The Good Life – March-April 2015

national championships in a 12-year period, which
was unprecedented. He said Wooden’s philosophy
focused not on showing up every day and looking at
the scoreboard, but showing up and getting one percent
better every day because if you do that over the course of
a year, the growth you go through is unbelievable.
“So that’s where I’m at. I really love what I’m doing.
I like being able to swing public opinion, make a
difference in our community, and if I can get one percent
better at doing that every single day, then God will put
me where I’m supposed to be,” he said.
He then added how grateful he is to do what he does,
and he appreciates and respects the responsibility of
being able to have a platform to share issues and affect
change.
PLAYING FOOTBALL AND SETTING GOALS
Berg was born in raised in Fargo. His parents got
divorced when he was eight or nine years old, and then
he started playing football in sixth grade. Berg said he
started playing quarterback in eighth grade, and he
never lost a football game as a quarterback until college.
He loved watching John Elway, and he decided that he
wanted to play quarterback at Stanford, which later came
true.
His dad started giving him goal-setting and positive
mental attitude books when Berg was in high school,
PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY: CHRIS BERG
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