Ep 174 - Greatness Is Calling with Mike Pouncey

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mike Pouncey is a former center who played ten seasons in the National Football League. Mike played college football for the University of Florida, was a member of a BCS National Championship team, and earned All-American honors. Mike was drafted by the Miami dolphins in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, and played the final three seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Today on the show, Mike and Eric discuss their positive mindset towards the game of football, Mike's time with the Florida Gators and how elite NFL players separate themselves from the competition. Other topics include:

(3:00 - 5:40) - Growing up in Lakeland, Florida. Football 24/7

(5:40-8:30) - Competitive relationship with twin brother Maurkice Pouncey

(8:30-13:10) - Greatness is Calling. Advice to your younger self

(13:10-17:20) - Characteristics of elite NFL players. Early days of retirement

(17:20-21:00) - Financial advice. Building wealth

(21:00-24:40) - Mike's time with the Florida Gators. Urban Meyer

(24:40-31:00) - Football talk. Would Mike ever get into coaching

(31:00-35:50) - The 2022 Miami Dolphins outlook

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Transcript

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0:00.0	More for me, it was like to be great, it takes to be within. And that was my mindset.
0:11.5	It was like, man, every day if I preach greatness to myself and everyone else, then I can be great.
0:15.8	Because greatness doesn't take talent. It doesn't, it's just a mindset. If you have that mindset to be great, then you can go out there and who knows if you're
0:24.6	going to be the best player in the world.
0:25.6	But you're going to be the best player, the best person that day.
0:27.6	And I was always my mind.
0:28.6	I pushed everybody that way.
0:29.6	I pushed everybody that way.
0:31.6	I always tell them, man, listen, hey, greatness call this morning.
0:35.6	Did you answer? And I just want to hear
0:37.7	people's response. And if they say yes right away, then I don't, then I know right away they're
0:41.3	a positive person. They're like, yeah, hell yeah, greatness call. I picked up. Why would I hang up on
0:45.5	that? You know what I'm saying? It's just, it's a mental thing for me because, you know,
0:48.7	with our sport, it's very physically demanding, but it's more mental than anything.
1:01.5	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet.
1:10.8	Our next guest is Mike Pouncy, and Mike is a former NFL center who is a national champion in high school, a national champion in college at the University of Florida,
1:16.8	and a four-time pro bowler in the NFL. Mike retired from the NFL after the 2020 season and continues to do big things off the field. We are going to be inspired and learn a lot from Mike on this
1:23.0	podcast. And if you haven't already, please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly.
1:29.0	And also, if you haven't already, please go to Amazon and order my new book, tackle what's next.
1:34.9	And the link to that is in the show notes.
1:37.1	Thanks and enjoy.
1:40.4	Mike, welcome to the show, my brother.
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