Ep 166 - What's Your Purpose with Steve Smith Sr.

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Steve Smith Sr. played 16 seasons in the NFL as a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens. While in the NFL, Smith was a three-time All-Pro, he made the Pro Bowl five times and amassed 14,731 receiving yards over his career. In 2005, Smith won Comeback Player of the Year while also obtaining the "Triple Crown" with the Panthers by topping three separate statistical categories, tying for the league lead in catches and touchdowns while leading the league in receiving yards. Smith is now an analyst for the NFL Network and the host of the "Cut To It" Podcast

Today on the show, Eric and Steve discuss their upbringings, advice they would give to their younger selves and how to obtain an appreciation for your career. Other topics include:

(4:00-7:00) - Growing up in Los Angeles

(7:00-16:10) - Playing with a chip on your shoulder. Shaking the punt return label

(16:10-19:30) - Advice to rookies - What's your purpose?

(19:30-24:00) - Players Steve tried to emulate, looked up to

(24:00-33:00) - Advice on transitioning out of the NFL into a new career

(33:00-39:20) - Appreciation for your career. Job shadowing at NFL network

(39:20-44:00) - Why Steve started a podcast

And much more including some talk on the 2022 Buffalo Bills.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I would tell my young self, you know, there's some things I would just allow him to do.
0:11.5	But I also would challenge myself as what is your purpose, right?
0:15.9	You know, beyond getting that second or third contract, beyond making a thousand perceptions or a thousand yards
0:23.6	or making it to the Pro Bowl, you know, what other things are you really looking forward to
0:30.7	an impact in the game?
0:32.9	And one of the biggest thing I would say is be comfortable on your own skin.
0:38.7	I wasn't comfortable with my own skin for a very long time.
0:45.6	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet.
0:51.3	Our next guest is Steve Smith, Sr.
0:55.9	And Steve is a former five-time pro bowbuller and three-time all-pro receiver for the Panthers and Ravens, was a 2005 NFL
1:01.2	comeback player of the year. Steve is now an analyst on NFL Network and co-host of the Cut
1:06.9	to It podcast. Steve has a passion about him that is absolutely contagious and we're
1:12.2	going to have some fun on this one. If you haven't already, please rate, review and subscribe to
1:16.8	the podcast wherever you tune in weekly. And also, if you haven't already, please go to
1:20.7	Amazon and pre-order my book, tackle what's next. And the link to that is in the show notes.
1:26.5	Thanks and enjoy. Steve, welcome to that is in the show notes. Thanks and enjoy.
1:29.5	Steve, welcome to the podcast, my brother. What's up, man? How are you? I'm all good. How are you?
1:34.8	Not too bad. Not too bad. Man, you were out at Panthers, Patriots practice, a bunch of fights
1:41.5	bringing out. Do you bring that energy out there or they bring it themselves? You know, it's funny. A few people text me and accused me of fighting.
1:50.1	Man, I'm out there, you know, I'm wrestling with papers and ink pens and paper clips, you know,
1:57.1	rubber bands. You know, I'm, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm not
2:04.9	entertaining and interjecting that. Let, let them young men fight. Would the body feel good
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