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that I can keep everything together: I have my arena, my office, The last thing is to do everything with love. When things get
my secretary, my gym, my house and everything in the same hectic and crazy, I don’t get mad, I take a deep breath and I keep
place. So, if I want to break away for five minutes and go push myself centered and I do everything out of love. I love my wife,
my daughter on the swing then I can do that. But I have habits kids, businesses, fans, friends, and I try to do right by everybody
that keep me on task and focused. all the time. If I make a mistake, I don’t worry about it and don’t
beat myself up about it. I just keep rolling and try to get back on
The second thing is to have rituals. I know every morning I’m schedule and back to a situation where I can spend a little more
reading my bible sitting in prayer and then going through the time with my family or be done at five o’clock. I just really have
messages I get on social media that allows me to connect habits, rituals, keep a schedule and I try to do everything with
with people. love in my heart.

The third thing is to have a schedule. Every single day I know RL: You have been competing in the PRCA for over a decade,
what I am going to be doing. I don’t wake up in the morning and what is the greatest thing you’ve learned over this time being
wonder what I am going to do at twelve o’clock. I know from ten a part of the PRCA?
to twelve every single day I’m going to rope. I keep a daily time
journal to keep me on schedule and I try not to allow anything to TD: Probably the greatest thing that I’ve gotten from being a
break me off that schedule. professional rodeo cowboy is the relationships. Being a
professional cowboy has allowed me to meet billion-dollar CEO’s,
presidential candidates and has allowed me to have close
friendships with very well-known people. For me it’s not about
the money that I win, it’s about the experiences and relationships
that I’ve gathered over my rodeoing career. I am a firm believer
that relationships will take you anywhere you want to go but
you have to take the time to invest, add value and help
them grow too. Rodeo has put me on the stage in front of
these types of people as well as hundreds of thousands of
great people, some of which have become good friends
of mine. Whether it’s somebody that helped me out if I
got a flat tire or a vet when I had a horse that was hurt,
rodeo has truly created so many great relationships and
for that I’ll be eternally grateful.

RL: How do you physically and mentally prepare
before a rodeo?

TD: I train and exercise. My workouts aren’t terribly insane. Four
days a week I will run two and a half miles in the sand and do a
full body workout. I practice every single day I’m home except
for Sunday.

I’m a firm believer in putting in one hundred percent and
working my tail off. I like to break down the basics, master the
fundamentals and put in so much work that I feel like I deserve
to win. I’ve had this philosophy since I was five years old – and
I’ve done it for thirty years. I don’t ever think about, “I’m
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