Founders Podcast

"I read Bob Dylan's autobiography, which is excellent. I did an episode on it. It's episode 259 if you ever want to listen to it."

"I actually did an episode on Danny's fantastic autobiography like probably 9 years ago. It's episode 20."

"I'd recommend buying the book and watching the video. I literally have personally used ideas that I discovered in this talk to build this podcast."

"And before I get into this incredible book that I read about Roger Federer, which is called The Master, the Long Run and the Beautiful Game of Roger Federer, written by Christopher Clarey"

"There is like a 20-page afterward that I highly recommend you read. It's in Ed Catmull's autobiography called Creativity Inc. It's called The Steve Jobs We Knew."

"This is the book that over the years has been the most requested book for me to cover on the podcast. I had a hard time putting it down. It turns out it is as good as everybody told me that it was."

"I randomly discovered this talk on YouTube. I think it's one of the best talks on YouTube."

"The name 87 Capital is from Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro."

"Sam read Moneyball in two days. He loved everything about it. He could not stop thinking about it."

"A few years ago, Sam was interviewed by my friend Patrick on his podcast, Invest Like the Best."

"At Stanford Graduate School of Business, Sam was able to take a sports management class for the first time."

"Kobe Bryant said the exact same thing in that book that he wrote called Mamba Mentality. He talks about the importance of studying the greats."

"I think about one of my favorite quotes comes from Brad Jacobs. Brad Jacobs wrote in his book, How to Make a Few Billion Dollars. So much of success in business and life is keeping your head in a good place."

"And then this part reminds me of this idea that's in Rick Rubin's book. The book is called The Creative Act. I just did an episode on it a few weeks ago."

"Federer also invested in On which is a Swiss running shoe company that's based in Zurich. I actually just spent time with David one of the founders of On. I spent a few days with him. I found him wildly impressive."

"And for Agassi, it was no different. He says tennis is the closest to solitary confinement which inevitably leads to self-talk."

"Brad Jacobs has this great line in the book that he wrote, which is called How to Make a Few Billion. It's episode 335 of Founders."

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"His friend says, 'Hey, why don't you check out this guy? He's just written a book about tennis. It's called Winning Ugly.' Brad's book contains the kind of practical wisdom I need."

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