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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How Great Teams Stay Connected for Life

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas, a legendary running back who helped define an era for the Buffalo Bills. We talk about the mindset that separates great players from Hall of Famers, the tight-knit bond that made that group of players so unique, and the lessons he carried from the locker room into business. Thurman shares how leadership, character, and accountability shaped his career and continue to drive his work today. We also talk about his latest business ventures, his passion for giving back, and why authenticity matters when choosing partnerships.

Transcript

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0:00.0

David Meltzer with entrepreneurs the playbook here at Radio Row with Threads, hashtag NFL

0:05.5

Threads. We are blessed to have one of my heroes, a past client of Lee Steinberg, which I was

0:11.2

blessed to be the CEO of, and a friend of Sports One Marketing with Warren Moon and I,

0:16.7

later on as the years keep going by.

0:19.3

Thurman Thomas, it's always an honor to have you here.

0:22.4

Appreciate it, man.

0:23.4

Yeah, absolutely, man.

0:24.7

It's always great to catch up.

0:25.9

We'll start with a little bit of football, and then we'll get into business because I like

0:28.6

business.

0:29.0

You know, I was never much of a football player.

0:31.3

I was said I was a below average college football player, and that's exaggerating.

0:35.9

I tell them, we played the same position. I played tailback.

0:39.5

When I got up the bench, my coach said, get your tail back on the bench. We're really not that

0:43.8

far ahead. Hall of Famer. But what I've learned from representing the pro football Hall of Fame

0:51.1

working in the old days with George Varis and others is that people don't

0:56.1

realize there's talent to get into the Hall of Fame. But it's really character that makes the

1:01.6

difference. A lot of guys have talent. We see that in golf, right? A lot of guys, a lot of guys have

1:07.0

the talent to play. They can shoot a 69 every once in a while but not every day not every day right

1:12.2

and so when you've been around all of the highest level of people of character all of those Hall of

1:19.6

Famers that are your friends yeah to you what's one of the common denominators of Hall of Fameers well I

1:26.7

I mean look I I know it's some like it's some Hall of Famers. Well, I mean, look, I, I know it's some, like, it's some Hall of Famers, and I won't

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