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The Max Browne Interview - What Really Happened to the Nation's #1 Recruit

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Health & Fitness, So Much To Say, Athlete, Taylor Swift, Perfectionist, Eating Disorder, Friendship, Self Help, Self-improvement, Self Care, Athletes, Mental Health, Overcoming Eating Disorders, Body Neutrality, Sports, Education, Body Image, Recovery, Perfectionism, Real Talk

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Max Browne was the #1 football recruit in the country and offered a full-ride scholarship to USC at the age of 14. Fans and news paper outlets even cited him as the "next Peyton Manning." But once he began his career at USC, no one expected what would happen next... especially not Max. His story is one of heartbreak, resilience, and strength. This emotional interview will be sure to move you and inspire any and all dreamers out there.

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0:00.0

I just talk kind of matter of a fact, matter of fact and lie hard, but this is my life.

0:03.6

Like I put everything I had into that shit.

0:05.6

And for it to not work, you better believe it's painful.

0:07.9

There's a lot of people out there hurting, right?

0:09.9

You go out for your dreams, you go out for it, and I felt like what I invested day in

0:14.4

and day out for four years, for a lifetime, ever since I was a youngster, like what I invested

0:18.4

in the game, like it doesn't make sense.

0:20.4

It doesn't make sense why things didn't work out.

0:22.3

Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod.

0:27.6

I'm Victoria Garrick, former D.O.N. athlete and mental health and body image advocate.

0:32.7

Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration, and the realist

0:37.5

conversations around everything and anything.

0:40.9

Now let's give real.

0:45.5

Welcome back to RealPod.

0:46.8

Thank you for clicking on this episode today.

0:49.2

This is going to be very special and obviously I am biased if you guys are familiar with

0:55.9

our guest today and me, you will know that he is my boyfriend of four years.

1:00.2

I love him.

1:01.3

He is the most important person in the world to me and to sit down with him today and talk

1:06.6

about his story and his journey in sports was really special for both of us.

1:13.2

And especially Max, he has really experienced and been through a lot and come out the other

1:18.0

side with nothing but optimism and inspiration to share with us.

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