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3 Things (with Ric Elias)

Finding Your Competitive Edge (Greg Olsen)

3 Things (with Ric Elias)

Red Ventures

Ric Elias, Red Ventures, Society & Culture, Motivation, Inspiration, Self-improvement, Leadership, Business, Education, Careers

4.9165 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

After 14 seasons in the NFL, Greg Olsen retired as one of the Top 10 tight ends of all time. Now, he's a rookie all over again - starting a new career in sportscasting. 

In this episode, Greg shares what it was like to play in the Super Bowl, what it's like to learn a new skill on national TV, how his son's journey to overcome a rare heart condition inspired him to help others, and what it means to "find your edge" as a top competitor.



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0:00.0

After 14 seasons in the NFL, Greg Olson retired as one of the top five tight ends of all time.

0:07.0

Now he's a rookie all over again, starting a new career in sports casting.

0:11.0

In this episode, Greg shares what it was like to play in the Super Bowl,

0:14.0

what it's like to learn a new skill on national TV,

0:17.0

how his son's journey to overcome a rare heart condition inspired him to help others and

0:22.1

what it means to find your edge as a top competitor.

0:25.8

This is three things with Greg Olson.

0:29.5

Today on the podcast, we have a neighbor, a friend, a opponent on the basketball court, an amazing

0:36.6

guy in a legend from his NFL playing days.

0:41.7

Greg Olson, welcome to the podcast.

0:43.6

Appreciate you having me.

0:44.4

There's been a long time coming.

0:45.4

I feel like we've talked about this now for a few months.

0:47.8

Happy to be here.

0:49.0

Pump to have you.

0:50.3

Let's talk about football.

0:52.7

This weekend, two amazing matchups, great Super Bowl lineup.

0:58.4

What's going on with all this parody?

1:01.1

I think the thing that makes the NFL so special from the beginning was they wanted to be the anti-NBA, more the anti-MLB model where every year all 32 franchises, all 32

1:14.1

home cities all had the hope that one day they might be a year or so away from competing

1:18.9

for a Super Bowl. And you see it this year with the Bengals. You know, three years ago, they

1:22.6

have the number one overall pick. You know, they had won one game the year before. They

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