91: Steve Young, Hall of Fame QB | “I screwed up!”

Steve Young is a Hall of Fame QB, two-time league MVP, Super Bowl Champion, and Super Bowl MVP. And when Steve retired from football, he was the highest-rated quarterback in NFL history.

After football, Steve worked as a broadcaster for ESPN and ABC for more than two decades on NFL shows such as Monday Night Countdown, NFL Countdown, and as co-host of ABC’s Superbowl pre-game, half-time, and post-game shows.

As a businessman, Steve co-founded Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a multi-billion-dollar private equity firm that has completed more than $50 billion of transactions. Steve has also been a corporate spokesperson for companies such as Toyota, Marriott, Visa, and Nike.

As a philanthropist, Steve founded the Forever Young Foundation: A global charity for children who face significant physical, emotional, and financial challenges and provides them academic, athletic, and therapeutic opportunities. 

Steve earned both his B.S. and J.D. from Brigham Young University.

In this episode we discuss the following:

• Accountability versus mitigation.
• Screwing up in front of 80,000 people.
• The truest truth.
• The question every losing quarterback has to answer after every game.
• How to be a great leader.
• What Ronnie Lott did when Steve's teammate told Steve, "You suck!"
• How competition is sacred ground.
• How to live abundantly.

Steve's Books:

The Law of Love: https://amzn.to/489eTXZ

QB: My Life Behind the Spiral: https://amzn.to/45ISr6q

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