Larry Fitzgerald is one of the greatest football players of all-time – and his journey truly started at the bottom. He was a ballboy for the Minnesota Vikings when he was a teenager before spending 17 seasons in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals, where he finished second all-time in league history in catches and receiving yards. Larry explains why his drive to be great in football extends to every other aspect of his life. He discusses what it was like to learn from the pros as a kid (4:05), how military academy gave him the structure to succeed (7:34), overcoming doubt in college (13:24), his relationship with his father and how he thinks about parenting his kids (16:30), the high performance mindset (19:51), advice to live by from his grandmother (23:59), losing his mom to breast cancer and how he goes about honoring her (28:48), taking care of your body (31:26), success over the long haul (32:23), discovering WHOOP (35:49), how WHOOP helped him with sleep apnea (36:20), the importance of sleep and health in every day life (41:23), and how an internship he did in the height of his football career changed his life (45:32).Support the showFollow WHOOP: Sign up for WHOOP Advanced Labs Trial WHOOP for Free www.whoop.com Instagram TikTok YouTube X Facebook LinkedIn Follow Will Ahmed: Instagram X LinkedIn Follow Kristen Holmes: Instagram LinkedIn Follow Emily Capodilupo: LinkedIn

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