#46 Nicole DAVIS [2x Olympian]: How to Harness Your Competitiveness (& Why You May Need To Pivot)

#46 Nicole DAVIS [2x Olympian]: How to Harness Your Competitiveness (& Why You May Need To Pivot)

October 30, 2016

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@nicolemdavis6

http://www.nicolemdavis6.com/

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Awards

2014 - FIVB World Championships - Italy (Gold Medal)

2014 - Montreux Volley Masters (Silver)...USA Volleyball Cup vs. Brazil...FIVB World Grand Prix (5th in Preliminary). 

2013 - USA Volleyball Cup. 

2012 - FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...Olympic Games (Silver). 

2011 – Montreux Volley Masters (Fourth)...Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...NORCECA Championship Gold...FIVB World Cup (Silver). 

2010 – Montreux Volley Masters (Silver Medal)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold Medal)...FIVB World Championship (Fourth). 

2009 – Tour of Egypt…Pan American Cup (Fourth)…FIVB World Grand Prix (Ninth)…Final Four Intercontinental Cup (Silver)…NORCECA Continental Championship (Fourth). 

2008 – Tour of China…U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball versus Brazil…FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place)…Olympic Games (Silver Medal). 

2007 – FIVB World Grand Prix (Eighth Place)…NORCECA Championship (Silver Medal)…FIVB World Cup (Bronze Medal).

2006 – World Grand Prix (Seventh Place)…World Championships (Ninth Place). 

2005 – Front Range Tour vs. Brazil…Pan American Cup…World Grand Prix…FIVB World Championship Qualifying Tournament(Gold Medal)…NORCECA Continental Championships (Gold Medal)…World Grand Champions Cup (Silver Medal).

Biography

Position: Libero
Height: 5-4/162 cm
Weight: 145 lbs/66 kg
Hometown: Stockton, Calif.
Current Residence: Newport Beach, Calif.
Birth Date: April 24, 1982
College: University of Southern California
Joined USA National Team: January 2004.

Nicole is a professional indoor volleyball player, graduating from Lincoln High School (Stockton, CA) in 2000. She helped her team to the NorCal championships in 1999 and 2000, as well as a gold medal at the Junior Olympics in 2000, with her local volleyball club, Delta Valley.

While attending and graduating from USC on a full-ride scholarship, she dominated the libero position (a defensive specialist who can substitute freely in the back row) in both her junior and senior seasons, leading USC to two consecutive NCAA National Championships, including an undefeated season. Following her collegiate career, she was invited to join the USA Women’s National Team. Internationally she has won two NORCECA Continental Championships in 2005 and 2011. Davis was also a part of all three World Grand Prix Gold Medal teams, winning back-to-back-to-back championships in 2010, 2011 & 2012, entering the record books as one of only two countries in the history of the tournament to win three-in-a-row. Other international highlights include podium finishes in 2007 and 2011 at the World Cup, earning Olympic births with both efforts. Nicole made her Olympic debut in 2008 in Beijing, winning a silver medal. You saw her wearing her number 6 jersey on television, while the USA team won another silver medal in London Olympic games in 2012. Most recently, she and her team made history winning the 2014 World Championships for the first time. 

Nicole has also played professionally in 8 different countries, including Poland, Turkey, China, Azerbaijan, Italy, Germany, Romania and currently in France. Nicole continues to play and train with the USA National Team, and hopes to make a third Olympic roster for Rio in 2016, and is still chasing an allusive gold medal for the program. 

Her happiest moments in sports include, winning back-to-back National Championships at USC, taking part in the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, and representing our country on the USA Team.

2| The People Saying America Wasn't A Strong Option were 100% Wrong! with Sanja Tomasević

The People Saying America Wasn't A Strong Option were 100% Wrong! with Sanja Tomasević

Imagine.

In 2007 or maybe it was 2008... I was scouring Facebook...

I was looking for young athletes that were business minded.I contacted several people online that I had spoken to through my agency, Elite Volley Agency, and found it hard to find many at all.

One of the few that responded IMMEDIATELY was Sanja Tomasevic. She responded in short with…

"Oh, heck yeah, I’m in! Let’s talk! (Or something similar.. ;)"

Funny how ambitious people show themselves quickly and take action fast!

Fast forward 6 years Sanja’s entrepreneurial inclinations have her working on a super project and on her 2nd post as an assistant coach at the D1 level for UTSU in Texas and now University of Miami Canes. There’s much to come from her in the future because she has big goals and has accomplished many of them already.

Find out in this episode what she has done as an athlete and student along with her story coming from Serbia to America to play and study!

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ABOUT| Sanja TOMASEVIĆ

Sanja grew up in Serbia and played volleyball for Jedinstvo Užiće.

Went to college a U of Washington earning a National Champion title and was a 2x All American.

She played for top pro teams in Italy, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Greece, Azerbaijan & Switzerland.

Helped the Serbian National team qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics (Didn’t go because she moved to USA because of green card offer and chance to go to a NCAA school!)

Currently coaching for a top Division 1 NCAA team, University of Miami and previously for UT San Antonio.

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Key Discussion Points:

• What’s her story?
• How she got into sports and volleyball?
• Why she became a coach?
• What made you consider to go to USA school and how that happened?
• What benefit did you see from going to school in America?
• What was your biggest failure?
• If there was any a-ha moment in volleyball, what it was?
• As a player have you had any rituals that can be helpful
• What qualities she looks for in players for her school as an assistant coach?
• Greatest challenge in coaching?
• What are your major plans?
• Who she would interview and why?

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Key Lessons:

• The opportunity to study in the USA was better than being an Olympian…

"IT WAS THE BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE BUT ALSO THE HARDEST" [Click To Tweet]

• She had to consider the advice of others...

• Getting injured in her country didn’t stop USA schools from recruiting her…

“What makes me mad about Serbian perception about American volleyball… They all think...people & coaches (whom) are mentors to these young kids tell them that ‘volleyball is bad (in America)’... USA is the top 2 powerhouses in the world. Who do you think plays for the American national team? Serbians?! I just wish people would give more credit, where credit is due!”

• Going to a USA opened doors that never would’ve been open like.. (Listen Now :)

• How NOT training in the off-season & during breaks almost COST HER EVERYTHING…

• Why failing made her stronger and helped her become a leader…

• What she can learn from losing…

“SOMETIMES WHEN I CONSIDER WHAT TREMENDOUS CONSEQUENCES COME FROM LITTLE THINGS, I AM TEMPTED TO THINK THERE ARE NO LITTLE THINGS.” - BRUCE BARTON

• Why having rituals was important as an athlete…

• How she must be if she wants to be a great coach...i don’t have control

“...I don’t have (total) control.”

• It’s rewarding to keep her sport in her life while coaching…

'HONESTLY I WAS SCARED THAT I’M GOING TO BE THIS LIKE 35 YEARS OLD WOMAN MOVING TO AMERICA AND SAYING ‘HEY EVERYBODY I WANT TO GET A JOB... I DON’T HAVE ANY WORK EXPERIENCE...’ ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE LOVE HIRING PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, PERIOD!' [Click To Tweet]

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Charity/Organizations They Add Value to:

Business/Work: Entrepreneurial Project In-Progress & Assistant Coach @ U. of Miami Canes Women's Volleyball

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