Steve Young
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and co-founder of private-equity firm HGGC
Steve Young (Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and co-founder of private-equity firm HGGC) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Retirement from professional sports.
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Retirement from professional sports
Young recounts Roger Staubach's advice that retiring players must actively leave the game behind and move on.
“Because he said, the game will never leave you, but you need to leave it. You need to move on”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 16:39
Young argues that anyone leaving a sport they loved should treat the end like a death and go through the steps of mourning.
“needs to recognize and treat it like a death. To mourn it and go through all the steps”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 15:35
Appearances
#879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and MoreThe Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 12, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Tim Ferriss compiles stories of reinvention from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Lori Gottlieb, Suleika Jaouad, Samin Nosrat, Martine Rothblatt and Debbie Millman.
Often appears with
- Tim Ferriss · 1 shared episode
- Matthew McConaughey · 1 shared episode
- Lori Gottlieb · 1 shared episode
- Suleika Jaouad · 1 shared episode
- Samin Nosrat · 1 shared episode
- Martine Rothblatt · 1 shared episode
- Debbie Millman · 1 shared episode