Digital Social Hour - NFL Secrets to Building Future Leaders | Patrick Peterson DSH #1120

Episode Date: January 18, 2025

🏈 NFL Secrets to Building Future Leaders! 🏈 Get ready for an inspiring episode of the Digital Social Hour Podcast with Sean Kelly as we dive into exclusive insights from NFL star Patrick Peterson. From his vision to coach the next generation of football talent to the importance of mindset, grind, and staying competitive, this episode is packed with valuable lessons you won’t want to miss! 🙌   Patrick shares his journey spanning 13 years in the NFL, the mental game behind pro sports, and how habits like daily sauna sessions kept him at the top of his game. Plus, hear his candid thoughts on NIL deals, the future of young athletes, and why he’s passionate about teaching kids the skills to thrive both on and off the field. 🌟   Tune in now for insider secrets straight from the gridiron and beyond. Don’t miss out—watch now and subscribe for more powerful stories and game-changing advice! 📺 Hit that subscribe button and join the conversation. 🚀 Let’s build the leaders of tomorrow together! 💬 #DigitalSocialHour #SeanKelly #NFL #Podcast #PatrickPeterson #Leadership #SportsMentality #FutureAthletes   #collegebasketball #nflhighlights #nfl #nilimpact #foxsports   CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Patrick Peterson Final Table Journey 04:59 - Today's Sponsor: Specialized Recruiting Group 10:22 - Patrick's Future Plans 13:12 - Solutions for the NIL Problem 17:50 - Finding Patrick Fitzgerlad   APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [e-mail]   GUEST: Patrick Peterson https://www.instagram.com/realpatrickpeterson   SPONSORS: SPECIALIZED RECRUITING GROUP: https://www.srgpros.com/   LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/

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You got it planned out? Man, I wanna be a Little League coach. Like I wanna run a college program, Little League football team. I wanna start with a 10 and 11 age group because when guys come into the game from college with NIL deals So they're gonna be making about the same amount of money that it was making in college So now they don't have the same grind in the same attitude as of if a guy who came in the league like

like me All right, Patrick Peterson my man man, you made it far today. Good job. I did. I did. I was not surprised, but happy to make it in the position that I was in. Yeah. Really just getting by barely. Yeah. Especially when that big chip is not on you, the big blind and the small blind. You pretty much run your own race from there. Right.

Yeah. So I was running my own race. So it helped me come back, you know, in the top 20 of these. Nice. That was my goal. Top 20. Yeah. This is my second celebrity poker tournament.

And I just picked up the game of poker. I love it because I love being competitive and love the aspect of trying to read everybody else's faces. You know what I mean? So I enjoy that aspect of it. You like reading people? Try to. Yeah. It's a good skill to have. It is. You know, get you far in life if you could understand where people are coming from. far in life if you could understand where people are coming from. Yeah. That's the thing though. We can't understand everybody and where they're coming from.

Cause at the same time they're not really giving us the full version of them. Facts. It's our perception. Exactly. Yeah. That's key. Damn. We're getting deep on this thing. Hey, hello. Let's go. I didn't know you had a philosophy side to you. I love it, bro. Yes, sir. Let's go. Yeah, but sports is, people don't talk about the mental side of sports. Yeah. You know, there's a lot of mental. And you know, the mental side of sports is that's why you see the difference between.

I know everyone in the world see, see the statistic of guys lasting, because I can only speak up the sport that I play, which is football. Guys only lasting, you know, three years, I think it's like three, four and four, it may be even less than that now. But for the most part, guys not understanding what the position that they're in and understanding

that the position that they are in that is all in their control. Meaning when you go to work every day, because I've been in the league 13 years, so I know what the grind means and what, what comes with the grind. But at the same time, if you want to be great in, in, in, in, uh, and if you want to be able to last in this game, you've got to be able to be able to do the minute things, the little things. And those are things that's going to help you last in this league. Facts.

What does some of those things look like in football? Just your everyday regiment. You know what I mean? You figuring out what works for you, right? So like for me, when I was in Pittsburgh, that was the only time that I really had to change my regiment, right? As far as when I was in Arizona, we had saunas in the facility. You know, when I was in Minnesota, we had saunas in the facility. You know, when I was in Minnesota, we had saunas in the facility. So my regimen was I had to get in the sauna every day before I even got to the building.

Wow. That was just me. But for me, when I was in Pittsburgh, they didn't have saunas in the building. So I had to find ways on, all right, for me, I gotta find ways to still stick to my regimen, which is get in a sauna before practice and after practice.

So I found a hotel and you can ask guys that was in Pittsburgh, like, D.Y., who was our player assistant, you know, guy who kind of, you know, who the players leaned on for us if we needed dinner, if we needed help with anything for background checks. Our wife needed help with such and such. He was like the main source. So I was like, man, D.Y., man, you know, everywhere that I've been, you know, we had a son.

You know what I mean? And obviously being an NFL team, you would think that's what every team would have, but with Pittsburgh, they just really just, how we got here is what we're going to continue to have. They're old school. Yeah, old school. No matter what.

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Yeah, just because, and I know I'm going off of my regiment, but being in Pittsburgh as well, being there, it gave me the ability to really understand what coming from the mud means. If that makes sense. Cause there, you know, being there for six months, being with Coach Tomlin, like it's all old school. We still go to the world.

They still go to St. Vincent, Vincent for training camp. Most pro teams don't have training camps offsite. They're having it either at their facility to where they have host set a hotel accessibility to where guys are comfortable. But they're in Pittsburgh. Like I said, like you're really getting it out of the mud spending time with your brothers and understanding what it really means to get the best out of each other.

You know just being there like I, for those six months, man, being with Coach Tomlin was and I hate that it was my last stop because I feel like I have a lot more to give for the game. But obviously that's that that decision is out of my hands. But being there and I told Coach Tomlin this a number of times, like, man, me and you have the same mindset. Like the way you come into meetings, the way that you carry yourself each and every day, the way that you talk to the team,

like we have some of the same principles, man. So I was very honored, Like real talk, very honored. I know I had a two year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers and I wish I was able to fulfill that. But to be there with coach Tomlin, cause I was the one coach that I wished I had the opportunity to play for. And I had that opportunity last year and it did not let me down one bit. Wow.

Did they end up getting the Saunas? I don't know yet because that was one thing I was on Coast Tomlin about, like, man, like the steam room is cool, but that's not benefiting the guys. Like a sauna is something that, especially being in Pittsburgh, it rains a lot, it snows a lot, it's cold.

Like I just feel like the sauna for me, it's helped me be in the league as long as I was able to be in the league. Wow. Just because like you gotta think of this. If you're a rubber band and you're cold, you're frozen, you're frozen, when you stretch it, it's going to pop. Right? If you're in a sauna, you're warming your muscles up before you go to actually do something, you're lubricating your muscles.

So it makes it more easier to stretch versus just having it like a cold rubber band. Like I want guys and people to put a rubber band in a microwave, in a freezer, and see how easy it is to pop versus a loop warm or hotter rubber band. Wow, that's a good test. Damn.

Yeah, saunas are a game changer, man. Every day infrared sauna for me. No doubt about it. You like the infrared or the regular one? I mean, so when I was in Arizona, we had the regular sauna. When I was in Minnesota, we had the regular sauna. So in my house, I ended up getting the infrared sauna

because I heard about the benefits that the infrared saunas provides. It penetrates your body deeper. Well, what's the next chapter for you, man? You got it planned out? Yeah, next chapter for you, man? You got it planned out? Yeah, next chapter for me, man, is, man, I want to be a Little League coach. Like, I want to have the best Little League football team

out ever. Just, like, I want to run a college program Little League football team. Yeah. Like, as far as having meetings, having extra workouts, not weight training, because I want to start with a 10 and 11 age group to where they got it, but they don't got

it. So there for me, as a guy who's pretty much been at the top of his game at every level that he's played, I want to be able to feed this, this information to these kids. Because at the end of the day, NIL is taking over, and in my opinion, it's hindering the game. Really? Because when guys come into the game from college with NIL deals, they're making two, three, four,

five million dollars, right? Now when they get drafted, everything's slotted. So they're gonna be making about the same amount of money that it was making in college. So now they don't have the same grind and the same attitude as of if a guy who came in the league like me. For me, I'm never satisfied.

I can't talk on everybody else mindset. But for me, my cup is never full and I'm never satisfied. So like when I see these guys, the older that I got and been in the locker rooms, seeing these guys starting to come in, they're satisfied with what they have right now. But not understanding there's more out there for you. But they're satisfied with what college gave them.

They gave them an I.O. deal. They own TV. They pretty much on the same platform as NFL guy, right? Right, yeah, social media, yeah. In a sense, they're on the same platform as a professional athlete. So when they get to the professional side, like, oh, man, we've been doing that since college. So what more do we have to work for?

So therefore, for me, it goes back to the mindset to, all right, yeah, we we doing we make a big bus in college, but at the end of the day, there's more out there for you. So why are you satisfied with what you have now? Right. So I think NIL is great for college football. The guys making money off their likeness, you know, the images and likeness. But at the same time, I think it's hindering. Guys on the next level, when they make it to the next level.

Yes. What do you think the fix is for that? What I think is. They should have those guys hold that money, what they're making like, I'm not discriminating on what the guys are making or the NIO, I'm happy for them. Like I wish I was in college at this point in time. But what I think they should do is put these guys through money management courses.

Give them the money after they're done with college. Cause at the end of the day, what they need two, three, four million dollars for in college. Like at the end of the day, what do a 18 through a 20 year old need, three to five, six million dollars in college. Like, like that's all fine and Danny,

but what they should do is give it to those kids once they leave school. I feel that. Give them an opportunity to learn the problems, the headaches that comes with the money. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Because a lot of these guys are first generational

wealth type guys. Yeah, they're going to blow it fast. So they never been in this position before. So you've got guys coming out of the yin game like, Hey man, we just saw you sign for X amount of dollars, but not understanding when you're in a different tax bracket, that shit cut in half. Yup.

So now you're giving your mom, your auntie, this, that, and the other 100,000 here, 200,000 there. Cause you know you want to take care of your family, but at the end of the day, you have to understand what money means. So they have to give these kids an educational course on where the money goes, what it means, taxes. Because a lot of the kids don't even understand,

like when you making that type of money, you in a whole nother different tax bracket. So why would you wanna be, you getting this money now for, we'll just say Nissan for an example. Nissan say we gonna give XM, whatever college, two million dollars. All right, we're gonna give this kid two million dollars. Now you're in a whole nother tax bracket.

Now you gotta pay 36 to 37% on that times federal. percent on that times federal. So now that might equals up to 45%. If you're in Cali it's 50%. You know what I mean? So now you getting the whole check from ANIL deal and not knowing what you got to pay back at the end of the year. Did this happen to you your rookie year?? No, it did not. Nice. But this is the example that I want to give out to these kids and in these institutions because I don't believe that they're giving them the information that they need to be successful, far as investments, as far as taxes, as far as everything. You're just getting this boatload of money,

and now, like I watch Instagram, everybody want jewelry, everybody want a car, everybody want this, that, and the other, but not understanding what comes with that. Yeah, they're definitely not teaching that to the college kids. Yep I hope you can help solve that problem and that's gonna be cool to see you do Where can people find you and keep up with you man? Patrick Peterson

The real Patrick Peterson on Instagram I'm around now. Hopefully I will be on somebody's tube next year. So my goal is to be in the broadcast, a color broadcaster. So hopefully be in the booth on desk, anything like that, because I love the game. I know the game. And obviously, I didn't spend 13 years in the league for nothing. So I want to be able to give as much information that I can to the public, not only to the public, but to the youth. Because I've seen so much in this game to where I think

I can help a lot of guys. Absolutely. Like, I've seen a lot of guys coming into this league that are just happy to be in the league. What are you going to do to last in the league? Fox. Yeah, we'll link your stuff below, man. I hope you can find that opportunity. Yes, sir.

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