Ep 197 - What's Your Why with Bryan Scott
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Bryan Scott is a former NFL linebacker and safety that played 10 seasons in the League for the Falcons, Saints, Titans and the Bills. Drafted in 2003, Eric and B-Scott would spend 4 years together in Buffalo, which included Bryan winning the Walter Peyton Man of the Year Award in 2012. Today, Bryan is an entrepreneur, a musician/actor and continues to give back to others on a daily basis.
Today on the show, Bryan and Eric relive their playing days, look at how they've transitioned out of Football and into business and much more. Other topics include:
(1:50-5:25) - Advice to your younger self. Mentors throughout your NFL career
(5:25-13:00) - When you knew it was time to retire. What's Your Why?
(13:00-15:35) - Making your significance bigger than your success. Career journey in business
(15:35-20:30) - Bryan's experience on Shark Tank and America's Got Talent
(20:30-22:15 - Chasing Butterfly moments
(22:15-31:03) - Pickleball's future. Morning routine
And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today!
Check out more of Bryan's work as Co-owner of Foot Solutions: https://footsolutions.com/falcons/ Tackle What's Next is out today! Order a copy of Eric's new book here: https://ericwoodmedia.com/book/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coach Galey came in during one of our team meetings and he talked about our why. |
| 0:13.1 | I don't know if you remember this. |
| 0:14.0 | He's like, what's y'all why? |
| 0:16.2 | Like, why are you doing what you're doing? |
| 0:18.3 | And he said exactly that. |
| 0:20.3 | And that's when it struck a chord for me because he said, you know, for some of you, |
| 0:24.1 | you're why to become a professional football player was to make a lot of money. |
| 0:27.8 | Well, everyone in this room, everyone in this team meeting room is making a lot of money. |
| 0:32.9 | Why are you still doing what you're doing? |
| 0:34.6 | Why are you still putting your body through what you're putting it through? He said, for some of you, it was because you wanted to become famous. |
| 0:39.8 | Well, some of you in this room could go anywhere in the world and people would know who you are. |
| 0:45.1 | He said, so I challenge you to find something that can never truly be attained. |
| 0:53.1 | Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood. |
| 0:55.3 | Our next guest is Brian Scott. |
| 0:57.8 | B. Scott is a former safety and linebacker in the NFL, having a 10-year career with the Falcon, Saints, Titans, and Bills. |
| 1:05.5 | We spent four years together in Buffalo, and B. Scott was a guy in the locker room that I always looked up to not only |
| 1:11.3 | because he was a beast on the field, but how he handled himself off the field. Because of that, |
| 1:16.9 | he was named the 2012 Walter Payton Man of the Year for the Bills and has now transitioned |
| 1:22.1 | successfully into his post career, which we'll hear a lot about on this episode. If he looks and sounds familiar, that's because you have likely seen him on Shark Tank, |
| 1:31.9 | America's Got Talent, Pickleball tournaments, and everything else he's doing out there. |
| 1:36.6 | If you haven't already, please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly. |
| 1:41.2 | And also, if you haven't already, go to amazon and order my book tackle what's |
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