The Heart of a Champion: Victor Cruz's Journey from NFL Star to Entrepreneur | Office Hours, Season 3

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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On today’s episode, we got the chance to chat with former Super Bowl champion, entrepreneur and TV Host, Victor Cruz. Going from being an NFL star to an entrepreneur, Cruz shared the critical characteristic he’s learning to reach a level of success in everything he does. He also discussed the internal motivation he found to overcome most of the challenges in his life, how he’s bringing new opportunities to his hometown of Patterson, New Jersey, and what sustains the consistent, persistent pursuit of his potential today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the flavor.
0:04.5	Come back to office hours, I'm Dave Meltzer and I'm so blessed to have another extraordinary
0:09.3	guest.
0:10.3	Now, this guy is not only an underdog, but he's one of those underdogs that overachieves
0:15.6	and he's one of those guys that, as an agent when I saw him play, he was not on my list.
0:21.4	He wasn't on the list to represent, right?
0:23.4	And so I take that as a huge compliment because he's a Super Bowl champion, he's a TV host.
0:28.8	But where I get my most pride watching him today is he's a great entrepreneur and he's
0:34.3	coming to your hometown, by the way, which we'll talk about.
0:38.1	And he just has a keen eye for success and he knows what it takes to succeed and that's
0:42.9	what makes him such a great entrepreneur.
0:45.1	Victor Cruz, welcome to office hours.
0:47.9	Thank you.
0:48.9	Thanks, Dave.
0:49.9	But thank you, everyone.
0:50.9	Thank you for having me.
0:51.9	I appreciate it.
0:52.9	Well, I have what I call Victor Cruz Jr. in the NFL right now.
0:55.0	He's another underdog.
0:56.1	I don't know if you know Austin Heckler that well.
0:59.1	All pro running back for the charges and hopefully someday a Super Bowl champ as you know I'm
1:03.0	a Chargers fan.
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