struggling) Aug 11, 2026 08:48 James Allen wrote it over a hundred years ago, and it's still the truest thing I know: "Whatsoever you harbor in the innermost chambers of your heart will, sooner or later, by the inevitable law of reaction, shape itself in your outward life." Your thoughts, your beliefs, your unhealed pain, they don't stay hidden. They show up as your life. In this episode I get into what's actually driving your
How the EGO keeps you stuck (without you even knowing)
How the EGO keeps you stuck (without you even knowing) Aug 7, 2026 09:30 Your ego is running way more decisions than you think, and it's not trying to help you win. In this episode I break down how the ego operates, why bad choices feel right in the moment and good choices feel wrong, and what to actually do about it. The ego isn't the enemy. It's part of being human, and you can't kill it off. What you can do is make it flexible instead of rigid. Right now it's probab
Live like your parents are DEAD
Live like your parents are DEAD Aug 4, 2026 12:35 At 20, I found out my ex girlfriend was pregnant. I stared at the ceiling for an hour, drowning in guilt, shame, and the fear of what my church going family would think. I ended up back with her. Had another kid. Spent almost 10 years in an on and off toxic relationship, three failed engagements, all because I was chasing my dad's approval instead of building my own life. He was a devoted Christia
Reality Check: You think you're changing, but you are not (The realities of change)
Reality Check: You think you're changing, but you are not (The realities of change) Jul 31, 2026 17:46 You think you're changing. You're not. Most of what people call growth is just a new way to avoid pain. Your body is wired for survival, homeostasis. Change registers as a threat. So when your relationship fails and you try again, only to repeat the same patterns with new fears layered on top, that's not growth. When you overtrain, get injured, then pull back and call it wisdom, that's not growth
BARS: The Power of Emotional Flow (Excerpt from 50th Law)
BARS: The Power of Emotional Flow (Excerpt from 50th Law) Jul 30, 2026 10:14 Your mind won't shut off at night because there are stress loops still open in your brain and nervous system. This is what emotional flow fixes. Every night before bed, set a timer for 7 minutes. Grab a pen and paper or a voice recorder. Then let everything out, every thought, every emotion, every idea sitting in your head. Don't try to organize it. Don't try to do it right. Just keep the thought
DOMINATE your woman (just like you dominate your sport)
DOMINATE your woman (just like you dominate your sport) Jul 29, 2026 14:41 You dominate your sport but hand the keys of your relationship straight to your woman. You call it fairness. It's fear. Athletes and high performers build their careers on clarity, control, and uncompromising standards. Then they get into a relationship and turn into a pillow. Soft. Yielding. Compromising. Borrowing beliefs from Disney movies, social media, and politics instead of running their ow
The game has changed...
The game has changed... Jul 17, 2026 17:15 Information is not your problem. Fear is. You have access to AI, YouTube, books, experts, every tool imaginable. And you're still not moving. This episode breaks down exactly why, and what the three things are that will actually determine whether you win from here. The bottleneck is no longer what you know. It's whether you can take in the right information, act on it consistently, and adjust i
When the vision feels so far away, and you're unsure how it will play out
When the vision feels so far away, and you're unsure how it will play out Jul 3, 2026 10:22 You keep looking at the whole mountain instead of the next step. That's why you're stuck. In this episode, Niyi breaks down a simple mindset from Charlie Munger: you get ahead step by step, not in fast spurts. Using the analogy of a team down 3-0 in a seven-game series and a cross-country drive from Portland to New York, Niyi shows you how to stop drowning in the size of your goal and start focu
Why You Keep Talking Yourself Out Of What You Want
Why You Keep Talking Yourself Out Of What You Want Jun 26, 2026 26:02 You're doing something right now that you don't actually want to be doing. Maybe you had a real idea about what you want, and somewhere between having it and acting on it, you talked yourself right out of it. Or maybe it's worse, you're walking around acting like you want something you actually don't. In this episode, Niyi breaks down what's really happening underneath that pattern: the desire t
The Self Worship Ritual | All Praise Be To You
The Self Worship Ritual | All Praise Be To You Jun 19, 2026 22:16 You've been told worship belongs to God, never you. Today we flip that. Because the same hand that made the ocean, the sunset, every flower that's ever stopped you in your tracks, made you too. So when I say worship yourself, I'm not asking you to replace God. I'm asking you to stop disrespecting His work. This episode is an interactive ritual, not a lecture. I walk you through eight places to loo

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