Catholic Sports Psychologist: Olympic Insights on Winning with Virtue

June 11, 2025

The newest episode of the Conor Gallagher Show dives deep into the psyche and the soul of world-class athletes with Catholic sports psychologist Dr. Bill Thierfelder.

  • In a way that only longtime friends can, Conor and Bill’s wide-ranging conversation covers:
  • Why Bill is known as The Man Who Saved Belmont Abbey College
  • Bill’s athletic career as an elite high jumper
  • Incorporating Catholicism into sports psychology
  • How superhuman feats are possible
  • Why pursuing virtue is the true pinnacle in sports
  • How love, not money, is the biggest motivating force in life

Watch the full interview!