Mat Fraser // Pursuit For Better

Oh jumping in with both feet the first one where you know that I think was really on me and I put the effort in I was consciously working hard towards it when I was about 12 years old I was I was a heavier kid and and I remember like I always got picked on for it and you know I remember we were playing soccer at recess one day and and I kicked the ball and it shanked off to the side and went way out in the field and one kid came out to me and go get the ball fat-ass and I remember all I oh I cried and I cried and and I remember getting home from school that day I said No started eating cans of tuna and water bags of spinach and I would do sit-ups push-ups and run on the treadmill 12 years old put on the hoodie put the hood up and just like go in the dirty basement running on this old treadmill that was kicking around down there I'd run 6 8 miles so I think that was the first dose I had of like if you want to do something just go do it start working towards it I think I think younger kids well I think I think it applies to everyone I think the general population doesn't realize how powerful they are if you want to do something start working towards it one day just collective like alright well I'm gonna start working towards that you know it's not gonna happen overnight but like my pursuit of it is gonna be relentless I'm not stopping till I get there progress not perfection I don't care if you're running towards your goal if you're on your knees [ __ ] crawling just stay pointed in that direction keep chugging you'll get there so I met Matt back in 2013 through a mutual friend start out really like protecting Matt early on with a lot of business deals and spending a lot of time with him traveling the world to competitions and you know fast forward today we're you know I called my best friend let this play and I'm not his coach but I call myself a caddies Matt Fraser his caddy Matt Matt's constantly pursuing greatness is really what it is he knows you what has meant given or taught you his constant pursuit of you know his limit his goals it drives everybody around ever clearly he really understands that there are two decisions you can make in any situation a decision that's gonna bring you towards your goal or a decision that's gonna bring you away from it now those are things that I embody in every decision that I make or you don't wanting to grow my business or wanting to just get better at something he's like okay well what are you what do you want to get better at hey well why aren't you good at it what can you be doing to be better at it and I mean those are all of the things that he breaks down daily and to make himself better and so to have that example around you 24/7 is just such a I'm very grateful for some of the trials and tribulations that he went through that you know now he's figured out a different way of living and that not only supports our family but it also bleeds into everything that we do I'm always trying to build I'm trying to be a better person I'm trying to be have better skills better anything I do that's why I got sober was to be better so I don't know how many people know I'm sober I was 17 years old I had some great opportunities in front of me I had been offered a full ride scholarship to the Olympic Training Center got to pursue my Olympic dreams at the best place to do it and and you know I just I just kept [ __ ] up I knew I had an addictive personality and it was showing it was one night got in trouble I came home and it was that my dad wasn't mad I I came home I showed him the paperwork of you know the fines I've gotten and the trouble I'd been in and it was he was just like he didn't even interrupt his phone call he didn't care and it that broke my heart and I was little that was the last night I drank so I really just secluded myself I started working out like crazy I was in the gym one day and he came up he's a man how you doing I just broke down right in the middle of the gym and he pulls me out of the gym and where the stairwell and he's like dude what's going on I was like huh like I quit drinking like two weeks ago and I just I don't know how to do it and he's like Oh easy start coming to meetings with us at 17 you link up pretty quickly and so we became very very close we were attached to the hip for a long time and and we literally just drove around we we drank energy drinks smoked cigarettes and hit meetings that was our lives that was our my senior year high school was hanging out hanging out with him and I when I moved away after high school he relapsed opened up the line of communication I want to start writing letters and making phone calls my dad called me back and talked to talk to him and Nate killed himself last night mm-hmm [ __ ] miss you [ __ ] sorry I didn't call something like that happens and me surreal I was like nope not taking that chance you know your addiction it's not like you press pause and if when you relapse you just hit play and you start off where you left off your addictions out on the parking lot don't push up it's getting stronger what's a full life right now I mean I'm I'm a happy man I'm living a life that I did not think would be feasible [Music] I don't know where to start on that one [Music] so Sammy Sammy like is my people like my network my support she's everything I think the biggest thing she does is just love me and it's not dependent on anything I do how I dress how I look nothing it's so that's a very big security blanket to me to push me to gamble on myself push me to take a chance of this very risky career because I know if I fail nothing changes nothing nothing with her at least who's Matt Fraser in ten years if you ask me that question of ten years ago my life right now would probably be the last answer this was never part of the plan this was I'd never saw this coming so I hope in 10 years it's the exact same I hope I'm doing something that I never saw coming [Music] I hope I'm doing something that I'm head-over-heels passionate for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and I hope that I'm just striving to be better at whatever it is I don't know what the task will be but I know I'm gonna work my ass off and try to be better everyday at it [Music] [Music] [Music] and kept on calm talking anymore now there's seasoner no production on the bottom the toppings and seasons wood will still soon top easy because I founded our toppings that called soars nuts toppings I can work [Music]

Channel: Beam

Views: 682,438

Rating: 4.9644942 out of 5

Keywords: cbd, Crossfit, mat fraser

Id: 3_ne32pzVd4

Length: 15min 50sec (950 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 28 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/Supertinsoldat]

I remember a post about a screening of this a little while back, and stumbled across it today. Not strictly CrossFit related, but it shows Matt in a very different environment.

[u/[deleted]]

I follow a lot of inspirational ladies in Crossfit but I really respect this guy. He works hard.

[u/pineapplesandPCSM]

Man, what a video. Totally comes out of left field and shows us a side that not many people know. Absolutely love it

[u/jadthomas]

Thanks for posting this.

[u/ase83]

The guy is a motivational monster. “Today I do what others won’t. So tomorrow I can do what others can’t.”

[u/flicsplatt]

Interviewer: “what does the word ______ mean to you?”

[u/aledclar]

Love it!

[u/DOthePOLKA]

Never seen him speak like this before. Great insight showing a bit more about who he is. Thanks for sharing this!