\u201cIt’s very powerful,\u201d Steveson admits. \u201cBut it comes with a lot of bad, too, because your mind is in so many places of, hey, I could do one thing, I could do the next. I’m 25, so when I was 21, 22, I was just trying to do it all. And it just gets to the point where it is overwhelming and you say, \u2018I need to be great at something and really pursue it hard.\u2019 So in my earlier stages, I was all over because I was like, man, I can do WWE, I could play in the NFL. I could fight, I could probably play first base. (Laughs) I might be able to go to the Euro leagues and play soccer. So it’s crazy. But as I\u2019ve gotten older and I got more mature, I see the world and I’m like, okay, let’s focus on a grand thing and make it the biggest possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
That starts on Friday with his MMA debut, one of the most talked about in years, and for good reason, because while he talks about focusing on one thing and being great, he\u2019s already done that on the mats. That\u2019s not hyperbole, because you don\u2019t win Olympic gold, two NCAA D-1 titles, three world titles, and two Dan Hodge trophies by being very good. And truth be told, when you realize that his middle name is Dan, after the legendary Dan Gable, he really couldn\u2019t have gone on to work a 9 to 5.<\/p>\n