Behind the Scenes: What They Don't Tell You About Life as a Pro Athlete

Forward

Humanity Forward Productions

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This episode features an inspiring conversation with former NFL player Donté Stallworth, detailing his journey from a late start in football to becoming a professional athlete. Donté shares insights into balancing academics and sports, the challenges of financial literacy in professional sports, and advocacy for athlete education. With personal anecdotes and advice, Donté highlights the importance of determination, community impact, and preparing for life beyond sports. Join the conversation! Message us at [email protected] with your voice memos and questions to hear them answered by Andrew on an upcoming episode! Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KKZUqdHmC7w ---- Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://x.com/andrewyang Follow Donte Stallworth: https://www.instagram.com/dontestallworth | https://x.com/DonteStallworth ---- Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to Forward: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on Forward.
0:03.0	You come in with this big five-star notebook and you had all the colleges, you had all the coaches you talked to, what notes on what they said, how the conversation went.
0:13.0	I mean, I was so serious about it.
0:15.0	The odds to me were just nothing more than motivation for me to, a motivation but also an understanding of how
0:20.8	difficult it would be but I but I was so passionate about it and so kind of clear-headed about
0:27.1	what I wanted to do that I wasn't going to let the odds or anyone else stop me from from
0:31.4	accomplishing my goals. It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast, 10-year NFL veteran, former first-round pick, speaker, author, journalist, you name it.
0:53.1	Dante Stallworth is with us.
0:55.1	Welcome, Dante.
0:56.3	Thanks for having me,
0:57.0	Andrew.
0:57.6	Dante, thanks for being here.
0:59.2	So much fun.
1:00.2	So you and I connected in person in D.C.
1:03.6	a little while back.
1:04.9	This has been a weird time,
1:06.8	we say,
1:09.0	for a lot of folks.
1:11.1	But one of the things that I found fascinating talking to you
1:14.0	is your experience as a pro athlete,
1:16.6	which is something that most of us,
1:18.5	so I'll out myself as something of a failed jock.
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