What Steve Young has said about Retirement from professional sports
2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 12, 2026
Steve Young, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and co-founder of private-equity firm HGGC, has been quoted on Retirement from professional sports 2 times in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on August 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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
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
Episodes
#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.