Success is not a destination. It is a mindset. And so when you think that it's no hope,

there is no possibilities. You have to remember that no matter where you are, you are a success.

You are successful first and foremost because success is all in the mind.

Now what's cracking? Welcome to the Jim Rom Podcast episode 243. I am joined this week

by a former first round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles Marcus Smith. However, we are not here

to talk just football. At least not in the way you might expect because my conversation

with Marcus is much bigger than football. It's about mental health, depression, anxiety

about hitting rock bottom and more importantly about bouncing back and overcoming and finding

a purpose. It's about taking all that pain and turning it into purpose. So let's get

right to it. It's episode 243 with former NFL or Marcus Smith. And it's coming at you

right now. Marcus, I know you're into by right now on vacation and it's very late at

night. So let me just say I was really eager to meet you, speak with you because I feel

like this is a really critical conversation. Man, thank you so much for doing this. How

are you and how is everything? Man, thanks for having me. Man, everything is pretty

good. Man, and obviously I'm over across the world, but I really appreciate the opportunity

and the opportunity to just be able to speak with you and talk to you about, you know,

something that's better going on the heart. No, I appreciate that too. So why don't we

go back? I think your story, Marcus, is it's harrowing and it's inspiring both at the

same time. If you were to take us back to the beginning, you grew up in Columbus, Georgia.

What was that like for you? Man, it was actually Columbus, Georgia's

sports world. Like, you know, we're football fanatics down there, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia

tech, all those type of feel. And, you know, for me growing up in Columbus, Georgia,

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