Why the Process Means More Than the Prize

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Orlando Brown Jr., offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals and a Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee. Orlando shares how his deep connection to type 1 diabetes, from his brother’s diagnosis to his father’s passing, fuels his commitment to raising awareness. He opens up about the perspective that has shaped his career, the importance of loving the process, and how he stays grounded despite success on the field. We also talk about the impact of leadership, hard work, and the circumstances that shape an athlete’s journey, both in football and in life.

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0:00.0	There's entrepreneurs the playbook.
0:01.4	There's a David Meltzer live at Radio Row.
0:05.0	Super Bowl, Holy Lomoli, 59.
0:07.3	That means I'm 57 years old.
0:08.9	Wow.
0:09.3	Players keep getting younger.
0:10.6	I keep getting older.
0:11.5	But the thing that I most appreciate about Orlando Brown Jr.
0:16.4	Is that his heart is bigger than his body even, if that's possible.
0:22.4	This guy is nominated as the Walter Payton man of the year. For me, being around and representing the Pro Football
0:27.3	Hall of Fame, all the different honors of all the sports that I've represented, the Walter
0:31.5	Peyton honor is the greatest honor that I believe a young athlete can receive because it takes true character to put
0:40.4	the name Walter Payton next to yours. And I know you probably didn't get to see Walter play like I did,
0:46.0	but how much does it mean to you? Congratulations, Orlando, to be nominated as the Walter Payton
0:51.6	Man of the Year. Yeah, I'm so thankful, man. It's crazy to say I didn't
0:54.3	see him play. I was my first school project in fifth grade. I did a biography on Walter
1:00.1	Peyton. So, I mean, I'm a little familiar man. I also consider myself. And that actually took some
1:04.7	time because there's no AI. Yeah, exactly. I had to go to Barnes and Nobles in the library and find the books. Exactly.
1:12.7	Go through all of that stuff, man, in that process.
1:17.3	But for everything that he represented to the game, man, for everything that he represented to the community, I'm so thankful and appreciative to have an opportunity, man, to represent
1:21.9	Cincinnati to represent our organization for all that I do, for the organization,
1:27.4	giving me the opportunity man a spotlight to
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