With the MLB Draft in less than 2 weeks, we've compiled 42 years of MLB playing experience wisdom and condensed it into 10 minutes. These 3 former players together have a trophy case full of accolades but are much more than just great players. They are all great people which is demonstrated by their willingness to selflessly share from their playing journey on the podcast.

We've pulled out the best couple minutes from past guests to make this unique episode. Here is a quick summary from each clip...

1. Dale Murphy shares 3 necessary elements he believes need to come together in order to have a long big league career.

Over his 18 year big league career, he hammered 398 home runs while winning back to back NL MVPs, making 7 All-Star game appearances, winning 5 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Slugger Awards. A beloved Brave, his number 3 is retired and still holds 13 franchise records. To listen to the entire episode with Dale, you can listen to Episode 66.

2. Michael Barrett shared the importance of developing beyond the mechanics of baseball in order to become the best player possible and give yourself the best chance at having a long career. He also shares a humbling story from a Home Opener while playing with the Expos which demonstrates why resilience is a must have skill.

Over his 12 year big league career, he was the battery mate of Greg Maddux, Jake Peavy and Kerry Wood among many others. He also was an offensive weapon winning a Silver Slugger Award in 2005 while collecting 925 career hits. To listen to the entire episode with Michael, you can listen to Episode 68.

3. Russ Ortiz shared some wisdom from his baseball journey where he won a College World Series at the University of Oklahoma in 1994 before going on to a successful big league career where he would pitch in the World Series in 2002 with the San Francisco Giants.

He developed from a prospect in the Giants organization after being drafted in the 4th round to a successful 12 year MLB career. This included winning 113 games over his career and was named an All-Star in 2003 while taking home the NL win title with a 21 game win season. To listen to the entire episode with Russ, you can listen to Episode 52.

Former pro player Rickey Hill shares from his incredible story which has been turned into a movie called The Hill releasing August 25 starring Dennis Quaid and Colin Ford.

He shares of being born with a degenerative spinal disease yet went on to play four seasons in the minor leagues with the Montreal Expos on Episode 70.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation with Rickey as well as producer Jeff Celentano…

1. How Rickey and producer Jeff Celentano persevered over 17 years in the ups and down to fund the production and what led to the breakthrough moment to be able to get this story out for all to see

2. How Rickey earned a second chance at a pro tryout which ultimately led to getting signed by the Expos

3. Why you should go see the movie opening weekend August 25-27

Rickey's story shows that the obstacle which work against you can ultimately be used for a purpose bigger than yourself by inspiring others to reimagine what is possible when they face seemingly impossible scenarios.

To learn more about the movie, you can visit thehillmov.com or the Instagram page.

Former D1 college player Willie Shaw shares from his journey launching his career with NASA to currently living in Nashville working for a VC backed tech startup while songwriting and singing on Episode 69.

Here are some of the highlights from our conversation…

1. Why he chose to get a knowledge based Bachelor's degree and combined it with a specific skill based Master's degree in Accounting

2. How he used networking to get his foot in the door to launch his career working with NASA

3. He pivoted by taking a risk moving to Nashville to pursue songwriting and singing, why he turned down being on the hit show The Voice and how this led to getting signed by CAA

4. Willie shares about his role at Remedy Technology, a VC backed tech firm, which is solving a niche challenge in the music industry and has landed Big Machine and Big Loud Records as clients

Willie's story shows how taking calculated risks allows pursuing dreams to happen now versus hoping to go for it one day.

To connect with Willie, you can find him on LinkedIn or his website at willieshawmusic.com.