Ep 130 - Fire & Grit with Lee Smith

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Lee Smith is an 11 year NFL veteran and a former teammate of Eric's in Buffalo. Smith, who played for the Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders and Atlanta Falcons, is retiring from the league and is now set to be a youth mentor at the Triple F Elite Sports Training performance center that he's opening in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Today on the show, Eric and Lee dive into the importance of finding mentors in your life, truly enjoying the moment and much more. Topics include:

(4:05-9:20) - Growing up in Knoxville, TN, pressure to succeed because of Dad's NFL past

(9:20-13:45) - Advice to rookies entering the NFL

(13:45-17:05) - Lee's decision to retire

(17:05-21:45) - How to be a true professional, advice from Charles Woodson and other former teammates

(21:45-26:00) - Triple F Elite Sports Training performance center

(26:00-30:05) - Never embarrass your family

(30:05-42:30) - Reoccurring questions

Stick around after the podcast for 3 bonus stories from Eric and Lee's playing days.

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0:00.0	Normally, I used to always say, man, they pay me for Monday through Saturday.
0:09.7	I'll do Sundays for free.
0:11.1	Sundays is party time.
0:12.5	Right.
0:13.4	And that kind of switched on me, and I just enjoyed the mentorship and helping the young guys
0:18.9	and being around and this and that.
0:20.3	It's like, all right, at the end of the day, they pay me to play football.
0:23.8	And if I can't be the best version of myself and truly have that fire and grit,
0:28.0	I've had my whole career to just go out there and dominate on Sundays,
0:31.0	it just wasn't as important to me anymore.
0:36.7	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet.
0:43.1	Our next guest is Lee Smith.
0:46.1	Lee just announced his retirement after playing 11 years in the NFL for the Bills, Raiders, and Falcons.
0:52.1	He was a former teammate of mine with the Bills and one of my favorite people to spend
0:55.9	time with.
0:56.9	You will love Lee's authenticity and will be given multiple takeaways to serve you in your
1:02.0	life on finding mentors in your life, truly enjoying the moment and making an impact on
1:07.9	others.
1:08.8	If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe
1:11.8	to help spread the impact we hope to have. For all those new Spotify listeners out there,
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1:23.7	Also, if you share this on social media and tag me, I'll share as well and we could double the impact.
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