KNOW
KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I NEED A LITTLE MOTIVATION THESE DAYS AND I HAVE THE PERFECT PERSON
TO SHARE A SPECIAL MESSAGE WITH
US THIS MORNING AS THEY MISS
JEFF MADA. HE IS A THREE TIME
WORLD GOLD MEDALIST AND
BRAZILIAN JUJITSU. THAT'S ABOUT
ALL. HE'S ALSO A MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER AND HE'S CURRENTLY
COMING OUT WITH HIS FIRST BOOK.
HE ALSO RECENTLY BOUGHT HIGHWAY
JUJITSU WOULD SOON BE OPEN.
LET'S BRING JEFF MOTTA. JEFF, I
JUST DESCRIBED YOU BUT I LEFT
OUT A KEY DETAIL. TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. I
WEAR THESE GLASSES AND IT'S NOT
BECAUSE I WANT THAT COOL. IT'S
BECAUSE I'M BEHIND ACTUALLY. I
HAVE NO SIGHT WHATSOEVER. I
ACTUALLY LOST MY SIGHT ON APRIL
18TH, 2008 FROM THE BOXING
TRAINING AN INFLAMMATION CALLED
UVEITIS. I GOT A RETINAL
DETACHMENT IN MY LEFT EYE AND
MY RIGHT EYE FOLLOWED AND I
EVENTUALLY BECAME TOTALLY BLIND
100 PERCENT BLIND MEANING WHEN
YOU ARE ON THE JUJITSU MAT
COMPETING YOU ARE COMPETING
AGAINST ABLE BODIED PEOPLE AND
STILL WINNING. JEFF, HOW IS
THAT POSSIBLE? I MEAN I
HONESTLY BELIEVE ANYONE CAN DO
IT BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE
PRACTICE. YOU ALWAYS HEAR THAT
THAT TERM OR THAT THAT PHRASE
PRACTICE PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT IT IS IS I'M ON THE MAT
ALL THE TIME AND I'M CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO EVOLVE AND BECOME A
BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF. AND
IN THIS CASE JUJITSU AND REALLY
USING AND SHOWCASING MY TALENTS
ON THE COMPETITION SIDE OF
THINGS AS WELL AS IN WORK. AND
THAT'S NOT ALL YOU'VE DONE. I
MEAN YOU GO AROUND AND YOU
SPEAK TO PEOPLE AND YOU PROVIDE
HOPE AND MOTIVATE. WHERE DOES
YOUR PERSONAL MOTIVATION COME
FROM? LIKE DO YOU REALLY? JEFF
,NOBODY WOULD FAULT YOU FOR
CURLING IN THE FETAL POSITION
AND CRY TO DO THAT. WHERE DOES
THAT COME FROM? IT HONESTLY
STEMS FROM NUMBER ONE. JUST
THE FAITH THAT I HAVE IN GOD
YOU CAN CALL IT A HIGHER POWER.
IN MY CASE IT'S JUST THE PURE
FAITH IN GOD KNOWING THAT I
HAVE A PURPOSE IN THIS LIFE AND
MY PURPOSE WASN'T TO CRAWL IN A
LITTLE CAVE AND GET INTO A
FETAL POSITION AND JUST DROWN
IN MY OWN DESPAIR AND DIE AND I
CAN HONESTLY SAY THERE WAS A
POINT IN MY LIFE WHERE I WAS
SUICIDAL. I HAD THESE THOUGHTS.
I WANTED TO TAKE MY OWN LIFE
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
LOT EASIER FOR ME TO JUST LEAVE
THIS EARTH BECAUSE AGAIN BEING
STRIPPED AWAY FROM YOUR SENSE
OF SIGHT IS IS SUCH A HUGE,
HUGE IMPACTFUL THING IN
ANYBODY'S LIFE BECAUSE I WAS 26
AT THE TIME AND I THOUGHT I
KNEW EVERYTHING. I THOUGHT I
HAD EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM, YOU
KNOW, AND AND IT TOOK ABOUT
FIVE YEARS FIVE MAYBE EVEN SIX
YEAR FIVE OR SIX YEARS TO
REALLY GET OUT OF THAT THAT RUT
AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
REINVENT MYSELF, RESET AND COME
INTO THIS LIFE WITH FULFILLMENT
BEING BLIND. I FIND IT
INTERESTING THAT DURING YOUR
MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES EVEN YOU
AND I JUST CHATTING RIGHT NOW
THAT YOU USE METAPHORS LIKE
HAVING A CLEAR VISION AND YOUR
FOCUS A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE BLINDERS ON SO TO
SPEAK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TOMORROW LET ALONE A
MONTH FROM NOW. TELL US HOW YOU
FIND CLARITY. ONE REALLY HUGE
THING THAT I DO IS A LOT OF
VISUALIZATION PRACTICES. I KNOW
I MAY BE BLIND AND I CAN'T
PHYSICALLY SEE BUT IN
THE MIND'S EYE I CAN CREATE
THINGS LIKE I CAN I CAN
VISUALIZE AND I GOT THIS
TAGLINE IF YOU CAN VISUALIZE IT
IT COULD HAPPEN. SO WHAT I DO
PERSONALLY IN THE MORNING IS I
TAKE AT LEAST 10 MINUTES TO SIT
DOWN IN A QUIET SPOT. I GET UP
PRETTY EARLY. I GET UP AROUND
430 IN THE MORNING WHERE IT'S
JUST MYSELF AND THE WHOLE WORLD
IS SLEEPING AND I'LL LITERALLY
SIT THERE AND MEDITATE AND
VISUALIZE WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN
FOR THE DAY. SO MY TO DO LIST
I'LL START VISUALIZING WHAT I
NEED TO DO. THEN I'LL START TO
VISUALIZE MY GOALS EITHER SHORT
TERM MID-TERM OR LONG TERM. AND
THEN AS THOSE VISIONS START TO
GET CLEAR IT'S A WEIRD
ATTRACTION AND YOU HEAR ABOUT
IT ALL THE TIME THE SECRET OR
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION AND I
HONESTLY BELIEVE IT'S TRUE
BECAUSE AS MY VISIONS CLEARER
AND CLEARER ALL OF A SUDDEN
THINGS START TO MATERIALIZE IN
FRONT OF ME AND I KNOW THAT
WHENEVER YOU'RE ON RIGHT ON
THE RIGHT ON THE RIGHT TRACK
THINGS BECOME SO EFFORTLESS
WHERE YOU WILL GET AN
OPPORTUNITY JUST KIND OF DROP
IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT'S UP TO
YOU WHETHER YOU TAKE IT OR YOU
LEAVE IT AND DO SOMETHING WITH
IT. SO BACK TO YOUR QUESTION.
IT'S MAINLY JUST BEING ABLE TO
SEE IN THE MIND'S EYE WHAT YOU
WANT TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE UNSTOPPABLE. GREAT TO
USE THE TERM