Willing To Fail

Bobby Brackins is a hip-hop legend who's lived quite a crazy life. Here's what we talked about:

0:00 Intro

1:49 Childhood

5:08 Putting music on Myspace

6:15 First song on the radio

7:08 Record labels calling

11:15 Favorite moments

12:49 Working with Ray J & Jeremih

14:20 Pinch-me Moments

17:30 Driving Motivation

19:40 Songwriting process

20:49 "Loyal" by Chris Brown

21:51 "Saved" by Ty Dolla $ign

23:10 Business of songwriting

31:48 Bobby's plan going forward

33:33 Singles or Albums?

35:37 Bobby's songwriting process

38:29 Making "My Birthday"

44:20 Career Revival

Luis Perez's football journey is like no one else's. He never played varsity football, but he's won a D-II National Championship, XFL Championship and is still pushing to get back to the NFL. Here's what we talked about:

0:00 Into

1:31 Childhood

2:59 High School

3:31 Bowling

4:46 Football

6:04 College Football at Southwestern

13:06 Transferring

17:38 Going Pro

21:49 NFL

22:35 AAF

25:25 XFL

28:51 USFL

30:30 XFL returns

33:59 UFL

35:42 The Spring King

Jared Veldheer is one of a kind. He played 12 years in the NFL, was a lunch lady, invented his own skincare product , & created an online coaching collective called The Veldheer Lineman Vault.

Here's his recap of his unique life journey:

0:00 Intro

1:24 Childhood

4:15 High School

7:43 College

12:04 NFL Draft process

15:25 Raiders

22:15 Cardinals

29:29 Jumping from team to team

37:12 What makes him great

41:33 What drives him now

45:40 His social media/entrepreneur journey

54:40 Super Bowl predictions haha

I had no idea how crazy Jeff Garcia's life was before doing this interview. He's gone through more ups and downs than most humans could ever imagine. Here's what we talk about:

0:00 Intro

1:44 Upbringing

4:38 Tragedy

10:17 Childhood

16:10 High School

18:33 Junior College

24:18 San Jose State

34:23 CFL

50:20 49ers

1:08:04 Other NFL teams

1:11:31 Tampa Bay

1:12:57 End of NFL career

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Austin Ekeler's life journey to the NFL is much crazier than you'd expect.

Jake Butt is probably most known for being one of the greatest TE's in college football history then tearing his ACL in his final game, ultimately tanking his draft stock and costing him millions of dollars.

His story is incredible and this is the order he told it:

0:00 Intro

1:42 Upbringing

5:11 High School

6:34 Michigan Career

16:50 The Injury

23:50 NFL

40:13 Retiring

42:44 TV Analyst Career

49:08 His Charity

Trey Wingo holds nothing back as he recaps his entire journalism journey to ESPN, what it was really like working there, and why he left.

Channing Crowder is arguably a bigger star now than he was while playing in the NFL for the Dolphins. Currently, he's the co-host of The Pivot & co-host of Inside the NFL.

Here's everything we talk about:

0:00 Intro

1:02 Childhood

6:34 Why Florida?

10:36 Battling injuries

16:04 What made him elite

18:01 What drove him

21:35 Why he went to the NFL as a sophomore

29:26 The Dolphins

34:30 Welcome to the NFL moment

36:40 Why he retired

38:12 How he got into sports media

41:22 Why he left I Am Athlete

43:31 Predictions for the Falcons 2024 season

47:33 Joining Inside the NFL

49:33 Stand Up Comedy journey

53:32 Why he peed his pants every NFL game

56:35 Crowder Powder

58:07 Outro

TJ Callaway is founder, owner & CEO of Onward Reserve, a massive clothing brand that's solid in over 250 locations. He also is a booster for the University of Georgia Football program.

0:00 Intro

1:16 Upbringing

3:55 How Onward Reserve Started

33:41 Relation with Georgia Football

Drew Davis was a WR for the Atlanta Falcons from 2012-2014. His hilarious story-telling ability gives great insight on what it's like for a practice squad player to live out his dream of playing in the NFL.

0:00 Intro

1:20 Childhood

6:42 Why Oregon

8:32 Oregon

23:58 NFL

51:05 Contract Year

57:10 Post NFL

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