Ronnie Lott: Super Bowl Winning Football Legend and Venture Capitalist

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🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Ronnie Lott is one of the best football players in the history of the NFL. After a successful college football career at USC he was the first round draft pick of the SF 49ers in 1981. Over his fourteen year career, he played for the 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs. In his rookie year he helped the 49ers win Super Bowl XVI. He played on three more 49er teams that won the Super Bowl. And was subsequently inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 29, 2000. In this episode we talk about: Surrounding yourself around great people What makes creates a legendary athlete Professor at Cornell used to play football How Ronnie transitioned from sports to business So many nuggets of wisdom in this episode of Remarkable People with Ronnie Lott! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:44.4	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.8	This episode's remarkable guest is Ronnie Lott.
0:56.2	Ronnie is one of the best players in the history of the NFL.
1:00.1	After successful college football career at USC,
1:03.2	he was the first round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1981.
1:08.6	Over his 14-year career, he played for the 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs.
1:17.4	In his rookie year, he helped the 49ers win Super Bowl 16.
1:21.6	He played on three more 49er teams that won the Super Bowl.
1:25.6	He was an all-pro eight times, all-NFC six times, and all-AFC once. He was an all pro eight times, all NFC six times, and all AFC once.
1:31.3	He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000, the first year he was eligible.
1:37.3	Many consider him the best safety in the history of the NFL.
1:41.3	In 1985, he crushed the tip of his pinky when tackling Timmy Newsom of the
1:47.0	Dallas Cowboys. Surgery would have prevented Ronnie from starting the 1986 season, so he did what
1:53.1	anyone would do. He had the tip of his pinky cut off. After his football career, he became a venture
1:59.4	capitalist in Silicon Valley with 49er teammates, Harris Barton, and Joe Montana.
2:04.7	He also owns a Toyota and a Mercedes dealership.
2:08.1	Although he is one of the hardest hitters and toughest players in the history of the NFL, he used the word love more than any other remarkable people guessed.
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