Saquon Barkley talks about VICTORY FAVORS THE FEARLESS by Darrin Donnelly.
Last week at training camp for the Philadelphia Eagles, two-time Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley was overheard asking quarterback Jalen Hurts if he thought he was “fearless.”
Hurts replied, “Absolutely.” And the two had a brief discussion about why he felt this way.
In an interview with the media on Monday, Barkley was asked why he asked Hurts about being fearless.
Barkley said it was because he recently read and liked the book, Victory Favors the Fearless: How to Defeat the 7 Fears that Hold You Back.
I was excited to hear Saquon Barkley had read my book and that it was shaping his mindset heading into this football season.
“I think it’s a really good book,” Barkley said about Victory Favors the Fearless. “My biggest takeaway from the book is being OK with adapting; attack and adapt. That was the biggest thing I took away from it and that’s what I want to focus on throughout this whole camp.”
I love hearing this!
One of the main themes of Victory Favors the Fearless is that you can’t wait for everything to be perfect before making a decision or taking action, and you can’t always control the changing conditions life throws at you. In those situations, what matters most is that you simply ATTACK AND ADAPT.
Whatever happens, moving forward with an attack-and-adapt attitude is going to affect your results more than anything else.
“Even if I’m messing up, if I make a mistake, I’ll do it full speed,” Barkley said. “Go out there and make plays, do it full speed, attack. And whatever happens, adapt and be ready for whatever. Trust in your faith. No need to have fear when you have faith. That’s kind of the message that I took from the book.”
And that’s the other major theme of Victory Favors the Fearless.
Fear and faith are both emotions based on what might happen in the future. You get to choose which emotion you’re going to focus on.
You can have fear that things will go wrong or faith that things will go well. The emotion you focus on most will determine how well you perform and how things end up.
“The book is about a boxer,” Barkley said. “He’s going through his career, having a tough career in the beginning and having his highs and his lows. Within your highs and lows you’re going to have those moments where you question yourself and lose trust in your faith. But you always have to find ways to get it back.
“I think the book illustrates a really good job of how to continue to try to improve every single day and get better. When you have that mindset and when you trust in the work you put in, you trust in the faith; you truly live your life and you go out in life in whatever your profession is and do it at a fearless level.”
(Click here for the full clip of Barkley’s comments about the book.)
I’m so honored that Saquon Barkley read and liked my book, and I’m grateful he took the time to tell others about it.
You can grab your copy of Victory Favors the Fearless here.
