No Risk, No Reward | Why Success Requires Taking Chances in Life & Sports

No Risk, No Reward | Why Success Requires Taking Chances in Life & Sports

April 6, 2026 · 25 min · Season 3 · Episode 5

About this episode

Trev and athlete Jack Pagenkoff discuss the importance of taking risks for success in life and sports.

In this episode of Unmotivated, Trev sits down with Jack Pagenkoff — an athlete Trev once trained and pushed — to talk about a principle most people avoid: you can’t succeed without risk. From early training days to now playing professional basketball overseas in Europe, Jack shares how being pushed beyond comfort helped him develop the mindset needed to bet on himself. Trev reflects on what it took to instill that edge early on — discipline, pressure, and a standard that didn’t allow excuses...

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