The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness with former NFL Pro Thomas Williams
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2017
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Today we have a treat for you. We're interviewing former pro football player Thomas Williams who's played for the Jaguars, the Seahawks, the Patriots, the Bills, and the Panthers. Listen as he takes us from overcoming his troubled childhood, to achieving his NFL dream, to using a career-ending injury as the jump-off point to the relentless pursuit of greatness. For the show notes and links mentioned in this episode CLICK HERE.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.0 | What's up what's up guys? What's up what's up guys? |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Good Dad Project podcast. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Larry Hagner. I'm your |
| 0:33.4 | host and founder of the GDP and today guys got a special show for you guys today. |
| 0:39.0 | For those of you guys who are professional football fans, got a treat for you today. |
| 0:44.3 | Today I am interviewing not only a pro football player, but he is also a public speaker and he's an author. Today my guest is Thomas Williams |
| 0:56.8 | who is played for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He's also played for New England, Buffalo Bills, and the Carolina Panthers. |
| 1:04.4 | But due to a neck injury, unfortunately, he had to pull out of the NFL and now he |
| 1:09.6 | spends the majority of his time writing and speaking and coaching. |
| 1:15.0 | His two books, Permission to Dream and The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness have become bestsellers. |
| 1:20.0 | And today, guys, man, the show is just phenomenal. |
| 1:24.0 | Thomas is by far one of the most inspirational guests that we've had on, |
| 1:28.0 | and you guys will really enjoy his story. |
| 1:30.0 | It came from a background of just incredible adversity. |
| 1:34.0 | Actually, was going to, his goal was to be a professional baseball player |
| 1:38.0 | and then realize his love for football when he decided to play football |
| 1:42.0 | in high school just to get ready for the |
| 1:44.6 | baseball season. So you guys will thoroughly enjoy today. Just a couple of |
| 1:48.8 | quick announcements before we get started today. If you're not a member of our |
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