Headstrong Men’s Health Month: Antonio Brown on being the son of a pro athlete

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🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Headstrong is a series about men's health told through powerful stories involving the athletes we love. In this episode, Bears content producer Eric Strobel sits down with the son of Bears great Alex Brown, Antonio Brown as he discusses growing up with Alex, his personal journey in sports to become a division one athlete, and competing with his pro day. Get a look inside the life of Antonio Brown and his father Alex. Headstrong is brought to you in part by Zenni Optical, Zenni has changed the game in eyewear, finally making prescription glasses affordable for everyone. Headstrong is also brought to you in part by Advocate Aurora Health. No matter what life throws your way, your health is primary. Schedule a wellness exam today.(1:10) - The moment when Antonio Brown figured he can become a division 1 athlete(4:02) - Characterizing Alex's impact on Antonio's baseball career(7:25) - Is there pressure to live up to his dad's career?(11:05) - Qualities that he has gained from his dad(14:30) - Surprises about his dad that he's found out(17:40) - Antonio describes what his dad means to himSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm J.J. Stankovits and welcome to our special Headstrong edition of the
0:10.1	Undercenter podcast. Headstrong is presented by Zeni Optical and brought to you in part by
0:15.8	Advocate Aurora Health. No matter what life throws your way, your health is primary.
0:27.2	Schedule a wellness exam at aAH.org slash safe primary care.
0:30.9	January is Men's Health Month at NBC Sport Chicago.
0:35.1	What is it like to grow up as the child of a professional athlete?
0:39.5	Alex Brown has formed a special bond with his son through sports and beyond. Headstrong is brought to you in part by Zeni Optical.
0:52.3	Zeni has changed the game in eyeware,
0:54.3	finally making prescription glasses affordable for everyone.
0:58.8	Just to start on you real quick,
1:00.4	before we start talking about you and your dad,
1:02.5	obviously not a lot of gut people end up playing,
1:05.9	let alone pro sports,
1:06.9	Division I, you know, college athletics.
1:10.6	Obviously, baseball player at Mercer.
1:12.4	When did you know, was there a moment when like the light clicked on that you knew you were
1:16.1	a Division 1 athlete when it was like, yeah, I can hang with everyone, you know, at that level?
1:21.4	Right.
1:21.7	I think ever since I was really young, I've always played up like either two ages or either one age. And for me to be
1:31.1	able to kind of compete with those guys, it kind of made me realize a little bit like, okay,
1:37.2	like I can hang. Like as soon as the first pitch is thrown, I'm like, okay, like I'm good. Like I can
1:42.1	hang with these guys. So that's the same kind of thing when I arrived on campus and we started falling in her squads and took the first
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