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Lindsey Vonn & Richard Sherman's Advice for Being Unstoppable

Lindsey Vonn & Richard Sherman's Advice for Being Unstoppable

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YH heads to the Hall of Game Awards and catches up with two athletes who have reached the pinnacle of their chosen sports -- Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn and Super Bowl champ Richard Sherman! We get their A-list advice on how to be unstoppable and how to eat fresh and stay healthy in order to get there! Plus, they reveal the athletes they idolized and were inspired by! Hosted by Nikki Novak (@nikkinovak). Check out the Young Hollywood Store Here: http://shopyounghollywood.com/

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I'm here with Richard Sherman and Lindsey Vonn, two people you wouldn't expect to see together, but you have mutual admiration for each other.

Richard Sherman

Oh, definitely, definitely, man. She's a tremendous competitor and a great athlete and has has accomplished some great things. And I'm just a squirrel in her world, you know, she's big time.

Lindsey Vonn

You want to throw some back? No, I'm definitely not a squirrel. I mean, jeez, I was at the Super Bowl watching and I was pretty darn impressed with your performance and I mean, you're a Stanford alum, so I got to love you.

Richard Sherman

Oh, I appreciate that. I appreciate that. Yeah, it's it's a tremendous honor to be in her presence and and to be a Cartoon Network Hall of Games, it's a big deal for me.

Young Hollywood

So you can you'll give her your Super Bowl ring, right?

Richard Sherman

You know, I can't technically give her that, but you know, you know, there's a Stanford connection here, so uh, you know,

Young Hollywood

You can borrow it maybe. She would look great with her dress.

Richard Sherman

Yeah, it would go great with her dress. It'd be a great accent.

Young Hollywood

So eating fresh staying in shape, tip from both of you guys.

Richard Sherman

That's one of the biggest tools that you can use is is eating fresh and and because it allows you to stay in shape. It allows your body to get all the nutrients that you need to to be an amazing athlete, to recover, to to go out there and perform weekend and week out.

Lindsey Vonn

Just do whatever you can. I mean, whether it's, you know, not taking the elevator and walking upstairs or doing a couple push-ups, you know, every every day, it's the little things that make a huge difference and trying to maybe not go for the donuts and um go for something healthier, that always helps too.

Young Hollywood

I actually just talked to Marshawn Lynch at the Super Bowl. You're an A-lister on the field and you're unstoppable. Advice. Your A-lister advice to being unstoppable in life.

Richard Sherman

It's simple. If you make your mind up on it, just go for it.

Young Hollywood

He actually talked to me. I was so excited. He was I tell you one of the rare ones. I got really, really lucky. So the mental like A-list advice, that sort of like having that mental strength.

Richard Sherman

Be locked in. Don't let outside distractions get to you. You got to have a certain zone you get to regardless to the situation, regardless of where you are in the world. You have to have a zone that you go to 100% of the time, that you're stuck in when you're playing your sport or you're doing what you got to do. So you have to find that zone and and if you find it at a young age, that's great, but you might not find it until you're older.

Lindsey Vonn

Yeah, I mean it's believing in yourself and not letting outside distractions get the best of you. I mean, it's really easy to listen to what everyone else says, but if you do that, you forget what your goal is and and what you're trying to accomplish. So, just stick to your guns and it'll turn out well.

Young Hollywood

Obviously, kids here are like idolize you guys. Who did you have posters of on your wall when you were a kid?

Richard Sherman

Um, Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Dion, those are all mine.

Young Hollywood

He was hanging around the Super Bowl. You saw him.

Richard Sherman

Yeah, yeah. Oh, I wasn't going to tell him I had posters of him. Come on, you got to be professional. It'd be a little awkward, wouldn't it? It's like Dion, I'm your biggest fan. Oh. No, I'm not. Not me.

Lindsey Vonn

Big in history. She was, you know, the big skier when I was growing up and she signed an autograph for me when I was nine and actually was kind of the reason that inspired me to be want to be an Olympian. So, it was pretty special. You know, I was kind of on the the verge of, you know, do I want to continue on with this or is it just something for fun? And um, she was like the Queen of skiing and I wanted to be just like her. So I was like, I'm going to be in the Olympics just like her.

Young Hollywood

Greatest sporting moment of all time?

Richard Sherman

Uh, that's kind of hard for me. Um, you know, I'm just necessarily yeah, I was definitely the one we just had uh the Super Bowl. big time for us. Um, it's a lifetime dream and a lifetime accomplishment, something that worked really hard for as a team and as an individual and and you you don't really get much better than that. You don't get bigger than the Super Bowl or the Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn

Yeah, that was definitely for me the the highlight of my life and my career. I mean, my whole family sacrificed so much for me to get to that point and it was a really emotional, emotional day and one that I won't ever forget.

Young Hollywood

Okay, thank you so much. You're giving her your Super Bowl ring. Don't forget.

Richard Sherman

Yeah, I won't forget.

Young Hollywood

You want to trade medal for, you know,

Richard Sherman

Yeah, that's a fair exchange. You know, I I, you know, if I get the medal, I've always wanted an Olympic medal. So, you know, I might keep that one and and try to get the ring re-made or something.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Lindsey Vonn

    Olympic gold medal skier interviewed for her advice.

  • Richard Sherman

    Super Bowl champion interviewed for his advice.

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview.

  • Muhammad Ali

    Athlete Richard Sherman idolized.

  • Magic Johnson

    Athlete Richard Sherman idolized.

  • Michael Jordan

    Athlete Richard Sherman idolized.

  • Deion Sanders

    Athlete Richard Sherman idolized.

  • Annika Sörenstam

    Skier who inspired Lindsey Vonn to become an Olympian.

  • Marshawn Lynch

    Athlete Lindsey Vonn recently talked to at the Super Bowl.

FAQ

What advice do Lindsey Vonn and Richard Sherman give for being unstoppable?+
Lindsey Vonn advises believing in yourself and not letting outside distractions get to you, while Richard Sherman suggests finding your 'zone' and staying locked in.
What is Lindsey Vonn and Richard Sherman's advice for staying in shape?+
They both emphasize the importance of eating fresh and getting all necessary nutrients; Lindsey adds that 'little things' like taking stairs instead of elevators make a difference.
Who inspired Lindsey Vonn to become an Olympian?+
Lindsey Vonn was inspired by skier Annika Sörenstam, who signed an autograph for her when she was nine years old.
Who did Richard Sherman idolize as a child?+
Richard Sherman had posters of Muhammad Ali, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Deion Sanders on his wall as a child.
What was Richard Sherman's greatest sporting moment?+
Richard Sherman considers winning the Super Bowl to be his greatest sporting moment, calling it a lifetime dream and accomplishment.

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