Justin Forsett: NFL RB and Entrepreneur

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

“Scared money doesn’t make money.” Forsett was undersized by most NFL standards, especially for one of the most grueling positions in the league. He's disciplined, motivated, thoughtful, and intelligent. Yet these are only a few of the characteristics that helped the 5 foot 8 running back cut, duck, and spin through NFL defenses. Forsett led a dual life as an NFL running back and co-founder of Shower Pill - athletic body wipes developed for post-workout cleansing when showers aren't readily available. Now fresh off retirement, Forsett and I discuss the challenges of building a business, raising money, marketing, and product sell-through. His approach and mindset is fascinating. Notable, and former all-everything San Francisco 49er, Ronnie Lott, is his business mentor. Welcome to Suiting Up, where professional lacrosse player, operator and investor, Paul Rabil, talks to influencers within the world of sports to examine the modern duality of a professional athlete.

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0:00.0	Welcome back. This is episode four of Suiting up and I'm your host Paul Rabel.
0:09.0	Quick shout out. This is our fourth week in to all you listeners who have joined us along the way for the first three episodes and to those new listeners who are coming in today.
0:19.0	Just wanted to thank you and we're working hard to provide some great content in sports and business.
0:25.8	Our next guest, he's an NFL athlete, but not your typical size NFL athlete.
0:30.7	He's 5 foot 8, 194 pounds, albeit as fast as lightning.
0:35.0	He's also played on 7 teams across 10 seasons.
0:39.0	So that's non-traditional to the extent that the average player in the NFL is getting about two and a half years in
0:45.0	before either retiring, getting hurt, or ending for a number of other circumstances.
0:51.0	Also non-traditional is this athlete has had his best year towards the tail end of his career
0:56.6	where most athletes have their most productive years in the beginning. In that most productive season, he carried the ball 235 times,
1:05.5	over 1,200 rushing yards and 8 touchdowns.
1:08.2	That was with the Baltimore Ravens.
1:10.6	And while being in Baltimore, we recorded this pod in the Rabel Company's offices in Baltimore.
1:17.0	Equally as impressive to what he does on the field, our guest is an entrepreneur off of it. and he found a problem in the locker room
1:25.0	particularly around cleanliness and created a solution. The product is called
1:29.9	shower pill and we'll talk micro and macroeconomics around his business.
1:35.0	Additionally he's a motivational speaker and sports performance coach he
1:39.7	regularly contributes and participates on leadership councils.
1:44.8	We have a lot of fun in this interview.
1:46.6	I hope you enjoy it.
1:47.6	It's episode number four with NFL Pro Bowl running back Justin Fawcett.
2:00.0	Let me ask you some, are you hiring?
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