Matt Roth.  What can I say?  Matt was kind enough to invite me to his home.  We sat outside in his beautiful back yard and had a great conversation. 

Guys like Matt are the reason why NFL is king.  He seems to be larger than life and has a magnetic personality.  Guys like Matt are why I wanted to do this podcast.  Yea, he is a "jock" in every sense of the word.  He is physically gifted beyond most of our wildest imaginations.  However "jocks" like him are not just meat heads.  He is  a cool dude and is extremely intelligent, thoughtful, and charismatic.  

Matt grew up in the Chicago Suburbs and came from a very loving, caring, and supportive home.  Although Matt's Dad owned a successful business, Matt had to earn everything on his own and he was very proud of that.

Matt and I touched on a number of topics from finishing college after retirement because he promised his mom that he would, to his most influential coaches, and even a great story about Junior Seau bailing him out of a dinner bill when he was a rookie. We talked about how he first got into wrestling through his high school coach finding him in fights at the park, and even spoke on some serious issues like unionizing collegiate athletes, and of course concussions.

Try not to like him. I dare you.