{"id":1186,"date":"2024-07-24T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:30:04","slug":"jason-kelce-gives-the-philadelphia-eagles-some-advice-as-the-team-starts-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce gives the Philadelphia Eagles some advice as the team starts training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the retired NFL star\u2019s pep talk, he shared his perspective on winning<\/p>\n

Add \u201chype man\u201d to\u00a0Jason Kelce\u2019s list of post-NFL jobs!<\/p>\n

In an emotional and enthusiastic speech at Philadelphia Eagles training camp, the retired center shared his perspective on what it takes to succeed in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing in the world can take the place of persistence \u2014 talent will not,\u201d the retired Eagles center, 36,\u00a0told the team\u00a0in a video posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday, July 22 before players were officially required to report to the NovaCare Complex on July 23 and attend their first practice on July 24.<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI was a walk-on coming out of high school. They told me I wasn\u2019t good enough. So I got drafted and everyone said I was too small, I didn\u2019t have what it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yet the University of Cincinnati alum went on to earn a starting spot on the team. And for 13 seasons, he never looked back, arguably becoming one of the greatest centers to play the game.<\/p>\n

In March, Kelce\u00a0announced his retirement\u00a0from the sport. But in an\u00a0exclusive conversation with PEOPLE\u00a0in June, he revealed that he been mulling over the decision for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be very honest, the last four years I\u2019ve wanted to retire at the end of seasons,\u201d Kelce said. \u201cThe reality is it\u2019s really hard to get there. And even after we lost the Super Bowl, I wanted to come back and play for another Super Bowl. But imagining another 17 games on top of playoffs and coming back was very difficult to envision being able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a\u00a0lengthy, 40-minute speech\u00a0at the Philadelphia Eagles Training Center at the NovaCare Complex on March 4, he reminisced about his love of the game, which began when he was a boy in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Kelce also shared memories from his \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude29\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude25hood, college and NFL career.<\/p>\n

Now, the retired athlete is poised to forge a new path\u00a0as a pitchman\u00a0and as a broadcaster on ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Monday Night Countdown<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But all of his career accomplishments are still fresh on his mind \u2014 as are his thoughts on pursuing excellence. \u201cWe are all so much better than you f\u2014ing realize,\u201d he told his former teammates this week. \u201cThe human mind is f\u2014ing incredible Everyone here is here for a f\u2014ing reason, I promise you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the retired NFL star\u2019s pep talk, he shared his perspective on winning Add \u201chype man\u201d to\u00a0Jason Kelce\u2019s list of post-NFL jobs! In an emotional and enthusiastic speech at Philadelphia … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jason-kelce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}