Nick Chubb explains how one of the hardest parts of becoming successful is that he literally can't recreate the hunger he had when he was broke and working out three times a day
“I remember how hungry I was as a high school kid, and it’s so hard for me to tap into that mindset again. I can’t be that hungry kid that worked out three times a day mentally. I just can’t, because I have a lot of things now. I’m successful.”
“That’s the closest thing I can do to feel like I’m still that high school kid, go back to my hometown with Mikey Worthington, in the same weight room when I had nothing. That’s the same place I had nothing in. It’s the same coach who was there who believed in me as a young kid.”
“To go back and just feel all that again, it works magic for me. All my success comes from me going home in the middle of Cedartown, where there’s nothing around, and just grinding for six months straight.”
“On leg day, you just say put it all on the bar. If I think about it, I don’t really have a max. I just stop at some point. “Worthington, man, he pushes me. Sometimes I don’t feel like doing all that weight. He’ll say, ‘Shit, when you was in high school, you would’ve did it.’ He just takes me back to me being hungry.”
"You're So Pretty" is inscribed on Payton Tolle's glove as a heartfelt tribute to his mother, Jina, who passed away from cancer in 2025. She would playfully yell the line to Payton at baseball games to "embarrass" him in front of friends and teammates. 🥹 #PlayersWeekend
Nothing like a little irony here in Iowa. In a game built, in part, around the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and his second chance after being banned as part of the Black Sox scandal, there are gambling ads in each outfield corner.
“Rise and grind”
“Rise and grind. Attitude is everything.”
“Yeah, and leadership is earned but humility is a virtue”
“Keep the main thing the main thing”
“For sure. Winning begins within”