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🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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0:00.0 | So we start out number three. I want to mention that technically that was not our best interview in terms of logistics. |
0:09.0 | But DJ Reed is such an amazing guy. Imagine both parents are sick. |
0:16.0 | You're coming out of high school. You're recruited by nobody. Nobody. |
0:20.5 | You walk on at Fresno State. You go to the |
0:23.3 | Juco route. You're just grinding, grinding. Somehow get to K-State, get an opportunity to play |
0:30.7 | for Bill Snyder. I'm guessing he didn't waste one minute of any day that he was there to try to make something of himself, get to the NFL, |
0:43.3 | drafted lower, I mean, just the chip on the shoulder and it never ends, but he's not unhappy. |
0:49.4 | Like he's driven, driven, but you could see. |
0:54.0 | Like he's got his faith. He's got his, he goes, the money's dope. |
0:58.2 | It's great. But I want to be around a bunch of dogs. I want to win. I want to get a Lombardi. |
1:06.1 | But not saying negative, anything negative about anybody. Man, that is such good dude. |
1:11.2 | And to see the transformation, like I knew he was a player. |
1:14.3 | When I first started to talk to him, we have a mutual friend. |
1:19.1 | He, I don't know if he still does, but he worked with a resilience coach. |
1:24.6 | That was something different. |
1:26.0 | As I started getting into the Reinvention Project, I met a guy by the name of Matt Calderoni. Matt and his |
1:32.2 | brother have a company and they're based in Canada and they're doing extremely well. |
1:39.4 | He's a really bright guy Matt. And Matt worked. I don't know how he and DJ Reed came together, but we had that in common. |
1:47.9 | And DJ would work with Matt on resiliency. |
1:52.3 | And he just was just a tough, tough player. |
1:57.0 | But not running on anger. |
2:00.8 | But he had rocket fuel. So they got a good one. but not not running on anger. |
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