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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Moment Doesn’t Define You

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk for a powerful conversation on confidence, leadership, and resilience. Marshall shares the story of losing the Heisman Trophy, the lesson his mother taught him that night, and how it shaped his character for life. We talk about his ability to ask boldly in service of others, the mindset that made him one of the smartest players in football, and the preparation that still drives him today. From inspiring young athletes at Colorado to showing up as a true friend, Marshall reveals what it takes to lead with authenticity and purpose.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to office hours. I'm David Meltzer. We're here at the Sirius XM Studios at the win in Las Vegas.

0:05.7

I thought I have been with Hall of Famers my entire career until I was up here with my co-host.

0:11.3

These are the Hall of Fame co-host that I've had. Greg, you've been bringing it all day. Greg Kimball with the final percent.

0:18.2

Thanks for joining me, brother. My pleasure, man. And of course, the brand expert,

0:22.4

the billion-dollar brand man himself, the rhymer, the rapper, the incredible inspirer, Sean Raiz,

0:29.8

my Hall of Fame host, thanks for joining us. Thank you. You're quite lyrical yourself,

0:33.6

so sometimes I just work on it. I'm working on the middle-aged mutant rapper Dave Meltzer.

0:39.5

Speaking of which, everybody knows John Asseroff.

0:43.0

And that's because he is already a legend in a Hall of Famer has changed so many people in my spheres of influence life by giving them a different way, a better way to see things to inspire others, to empower others

0:55.5

simply to live their best life at their potential. John, it's an honor to have you here. Thanks

1:00.9

for joining us. Thank you, David. So wonderful to be here. Awesome. Now, I get to my favorite Hall of

1:06.7

Famer, and I know that's going to piss off a. You know it is. Yeah. That's okay.

1:11.6

He's taking a chance by telling me Marissa, my daughter is his favorite melter and

1:15.7

we won't tell Julie until she sees this.

1:17.4

Um, Marshall Falk, I always say number 28 in your playbook number one in my heart.

1:24.6

Uh, our relationship, Marshall Falk and I have grown over decades.

1:29.6

And he just keeps showing up bigger and brighter for so many people, not just me.

1:35.7

Marshall, first of all, thank you so much as always for being a part of our shows.

1:40.9

Now, it's honor, man.

1:41.7

It's an honor to be here.

1:43.4

See it here and chat with you guys. Man, it's always awesome. No, it's honor, man. It's an honor to be here. Um, sit here and chat with you guys,

1:44.7

man, um, it's, uh, it's, it's always awesome. Like, um, it's, it's funny that every time you do the show, I don't care which side I'm on. There's just, there's just a different perspective. And there's always something different. Like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm so intrigued by, by today just to

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