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I AM ATHLETE (S2E12) | Marriage, Mental Health & Moving On From The NFL

I Am Athlete

I AM ATHLETE

Nfl 2021, Iaa Daily, Nfl Podcast, Brandon Marshall, Shady Mccoy, Adam Pacman Jones, Business, Super Bowl Highlights, Brandon Marshall Highlights, Football, Brandon Marshall Podcast, Culture, Ochocinco, Superbowl, Music, Sports, I Am Athlete Podcast, Sports Podcast, Society & Culture, Chad Johnson, Football Highlights, Super Bowl, I Am Athlete, Nfl

4.21.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 12, the conversation gets deep as the I Am Athlete crew talk about life transitions, finding closure and being mentally prepared for the unknown. What is the plan for life after football? How do you keep going when you want to give up? Fred and Brandon stress the importance of relationships and setting goals while Chad envies and wants what they have- a long marriage. The guys explain that marriage, like any relationship, is a lot of work and not always easy...Chad says he's done skating the thin line and asks if 15 carats is a big enough ring to solidify the next step!South Florida sports reporter, Omar Kelly, who covered both Brandon and Chad during difficult moments in their careers, sits in for Channing and sheds light on his experiences working with athletes as the game is taken from them as well as his take on the hall of fame process. I Am Athlete podcast is candid, unscripted weekly discussion between former NFL greats: Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder. These gridiron giants pull no punches and have no filter while expressing themselves on the importance of the issues and topics they cover. Each week the podcast is growing in popularity and its subscribers due to the panelists frankness in sharing their thoughts and views on relevant topics covered each week.A new episode premieres every Monday at 12pm Eastern.I AM ATHLETE is a thought provoking and in-depth podcast that offers multiple perspectiveson subjects ranging from sports to controversial topics to fashion to lifestyle covering all cultural conversations and building a platform to educate but encourage viewers to engage.

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0:00.0

We talked about this interesting. We talked about this last show, The Hall of Fame, you know, we had this conversation a couple of times.

0:07.0

I used the wrong words, I said bitter, but really I felt like you feel some type of way.

0:13.3

Pro Football Hall of Fame makes an announcement

0:17.0

the 25 semi-finalists for the class of 2021.

0:21.1

Your names on that. What you want me to say, bro? I'm good. I've always been good, man.

0:27.6

Come on, bro, I like it.

0:32.8

We had to fight to get a meal, yeah, wrongfully accused.

0:35.8

We had to fight to get a pill.

0:37.4

Whoo, we're right to get a deal.

0:38.8

He on the team, you gotta eat you know,

0:40.6

spite your skills fast.

0:42.0

Keep it riding for the family.

0:43.0

You got a life that we're in wheels straight up.

0:45.0

But in the past bad, work up in the trash bag.

0:48.0

I'll pass a lot to take the test before I pass class.

0:51.0

And my family needed bread, I had to come correct that's why I keep

0:55.1

airing it out like I just passed gas free game OG you feel better now how they feel I mean

1:01.6

with the second year I've been semi-finalists for two years. I mean, I can't downplay, it's a good feeling, right?

1:08.0

This is where I want to be. I feel good more so by being the only running back this year, you know, in the semi-final

1:16.2

this conversation. I need to get in the final of this conversation, so I need to go through

1:21.5

this door to the next door to get in the room where the finalists are the top 15

1:26.8

That way they do a deeper dive on what your career numbers really were and then the guys started paying attention.

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