Greatness leaves footprints. But what we are willing to learn from greatness will be the difference in our own success; especially if it involves the legendary Boston Celtics! Fran Racioppi welcomes the first NBA star to join The Jedburgh Podcast as one of Boston’s greatest, Slam Dunk Champion Dee Brown climbs into the back of the WC-51 live from the 2023 Sandlot Jax & GORUCK Games. 

Dee explains how the Celtics built a dynasty and shares what we can do on our own teams to impart a culture of winning, hard work and no excuses. He takes us back to the start, from his 1990 NBA draft selection, and the lessons he learned as a new guy standing in the locker room with GOATs like Larry Bird. It's time to get past hard on day one!

Dee also shows us the importance of ego in both our success and failure; and how to lead a group of experts when cohesion is the most important factor to winning. He also shares what we learn from competitive athletics, how we can transition from elite player, to manager, to coach, to executive, and the differences in coaching men vs women. 

The Reebok Pump is back and just like its debut in the 90’s, Dee Brown is pumping it up to slam it down. Learn more about Dee Brown on social media. 

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Highlights:

• 0:00 Welcome to the Jedburgh Podcast and a kid’s dream
• 2:03 What it takes to get drafted in the NBA
• 3:43 Getting past hard from day one
• 6:00 Being open to learn from greatness like Larry Bird
• 11:05 Maintaining curiosity and competitiveness for greatness after the NBA
• 14:01 How to make the transition from player to coach
• 18:25 The differences in coaching men vs women
• 21:20 Why teamwork is based on trust and the most important factor is sports
• 23:56 How to manage the the egos and how athletes have changed
• 27:32 Being a dad first and mentoring the next generation of youth players
• 31:10 The Reebok Pump is back with the Pump Universe
• 32:21 Dee’s three daily foundations to success  

Quotes: 

• “You don’t make any excuses. There’s not an excuse you can make.” (5:00)
• “Make sure you learn how to get past hard from day one. It’s gonna be hard.” (5:10)
• “Greatness leaves footprints.” (6:01)
• “He [Larry Bird] got great when nobody was watching.” (8:33)
• “Even when I retired I wanted to be in situations where I challenged other people; I challenged myself.” (11:44)
• “Being around women’s sports…helped me be a better dad.” (19:34)
• “The six most important worlds I learned from sports…I will not let you down.” (21:57)

Dee Brown’s Three Daily Foundations to Success

• Meditate
• Communicate
• Exercise

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