At 39 years old, J.B. Mauney remains a throwback to a bygone era of professional sports. Rejecting modern diets and training regimens for pure grit and chain-smoking toughness, he earned legendary status by riding through horrific injuries—from broken bones to a torn liver—guided by the belief that if you can tie your hand in the chute, you don't give up until your head hits the dirt. Off the bull, the two-time divorcee stays grounded and unpretentious, preferring quiet life on his Texas ranch over the spotlight and treating everyone with plain-spoken respect.