Something about the city of New Orleans will always feel like home to me. It's one of those rare places that touches your soul and stays with you

no matter where you are. Well, my guest today shares this connection to NOLA and

any time I talk to him, it always feels just like home.

Drew Breeze spent 20 years as an NFL quarterback playing on the New Orleans Saints for 15 seasons.

Over the years, I've become friends with Drew and his beautiful wife Brittany.

He is one of the all-time greats and one of my favorite people on Earth.

In 2010, Drew led the Saints to their very first Super Bowl championship

helping to bring back the spirit of the city after the devastation of Hurricane

Katrina. For Drew playing for the Saints was about more than football.

It was a calling to be part of something greater.

Since retiring from the NFL in 2021, Drew has entered a new season in his life. You'll hear in this

conversation that he is beginning his second act, taking on a career in

business. He's slowing down, spending time with his family, and enjoying the little moments in life.

Drew and I talked about his incredible career, life after football, and of course we share stories of our love for the magical city of New

Orleans. I'm Hoda Kottby. Welcome to my podcast Making Space. Drew Breeze, one of my favorite people on earth, so much to talk about and I want to get

to your businesses and all the new things that you're doing. But I want to start off by talking

about something that you've done,

which is kind of repotting.

It's sort of like you take your life

kind of by the roots, and I'm sure in that moment

you feel it's a little scary,

it's like, are we gonna live what's happening and then you put yourself down in more fertile ground and you grow even more

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