<p>Today’s guest is someone I’ve known for years: <strong>Brock Schenck</strong>.</p><p>I first met Brock through youth sports. My son Danny was a year older, but Brock always played up—and he was a problem on the basketball court. More importantly, he was always the same dude off the court: respectful, disciplined, shook your hand, looked you in the eye.</p><p>But Brock’s story really becomes powerful when you hear what he’s been through.</p><p>Over four years, Brock had <strong>four knee surgeries</strong>:</p><ul><li><p><strong>7th grade:</strong> tore his ACL</p></li><li><p><strong>8th grade:</strong> tore the other ACL</p></li><li><p><strong>Freshman year:</strong> surgery to clean up scar tissue</p></li><li><p><strong>Junior year:</strong> tore his ACL again</p></li></ul><p>And most people would’ve quit.</p><p>Brock didn’t.</p><p>Instead, when football and basketball started slipping away, he reinvented himself. He picked up <strong>track &amp; field throwing</strong>, became a beginner again, and worked his way into competing at a <strong>Division I level at the University of Virginia</strong>, throwing <strong>discus, shot put, and hammer</strong>.</p><ul><li><p>The moment Brock realized his athletic future might change</p></li><li><p>How he handled going through injury after injury without spiraling</p></li><li><p>What kept him motivated when he could’ve walked away</p></li><li><p>Starting over as a novice in a totally new sport</p></li><li><p>Discipline: why it isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you build</p></li><li><p>College athletics: the habits that separate the athletes who last from the ones who fade</p></li><li><p>The quote that stuck with Brock: <strong>“What you’re not changing, you’re choosing.”</strong></p></li></ul><p>Brock said the biggest change was this:</p><p>Stop living in <strong>“what if.”</strong><br>Start living in <strong>“even if.”</strong></p><p>Not <em>what if I didn’t get hurt…</em><br>But <em>even if I got hurt, how am I going to respond?</em></p><p>That right there will change how you handle everything.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><p>Become Stronger Industries: <strong>become-stronger.com</strong></p></li><li><p>Finish the Race Apparel: <strong>https://ftrapparel.com/collections/stay-in-the-fight</strong></p></li><li><p>Stay in the Fight: <a href="https://www.stayinthefight.am/" target="_new" rel="noopener">https://www.stayinthefight.am/</a></p></li></ul><p>Go one step further than you thought you could go. We’ll see you next time on Building Men.</p><p><br></p>