Oscar De La Hoya versus David Tetreault
At the Home of Golf, two competitors bring a fighter's focus to match play on the Castle Course. The arena changes. The competitive standard does not.
Match playSt Andrews1 minute 33 seconds
David Tetreault / Always Be Training
#ABT · Mind · Body · Soul
Always Be TrainingA lifestyle of discipline
Always Be Training is not a slogan, a program or a season. It is the way I choose to live. I train my mind, body and soul because every part of life demands preparation.
I started training at 13. The lesson outlasted any workout. You do not wait for confidence. You earn it. You keep your word to yourself, tell yourself the truth and return to the work.
Training with Adel Altamimi
Adel Altamimi training David Tetreault in the boxing ring.
Featured #ABT film
Mano a Mano at St Andrews.
Oscar De La Hoya and David Tetreault bring match play to the Castle Course on Scotland's dramatic coastline.
#ABT spotlight
#ABT with Canelo Alvarez.
Inside the gym with Canelo Alvarez. Preparation is the work nobody sees and the standard everyone sees on fight night.
The work before fight night
David Tetreault interviewing Canelo Alvarez inside the gym during a training camp production.
Carry the standard
Showing up is the first decision. Doing the work is the standard.
Discipline over motivation
Motivation is a feeling. Discipline is a decision.
I do not wait to feel ready. I make the decision to show up, especially when the feeling is not there.
Discipline is believing in yourself enough to demand more from yourself. It is checking yourself before someone else has to. It is keeping the promises you make in private and creating the will to win the day in front of you.
Winning the day is not always public. Sometimes it is the hard conversation, the recovery session, the extra hour of study or being fully present with your family. The scoreboard changes. The standard does not.
The whole person
Mind. Body. Soul.
All three have to train. A sharp mind without health cannot carry the load. A strong body without purpose loses direction. Ambition without character is not winning.
Mind
Stay a student. Study the craft, the business and the people. Ask better questions. Make clear decisions under pressure. Teach what experience has proven, then keep learning.
Body
Build the capacity to perform and recover. Boxing, strength, golf and repetition are not punishment. They prepare the body to carry the ambition.
Soul
Stay rooted in purpose, character and family. The discipline that makes you stronger at work should make you more present at home and more useful to others.
Beyond the scoreboard
Muhammad Ali trained for more than boxing.
Ali did more than prepare for competition. His standard carried into courage, conviction and legacy. I do not look at him for a slogan. I look at what the work made possible.
Muhammad Ali
Ali's greatness did not stop at the ropes. He carried courage and conviction into the world. The lesson is that a platform should stand for something.
Greatness is not one performance. It is what you repeatedly demand of yourself and what your discipline makes possible for others.
Professorship and education
Education is training.
The classroom is another training ground for me. I bring decades of experience into the room, but the point is not to tell old stories. It is to test what I know, sharpen it and give students something they can use.
NBCUniversal in the classroom
David Tetreault with Alfred Serpas of NBCUniversal, guest lecturing in Producing the Live Event at California State University, Los Angeles.
Tentpole event strategy
NBCUniversal executive Alfred Serpas presents a case study on the Olympics, Super Bowl, NBA All Star Game and FIFA World Cup.
Classroom community
David Tetreault with students following a graduate sports and entertainment class.
Producing the Live Event
David Tetreault with students and industry guests following a Producing the Live Event class at Cal State LA.
LAFC at BMO Stadium
David Tetreault at BMO Stadium during an LAFC operations tour for his Cal State LA Producing the Live Event class.
Cal State LA at BMO Stadium
David Tetreault with his Cal State LA Producing the Live Event class during an LAFC tour of BMO Stadium.
Producing the Live Event at USF
David Tetreault teaching Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
ESPN in the classroom
David Tetreault with ESPN broadcaster Bernardo Osuna during a guest lecture at the University of San Francisco.
Global Strategic Management
David Tetreault with featured guest Ron Johnson, COO of Korn Ferry, during his Global Strategic Management class at Cal State LA.
Korn Ferry in the classroom
Ron Johnson, COO of Korn Ferry, guest lecturing with David Tetreault in Global Strategic Management at Cal State LA.
SpaceX in the classroom
David Tetreault with featured guest Kevin Nodal of SpaceX at California State University, Los Angeles.
USC Keck Medicine in the classroom
David Tetreault with featured guest John Ruder, COO of USC Keck Medicine, during his Global Strategic Management class at California State University, Los Angeles.
George Gallegos in the classroom
David Tetreault with featured guest George Gallegos during Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco. Gallegos now serves as Chief Legal Counsel at BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing.
Producing the Live Event
David Tetreault at Cal State LA with featured guest William Wright, now Chief Operating Officer of BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing, and his father, David Earl Tetreault.
William Wright at USF
David Tetreault with featured guest William Wright during Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
Bernardo Osuna at USF
David Tetreault with ESPN broadcaster Bernardo Osuna and students after Osuna's guest lecture in Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
DAZN in the classroom
David Tetreault with Joseph Markowski and fellow DAZN executives during a Producing the Live Event presentation at the University of San Francisco.
Producing the Live Event at USF
David Tetreault with students following Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
John Skipper at USF
David Tetreault with featured guest speaker John Skipper, former President of ESPN and Executive Chairman of DAZN, during Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
DAZN executive panel at USF
David Tetreault leading a DAZN executive discussion featuring Joseph Markowski during Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
Darren Abbott at USF
David Tetreault with featured guest Darren Abbott, President of the Los Angeles Kings, during Producing the Live Event at the University of San Francisco.
Thunder Studios control room
David Tetreault with featured guests Rolando Nichols and Lucas Tatro inside the Thunder Studios control room during a Cal State LA Producing the Live Event tour.
Inside Thunder Studios
David Tetreault leads his Cal State LA Producing the Live Event class on a tour of Thunder Studios with featured guests Rolando Nichols and Lucas Tatro.
Mike Coppinger at Cal State LA
David Tetreault with featured guest Mike Coppinger of Ring Magazine and students during Producing the Live Event at California State University, Los Angeles.
Thunder Fight Night stage
David Tetreault on the Thunder Fight Night stage with Rolando Nichols and Lucas Tatro during a Cal State LA Producing the Live Event tour of Thunder Studios.
Bernardo Osuna at USF
David Tetreault with ESPN broadcaster Bernardo Osuna at the University of San Francisco.
Training archive
The standard in the room.
I want to train around people who tell the truth through their effort. Showing up matters. How you show up matters more.
Adel Altamimi
David Tetreault training with Adel Altamimi.
In the ring
In the ring with fighters and coaches who understand that discipline is built one round at a time.
The work is the proof
Discipline is not motivation. It is showing up, checking yourself and doing the work every day.
The daily discipline
Mind, body and soul are trained through repetition, honesty and the decision to keep moving forward.
The standard does not move
The setting changes. The standard does not. Believe in yourself, check yourself and earn the day.
#ABT films
The work in motion.
These films connect strength, discipline and golf practice. The settings change, but the point is the same. Repetition turns intention into something real.
Mind. Body. Soul.
Boxing, strength, golf, relationships and purpose come together in the complete #ABT statement.
Focus. Discipline. Purpose.
A concentrated expression of the three #ABT pillars and the standard that the work never stops.
One swing at a time.
Golf trains concentration, tempo, patience and repeatable execution. The process is the point.
Commit to the swing.
A full swing from the tee. Set the target, trust the work and finish with conviction.
How I practice it
One standard. Every part of life.
Physical training, golf and graduate education are different disciplines, but they ask the same thing of me. Stay present. Accept the result. Learn. Return to the work.
Training
Boxing, strength, conditioning, recovery and repetition. These sessions make the standard visible and measurable.
Photo and film archive now liveGolf
Practice under quiet pressure. Golf sharpens focus, patience, process and the ability to reset after every result.
Two golf films are now liveProfessorship
Graduate education turns experience into lessons on leadership, branding, media, live events and professional judgment.
The classroom archive is now liveBelieve in yourself. Check yourself. Win the day. Then earn the right to do it again tomorrow.
David Tetreault · #ABT