Grit, Glory, and Growth: Quincy Carter Unplugged on Life, Football, and Redemption

What this episode is about

Quincy Carter reflects on his journey from high school athlete to professional sports, sharing his experiences playing baseball, the challenges of transitioning to football, and the lessons learned from overcoming personal struggles. His story emphasizes resilience, personal growth, and the drive to inspire future generations.

Key takeaways

• Drafted out of high school? Quincy Carter skipped the college bowl hassles like a pro chess move.
• Mercedes first, reality check later: rookie ball's a reminder that adulting in pro sports hits fast.
• When Georgia Tech's out, Quincy's football mind finds home in legendary Bulldog legacy instead.
• Quincy channels Southside Chicago grit onto Georgia's fields, blending urban resilience and rural grit.
• Rank 'em: Quincy, a QB making history, rivaling even the red-and-black offensive titans of Georgia.

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Gresian Park, Quincy Carter, Bloomington, Buck Godfrey
2. 5:00 – 10:00: baseball draft, Charlie Ward, Coach Goodwin, Coach Puit
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Mercedes, Andre Dawson, Bozo show, Eddie Bower edition
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Andrew Wiggins, Champ Bailey, Eric Zire, James Jackson
5. 20:00 – 25:00: Quincy Carter, Bill Parcels, Doug Williams, Hard Knocks
6. 25:00 – 30:00: Bill Parcels, Herm Edwards, Jerry Jones, Quincy Carter
7. 30:00 – 35:00: Eugene Parker, Hollywood Henderson, Marsha Stone, Quincy Carter
8. 35:00 – 40:00: Quincy Carter, Kuster Avenue, Mick Unplugged, Mountain Park
9. 40:00 – 42:46: Quincy Carter, dquincyarterfoundation.com, Mick Unplugged, Quincy Carter Foundation

Notable quotes from "Grit, Glory, and Growth: Quincy Carter Unplugged on Life, Football, and Redemption"

• Yeah, that was pretty cool experience, you know. First, it all started with me at Gresian Park and playing, alongside the likes of the Travis Strauss of the world and some other great players, that I played along with. And some.

  about Gresian Park · at 0:08

• Welcome to Mick Unplugged, where we ignite potential and fuel purpose. Get ready for raw insights, bold moves, and gamechanging conversations. Buckle up.

  about Mick Unplugged · at 1:13

• GQ himself, Quincy Carter. Quincy, what's up, brother?

  about Quincy Carter · at 2:08

• Tell David Pollock, he's my favorite Georgia Bulldog defensive player of all times. And it's you and Garrison Hurst, my top two on offense, man. like you are the guy, you're the goat when it comes to Georgia football, bro.

  about Garrison Hurst · at 2:57

• Chicago, for a lot of people that don't know. well, actually born in Bloomington and went to Chicago right out the hospital and then me and my mom moved down here to, Atlanta…

  about Bloomington · at 3:46

• Had a good baseball and basketball team, but that football team was Southwest High School. coach Buck Godfrey had established himself in the late 80s, mid to late 80s. In the…

  about Southwest High School · at 4:48

• Quarterbacks either, as far as going to D1 schools. and but having an idol like Charlie Ward, right down the street in Thomasville and seeing him go on to Florida State, to win a national championship and to win a.

  about Charlie Ward · at 6:27

• Hard Knocks episode and I told you this, right? Like where Bill Parcels is sitting there talking to someone and like they're You want to know about Quincy Carter? It's 11:00 at night. Watch this. And he yells out your name. You.

  about Bill Parcels · at 22:49

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Quincy Carter — Person · 12 mentions · first at 2:08
• Bill Parcels — Person · 3 mentions · first at 22:52
• Travis Strauss — Person · 2 mentions · first at 0:16
  Started with me at Gresian Park and playing, alongside the likes of the Travis Strauss of the world and some other great players, that I played along with. And some that's where my, competitive baseball started at.
• Sharon Carter Embry — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:32
  You were buying? Well, the first thing I was buying was a Mercedes, but then Sharon Carter Embry was buying something else.
• Tron Jackson — Person · 1 mention · first at 2:49
  Even my family, right? Like we're a Georgia football family and had an uncle Tron Jackson that played at Georgia. So, we bleed red and black, bro. And I'm going to say this, I…
• David Pollock — Person · 1 mention · first at 2:57
  We bleed red and black, bro. And I'm going to say this, I always tell David Pollock, he's my favorite Georgia Bulldog defensive player of all times. And it's you and Garrison Hurst, my top two on offense, man. like you are.
• Garrison Hurst — Person · 1 mention · first at 3:01
• Buck Godfrey — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:54
  But that football team was Southwest High School. coach Buck Godfrey had established himself in the late 80s, mid to late 80s. In the '9s were we're starting and I wanted to keep that tradition going.
• Eric Johnson — Person · 1 mention · first at 5:27
  Tough loss to Val Austin Allstar in the championship game in 1990 and I wanted to be the QB besides Eric Johnson to lead us back to premises. So I started on that journey in…
• Charlie Ward — Person · 1 mention · first at 6:32
• Damen Craig — Person · 1 mention · first at 6:50
  Think that was my freshman sophomore junior season in high school, and I was watching him. And then Damen Craig, started to make some noise at Auburn. And ironically, those…
• Coach Puit — Person · 1 mention · first at 8:48
  Played about, shoot, 80 to 100 games of summer. had a really good coach at Southwest too, Coach Puit, who helped start, the Reedan program before coach Goodwin later took it…
• Coach Goodwin — Person · 1 mention · first at 8:53
  Coach at Southwest too, Coach Puit, who helped start, the Reedan program before coach Goodwin later took it along and end up really winning region championships and the whole…
• Andre Dawson — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:03
  Watched, Chicago baseball, man, all summer. And growing up and seeing Andre Dawson and I mean Shawn Dawson, Andre Dawson, I'm sorry, Sean Dunston. Let me get my guys right.
• Sean Dunston — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:09
  Seeing Andre Dawson and I mean Shawn Dawson, Andre Dawson, I'm sorry, Sean Dunston. Let me get my guys right.
• Heather Neighbor Grace — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:12
  Mark Grace, Ryan Samberg, Ryan Samberg, and [clears throat] then walking in the locker room, actually seeing them.
• Ryan Samberg — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:14
  Mark Grace, Ryan Samberg, Ryan Samberg, and [clears throat] then walking in the locker room, actually seeing them after I got drafted was just so, you.
• Harry Kerry — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:55
  The Cubs going to your hometown team, the team that's always on TV. You got Harry Kerry. most people don't know the Cubs never played night games until like 10 years ago. they didn't have lights at the ballpark, which is.
• Steve Davenport — Person · 1 mention · first at 16:13
  Pro style offense, pro style offense, good mentor of mine, Steve Davenport, was from Georgia Tech. And then I had about four or five baseball buddies who was joining me on the baseball team, too.
• Zorhan Mam Donnie — Person · 1 mention · first at 17:52
  Yeah, it was a dream come true, too, man. And shout out to coach Donnie, who believed in me. Shout out to him, saying the words to get me down there, but then actually delivering as far as giving me a chance.
• James Jackson — Person · 1 mention · first at 18:17
  Georgia really not having the history of having a black quarterback there since well, I think James Jackson.
• Eric Zire — Person · 1 mention · first at 18:38
  Running the ball on first and second down was unheard of. but, Eric Zire, he set the precedent for that. And he's, he showed that it could be done. And then I had to go in and prove that an African-Amean can do the same thing as.
• Jonas Jenners — Person · 1 mention · first at 18:53
  Eric Zire. And so, man, I put my head down. I had some great teammates. Shout out to Jonas Jenners, too, for giving me the confidence, to give, Georgia a shot, coming back from baseball.
• Champ Bailey — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:03
  Didn't it didn't hurt having Champ Bailey as your receiver that year, too. Yeah.
• Larry Brown — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:12
  And everything he could bring to the table. And that just kind of set the bar, for Larry Brown running, routes up underneath.
• Andrew Wiggins — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:16
  Wiggins, another one of our tight ends.
• Michael Greer — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:19
  Man, Michael Greer had a big year that year, too, and had some big catches. And shout out to Tony Small.
• Tony Small — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:23
  Man, Michael Greer had a big year that year, too, and had some big catches. And shout out to Tony Small.
• Miles Lucky — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:39
  But I had some great guys around me, too. And then, let me give a shout out to Steve Hearn and Miles Lucky before they knocked me out on my offensive line. Man, they were my…
• Steve Hearn — Person · 1 mention · first at 19:39
  But I had some great guys around me, too. And then, let me give a shout out to Steve Hearn and Miles Lucky before they knocked me out on my offensive line. Man, they were my…
• Kenny Anderson — Person · 1 mention · first at 20:15
  Shout out to Kenny Anderson. That's his team. I whatever. I'm not a Cowboys fan, but dog on to Quincy Carter. Not only do you get drafted, but [clears throat] you do something that's really hard at that.
• Doug Williams — Person · 1 mention · first at 21:28
  Only that, like you just said, the first game of the season, opening day, and then seeing your hero on the field, Doug Williams, who was the first to ever win a, Super Bowl as…
• Sean Payton — Person · 1 mention · first at 24:35
  Are we doing? that's tipping off defenses. And so now, me and him and the coaches, Sean Payton, now we're going into a south scouting mode, so what are what, formations are we running in? What formations are we.
• Jerry Jones — Person · 1 mention · first at 25:26
  Inconvenient truth. He's gonna tell you the truth. He's gonna hold no punches back. You got called into Jerry Jones office.
• Herm Edwards — Person · 1 mention · first at 28:59
  And I was up in Kansas City and, really close to another one of my, good coaches, Herm Edwards, who was keeping an eye on me and ended up playing like the last, what, four or five games of that season and played, okay enough, you know,.
• Eugene Parker — Person · 1 mention · first at 30:07
  Agent called me about a couple hours later and told me you know well first of all Eugene Parker rest in heaven and he was just asking as me, question. Why you didn't didn't tell me?
• Hollywood Henderson — Person · 1 mention · first at 30:50
  Down there in Florida with, my mentor and sponsor to this day, Hollywood Henderson, who's still in my corner. but I had a golden chance, man, of the man who cut me four years later, Mick, and brought me back, to get a chance.
• Marsha Stone — Person · 1 mention · first at 32:11
  Work on this thing. And so that was the spirit of God. That was, Marsha Stone from BRC in Austin coming down and picking me up. And I was in rehab in like five or six hours.…
• Job — Person · 1 mention

Companies & orgs

• Mick Unplugged — Company · 3 mentions · first at 1:17
• Southwest High School — Company · 1 mention · first at 4:52
• East Cobb Astros — Company · 1 mention · first at 8:21
  My, competitive baseball started at. I end up getting selected to play for the East Cobb Astros, at the age of 13. And, we took the opportunity, at the time, East Cobb, which is, well, really pretty,.
• Bozo show — Company · 1 mention · first at 10:47
  So me and my granddad sat there and watched Well, first we had to watch the Bozo show because grandma wasn't playing games. Then it was General I think General Hospital, One…
• One Life to Live — Company · 1 mention · first at 10:52
  Bozo show because grandma wasn't playing games. Then it was General I think General Hospital, One Life to Live, one of them, you know. then we can watch the game. But yeah…
• Hard Knocks — Company · 1 mention · first at 22:47
  Had, the leader that you were, and for anyone go watch I don't know if it's season one Hard Knocks, but there's a Hard Knocks episode and I told you this, right? Like where Bill Parcels is sitting there talking to someone and like they're.
• Quincy Carter Foundation — Company · 1 mention · first at 40:52
  Facebook and then also you can reach out for my foundation it's what the Quincy Carter Foundation sorry about that I was about to give you my email that's the Quincy Carter Foundation and for camps and training kids, it's quincycarter7.com.
• quincycarter7.com — Company · 1 mention · first at 41:02
  That's the Quincy Carter Foundation and for camps and training kids, it's quincycarter7.com.
• dquincyarterfoundation.com — Company · 1 mention · first at 41:07
  It's both of my websites is dquincyarterfoundation.com.
• Atlanta Braves — Company · 1 mention
• BRC — Company · 1 mention
• FCA — Company · 1 mention
• University of North Carolina — Company · 1 mention
• WGN — Company · 1 mention

Products & tech

• Mercedes — Product · 4 mentions · first at 0:29
  In your mind, what was the first thing you were buying? Well, the first thing I was buying was a Mercedes, but then Sharon Carter Embry was buying something else.
• Eddie Bower edition — Product · 1 mention · first at 12:41
  Eddie Bower. Yeah, I never forget I got the Eddie Bower edition. Eddie Bow started making clothes, I think, also. So, I had the jacket. what was that? A Ford, I think. Heck yeah.
• Ford Explorer — Product · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

• rookie ball — Concept · 2 mentions · first at 0:49
  Yeah. Well, it was probably my first morning at practice and it's it's rookie ball. before baseball, you give a brother to Georgia Tech and then baseball is over and you don't go to Georgia Tech. How did that come through?
• baseball draft — Concept · 1 mention · first at 9:49
  Know, cuz I didn't know what time it was going to happen. the baseball draft could go on for, what I think a 30 45 minutes a pick or something like that if I'm not mistaken. I think it's changed now, but to get that call of graduation,.
• pro style offense — Concept · 1 mention · first at 16:09
  The time. the offense they were running, Ralph Pro style offense, pro style offense, good mentor of mine, Steve Davenport, was from Georgia Tech. And then I had about four or five baseball buddies who was.
• Super Bowl — Concept · 1 mention · first at 21:33
  Then seeing your hero on the field, Doug Williams, who was the first to ever win a, Super Bowl as an Africanamean. And to see him, pregame and shake his hands, my first time ever meeting him, it was a dream.
• Rehabilitation — Concept · 1 mention · first at 30:43
  Really, he was really disappointed, man, because I had done a lot of work, in rehabilitation, working down there in Florida with, my mentor and sponsor to this day, Hollywood Henderson, who's still in my corner. but I had a golden chance,.
• 12-step program — Concept · 1 mention
• drug testing — Concept · 1 mention
• masking (urine test) — Concept · 1 mention
• NFL Draft — Concept · 1 mention
• sponsor (recovery) — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

• Gresian Park — Place · 4 mentions · first at 0:11
• Bloomington — Place · 1 mention · first at 3:51
• Decada area — Place · 1 mention · first at 3:57
  Out the hospital and then me and my mom moved down here to, Atlanta, Decada area about, when I was about 3 or four years old. But yeah, Mick, man, life was to me it was humbling, coming down here from Chicago. As a kid, I.
• Thomasville — Place · 1 mention · first at 6:36
  But having an idol like Charlie Ward, right down the street in Thomasville and seeing him go on to Florida State, to win a national championship and to win a Heisman was everything to me. You got to think that was my freshman sophomore.
• East Cobb — Place · 1 mention · first at 8:21
  My, competitive baseball started at. I end up getting selected to play for the East Cobb Astros, at the age of 13. And, we took the opportunity, at the time, East Cobb, which is, well, really pretty,.
• upand coming Georgia — Place · 1 mention · first at 33:38
  Walking home being, in the bottom of the barrel but living in a extended state upand coming Georgia and somebody stopping me on the side of the road, Mick and now have a high school, baseball job, a basketball job, a football job, and.
• Mountain Park — Place · 1 mention · first at 37:37
  Tell somebody else and help them. And then coming from where I came from, coming out of Mountain Park, on Kuster Avenue and getting there with the Cubs and God giving me an opportunity with Georgia and Dallas, even the Jets, and then to.
• Kuster Avenue — Place · 1 mention · first at 37:39
  Then coming from where I came from, coming out of Mountain Park, on Kuster Avenue and getting there with the Cubs and God giving me an opportunity with Georgia and Dallas, even the Jets, and then to see it come full circle, man. you.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Talk us a little bit about baseball, what that meant for you, and what it was like, man, just to get drafted professional sports out of high school.

0:08 Yeah, that was uh pretty cool experience, you know. First, it all started with me at Gresian Park and uh playing, you know, alongside the likes of the Travis Strauss of the world and uh some other great players, you know, that I played along with. And some that's where my, you know, competitive baseball started at.

0:26 In your mind, what was the first thing you were buying? Well, the first thing I was buying was a Mercedes, but then Sharon Carter Embry was buying something else.

0:36 What is 18, 17year-old Quincy the first time you report to the Cubs, man? Like like walk us through when you realize, oh, this is what grown people do.

0:46 Yeah. Well, it was uh probably my first morning at practice and it's it's rookie ball. before baseball, you give a brother to Georgia Tech and then baseball is over and you don't go to Georgia Tech. How did that come through?

1:01 Georgia was getting ready to be on probation or was already on probation and I just didn't feel comfortable in the possibly going to college and not being able to play in bowl games.

1:17 Welcome to Mick Unplugged, where we ignite potential and fuel purpose. Get ready for raw insights, bold moves, and gamechanging conversations. Buckle up. Here's Mick.

1:28 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged, where legends don't just share their stories, they have legacies. And today, we're honored to sit down with the University of Georgia football icon, former Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback, and [clears throat] a true warrior of resilience. From the glory days of the game to life's toughest challenges, he's transformed every obstacle into a lesson. And he now shares those hard learn earned wisdom with the next generation. He's a dynamic speaker. He's an inspiration to the world and a force of unwavering grit.

2:05 Help me welcome my friend, my dog, Mr. GQ himself, Quincy Carter. Quincy, what's up, brother?

2:13 What's up, man? Good lord, man. You talking about making somebody feel special, man. I appreciate that introduction, man. Thank you.

2:20 Hey, that that's all you. That's all love. You know, you're my main man. 50 grand, man. So, just just honored to share some time on the podcast with you, brother.

2:28 Hey, man. I'm honored to be spending some time with you, too, man. Thanks for that introduction. Good lord, man. Thank you.

2:34 Hey, [clears throat] it's all you, man. Quincy, this is one. I'm honored. You know, I told you when we met face to face like how much I've always looked up to you. How much like you know, like even my family, right? Like we're a Georgia football family and had an uncle Tron Jackson that played at Georgia. So, we bleed red and black, bro. And I'm going to say this, you know, I always tell David Pollock, he's my my favorite Georgia Bulldog defensive player of all times. And it's you and Garrison Hurst, my top two on offense, man. like like you are

3:07 the guy, you're the goat when it comes to Georgia football, bro. Wow, man. I appreciate that, man.

3:14 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So, I want to start by not today, but you know, you and I talked about your recruiting process, right? And and how you went from junior high to high school and the legend of Quincy Carter started forming not just on the football field,

3:32 but you could swing that bat, too, brother. So, I I'd love to talk about just your journey of young Quincy, right? Getting into high school because that's a story that most people don't know. So, I'd love for you to share that moment brother.

3:45 Yeah. You know, Mick, man, born in Chicago, uh, for a lot of people that don't know. Uh, well, actually born in Bloomington and went to Chicago right out the hospital and then me and my mom moved down here to, uh, Atlanta, uh, Decada area about, you know, when I was about 3 or four years old. But yeah, Mick, man, life was to me it was humbling, you know, coming down here from uh from Chicago. As a kid, I thought I had everything I wanted. You know what I mean? We didn't grow up in the nicest of neighborhoods. My mom don't like to tell me exactly my neighborhood. So, honor mom on that. But it was humbling. Grew up at the recreation park. I was a kid that got dropped off at Gresian Park. Did all my homework there. And that's where my competitive nature started, you know.

4:29 Uh, and that's where sports started for me. It was table tennis and bumper pool that moved to basketball, baseball, and football. And I wanted to play all three. You know, also, you know, coming up, you know, closer to high school, uh, I wanted to play at the best high school for football. And we, you know, actually had a good baseball and basketball team, but that that football team was Southwest High School. you know, uh, coach Buck Godfrey had established himself in the late 80s, mid to late 80s. In the '9s were we're starting and I wanted to keep that tradition going.

5:04 We had just went to a a state championship in 1990. I think I was in the seventh grade then. And, uh, coming into the eighth grade, well, coming into high school, which was eighth grade for us, you know, because we didn't go to middle school. Uh, I wanted to be the QB uh that got us back there. We took a tough loss to Val Austin Allstar in the championship game in 1990 and um I wanted to be the QB besides Eric Johnson uh to lead us back to premises. So uh so I started on that journey in the eighth grade man and u we put our head down and went to work as a team

5:39 and you did it. Yes. You did it right. Like you can brag a little bit. Let's talk about those accolades man. like Southwest Quincy doing his thing, leading the school to multiple championships, breaking records, doing things that that quarterbacks that look like you hadn't done in the state of Georgia or in the United States to be honest with you, man. So, talk about those accolades, Quincy.

6:02 Well, you know, uh, it was a big accomplishment and one having pride in being, you know, the only black school, all black school to win at its highest classification. you know, the Clark centers of the world's ruled, the vow allstars, shoot, Camden counties, you know, Park View was coming up at that time. And so, uh, so we're very proud of that. You know, I what you just mentioned wasn't happening for black quarterbacks either, you know, as far as going to D1 schools. Uh, and you know, but having an idol like Charlie Ward, you know, right down the street in Thomasville and seeing him go on to Florida State, you know, to win a national championship and to win a Heisman was everything to me. You got to think that was my freshman sophomore

6:48 junior season in high school, you know, and I was watching him. And then Damen Craig, you know, started to make some noise at Auburn. And ironically, you know, those were the first two or three schools I started looking at was Auburn, was Florida State,

7:04 and then I, you know, end up settling with Georgia Tech. Not settling, I'm sorry, no disrespect, because they had a really good program at the time, which you want to get into that anyway,

7:15 you know, I do. We We talked a lot about that when we were in person. Absolutely.

7:20 Yes. Uh, but yeah, you know, those are the guys I looked up to. Uh those are the guys that were running, throwing the ball, being in multiple facet formations and and really, you know, uh been able to show every aspect of their game.

7:33 Yeah. So, before we get into the Georgia Tech story though, I want to get into that curveball cuz, you know, I'm I'm a Tarhill. I'm I'm a Georgia guy, but I'm a Tar Hill grad and you know, MJ went and played baseball for a little bit, but he couldn't hit that curveball.

7:49 Carter could. Quincy could hit it. So, so talk us a little bit about baseball, what that meant for you and what it was like, man, just to to get drafted professional sports out of high school.

8:00 Yeah, that was a pretty cool experience. You know, first it it all started with me at Gresian Park and uh playing, you know, alongside the likes of uh the Travis Strauss of the world and uh some other great players, you know, that I played along with and some that's where my, you know, competitive baseball uh started at. you know, I end up getting selected to play for the East Cobb Astros, uh, at the age of 13. And, uh, we took the opportunity, you know, at the time, East Cobb, uh, which is, you know, well, really pretty, uh, nationally well known, uh, only had one, you know, team out the whole state for each age group. Uh, so we took advantage of that opportunity. So from 13 to 17, you know, I played a lot of travel ball, played about, shoot, 80 to 100 games of summer. uh had a really really good coach at Southwest too, Coach Puit, who helped start, you know, the uh Reedan program before coach Goodwin later took

8:56 it along and end up really winning region championships and the whole nine over there in the state championship at Reed. But yeah, so uh so with with me getting so much experience during the summertime and my game really taking off, you know, a lot of scouts start, you know, buzzing around Southwest, you know, during the spring of my senior season and uh my my hometown team, who I say my my second hometown team, I can't disrespect Atlanta indicator. Good lord, get me because boy, my people here really fed my spirit. But yeah, my original hometown team, let's say it like that, the Chicago Cubs drafted me in the second round. And uh it was a dream come true, Mick. I think I told you this, but I tell everybody, man, that getting that phone call at uh graduation practice was pretty cool, you know, uh cuz I didn't know what time it was going to happen. You know, the baseball draft could go on for, you

9:51 know, uh what I think a 30 45 minutes a pick or something like that if I'm not mistaken. I think it it's changed now, but to get that that call of graduation, man, it was really cool. Heck yeah.

10:04 Walk us through that call and that emotion, man. So, you got young Quincy graduating high school

10:11 getting a call of second round pick by the Chicago Cubs, right? The team that, you know, us growing up, Quincy, you always saw the Cubs because the the WGN station, right? Like the Cubs, you saw the Cubs more than the Braves for the most part. I'm from the south, too.

10:28 Absolutely. What is that like? My granddad. Well, shoot. Mick, not to cut y'all. Sorry about that. But me and my granddad, you know, I went to Chicago right after my uh short kind of baseball season growing up at Gresian Park. I went to Chicago the rest of the summer. Uh so me and my granddad sat there and watched Well, first we had to watch the Bozo show because grandma wasn't playing games. Then it was General I think General Hospital, One Life to Live, one of them, you know. then we can watch the game. But yeah, man. We watched, you know, Chicago baseball, man, all summer. And growing up and seeing Andre Dawson and I mean Shawn Dawson, uh, Andre Dawson, I'm sorry, Sean Dunston. Let me get my guys right.

11:12 Yeah. Mark Grace, uh, Ryan Samberg, Ryan Samberg, and [clears throat] then walking in the the locker room, actually seeing them after I got drafted was just so, you know, surreal. But man, that was uh it was surreal, you know, to really get that phone call. And I think my mom called me first on three-way with him. Yeah.

11:35 Yes. But that's wow. That's wow. So that means that young Quincy had a cell phone, too. We We'll talk about that later because I know I ain't get a cell phone till way into college. Way into college. So I had one. So

11:49 But yeah, man. So, you get the call from the Cubs going to your hometown team, the team that's always on TV. You got Harry Kerry. Like, most people don't know the Cubs never played night games until like 10 years ago. Like, they didn't have lights at the ballpark, which is

12:04 wild and cool. Exactly. It was. Yeah. So, so you got the call. What's the first thing in your mind that you bought? Because you got to think through, right? Like, man, I'm with the Cubs. Like, I'm 17, 18. like I'm about to buy something. In your mind, what was the first thing you were buying?

12:22 Well, the first thing I was buying was a Mercedes, but then Sherry Carter Embry was buying something else. Not that she was taking my money, but I wasn't about to spend all this money on a Mercedes. Uh, so I think we settled. Uh, what did I get? Eddie Bower. Yeah, I never forget I got the Eddie Bower edition. You know, Eddie Bow started making clothes, I think, also. So, I had the jacket. Uh, what was that? A Ford, I think. Heck yeah.

12:49 The Explorer. Yeah, the Explorer. There it is. The Explorer. And uh, I got the Eddie Bower Edition. Yeah. Heck yeah. But in my mind, like you worded it, [clears throat] I thought I was getting ready to get a Mercedes, but that wasn't happening. And my mom wanted to be uh, wanted me to be smart and Okay.

13:06 Smart for her for discipline. Okay. All right. So, so now you're a professional. young age. You're a professional, which means you go from high school practices with people your age and younger and you're kind of the leader to, as I always tell people, man, you up there with grown folks.

13:25 What is What is 18, 17 year old Quincy the first time you report to the Cubs, man? Like, like walk us through when you realize, oh, this is what grown people do?

13:36 Yeah. Well, it was uh probably my first morning at practice and it's it's rookie ball. So, rookie ball is, you know, you think you're getting ready to come to the park and uh have a little batting practice and then play a game, but rookie ball work started at 7:30, you know, till about 11. And so, that's fielding, that's outfield drills, that's base running, shoot, you name it. out. I mean, uh, well, fielding situations as far as having men on base, you know, hitting the ball in the gap where you throwing the ball, batting practice for an hour. You hitting live pitching in the cage and then you go have lunch probably about 10:30, maybe 10:30, 11, and then you're out on the field, you know, playing the game at 12:00. So, it became grown man business right away, you know, that first day. But hey, that's what I dreamed of and that's what I wanted to do. So, I embraced it, man.

14:32 I embraced it and loved it. Yeah. And so, now we get to talk about Georgia Tech. So, you find out you like baseball, but maybe you don't love everything about the professional side of it, right?

14:44 Absolutely. Because you're still 18, right? You still like, "Hey, I I still this Mercedes I still want." Right. So, high school you recruited and give a verbal commitment to Georgia Tech. Quincy, we got to talk about this one.

14:58 We all know in the state of Georgia, my Bulldogs reign supreme. Absolutely. So, so I'm gonna ask the question that you know I've been waiting to ask you forever. How much money did Georgia Tech give you to give you that verbal commitment because I know you No, I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. But so before baseball, you give a rubber to Georgia Tech and then baseball is over and you don't go to Georgia Tech. You you made the wise decision to go to UG. But how did that come through? I want the listeners and viewers to hear this story.

15:33 Okay. All right. Now Mick, now I got to tell the whole story, too. Now and that whole story was is that

15:40 you got a bag? Well, no. No. I'm still not gonna tell on nobody. But the whole story is though, Mick, Georgia was getting ready to be on probation or was already on probation and I just didn't feel comfortable in the possibly going to college and not being able to play in bowl games. Now I've got to add my real spin to it and that's that, you know, Georgia Tech was pretty decent at the time. you know, uh the uh the offense they were running, uh Ralph

16:09 Pro style offense, pro style offense, uh good mentor of mine, Steve Davenport, you know, was from Georgia Tech. And then I had about four or five baseball buddies who was joining me on the baseball team, too. So, uh so it was a tough decision. You know, I've always been a Georgia boy, wanted to stay home. Uh so it was a tough decision to, you know, sign with Georgia Tech. And it's even tougher talking about it now because I didn't blend the red and black. But Mick, I owe you this one. There you go. That's my answer. But it was a it was a business decision, too.

16:43 It was. Uhhuh. And we'll just leave it at that so nobody else gets in trouble. It was a business decision for the record. So now let's talk about my dogs, man. You go to Georgia and let's just be honest. 60s,7s, 80s. I'm going to say until Eric Zy got there, Georgia's offense was we're going to have the best running backs in the country.

17:06 First and second down, we're running the ball. And if it's third and five or less, we're still going to run the ball on third down, right?

17:14 Absolutely. You get there and you become a prolific passer of the football. Something that honestly was new to Georgia fans, right? like first down. Wait, we're we're dropping back. We're going to throw the ball. We're going to line up in the shotgun on second down. Like what? But you totally changed because these are the words of Mick and Mick only. Unlike other African-American quarterbacks up till that date, you were not a run first quarterback. You were not an option. You were like, "Let me show off this gun that I got and I'm going to sling this ball down the field." And you set records moment one as a freshman quarterback at Georgia.

17:51 Yeah, it was a dream come true, too, man. And shout out to coach Donnie, you know, who believed in me. Shout out to him, you know, saying the words to get me down there, but then actually delivering as far as giving me a chance to compete, you know, against five other five other quarterbacks and, you know, being an African being the only African-American in that role and Georgia really not having the history of having a black quarterback there since well, I think James Jackson.

18:19 James Jackson. Yeah. So, the opportunity, you know, to be a quarterback at the University of Georgia was a dream come true. And uh and you just you said it best, man. For us to be throwing, you know, on first and second down sometimes instead of running the ball on first and second down uh was unheard of. Uh but, you know, Eric Zire, he set the precedent for that. And uh he's, you know, he showed that it could be done. And then I had to go in and prove that an African-Amean can do the same thing as Eric Zire. And so, man, I put my head down. You know, I had some great teammates. Shout out to Jonas Jenners, too, for giving me the confidence, you know, to give, you know, Georgia a shot, you know, coming back from baseball.

19:01 But, uh, man, we put our head down. Didn't it didn't hurt having Champ Bailey as your receiver that year, too. Yeah.

19:08 Uh, and everything he could bring to the table. And that just kind of set the bar, you know, for uh, for Larry Brown running, uh, routes up underneath. Wiggins, another one of our tight ends. Uh, man, Michael Greer had a big year that year, too, and had some big catches. And shout out to Tony Small. They getting didn't get a lot of credit for being a really, really good receiver, standing at 6'2, about 200 pounds, too. So, I had some pretty good, you know, u some pretty not pretty good, but I had some great guys around me, too. And then, let me give a shout out to Steve Hearn and Miles Lucky before they knocked me out on my offensive line. Man, they were my boys. They helped you stay upright, brother. They help you stay upright.

19:48 Absolutely. So, you have three really, really good years at Georgia, which leads you to being second round draft pick by the Cowboys. Another one of those things like you almost can't write this story of Quincy Carter, right? Get drafted by the Cubs, right? big national brand. Go to the University of Georgia, starting quarterback, big national brand, and now you get drafted by the Dallas Cowboys. Shout out to Kenny Anderson. That's his team. I whatever. I'm not a Cowboys fan, but dog on to Quincy Carter. Not only do you get drafted, but [clears throat] you do something that's really hard at that time, which was you start that's people now, right? you draft a quarterback round one or two kind of the expectation is you're going to start a little bit not then like rookie quarterbacks you're gonna sit a couple of years maybe year three you get some shine you get some burny gets in the game so let's walk

20:44 through the draft so Quincy Carter drafted by the Dallas Cowboys man Nick I'm telling it is a movie it is a movie to have those three teams you've played for but then it for it to you know end up in Dallas you know after I'm uh after I'm done playing college football. Uh was a dream come true, man. And Nick, you know, everything, you know, that I, you know, had been through and um God had placed me at, you know, having some adversity in baseball with the Cubs, uh going to Georgia, being one of the only, you know, African-American ever start there, and then coming to Dallas and being one of the only African-American to start there. And not only that, like you just said, the first game of the season, opening day, and then seeing your hero on the field, Doug Williams, who was the first to ever win a, you know, Super Bowl as an Africanamean. And to see him, you know, pregame and shake his hands, my first

21:40 time ever meeting him, it was a dream. But one thing I always knew, Mick, is that I had to work my butt off to keep it. And I had my eyes on the prize of doing that. And that was year in and year out. and nothing was going to stop me but myself. And I end up, you know, stopping myself through some things that we'll probably get into. But, you know, as far as my work ethic, as far as who I was as a person, who I was trying to be, who I was becoming, who I was representing, you know, uh was evident and I was going to do anything to um to accomplish everything I wanted to.

22:14 Yeah, man. And and let's I don't want to slide past something cuz not only you drafted by the Cowboys and starting for the Cowboys, I'm going to say more importantly, bro, you're starting for Bill freaking parcels, right? Like like of of any coach that I'm not going to say is against you, but of any coach that doesn't want to start a rookie quarterback, it spills parcels, bro. So that is a testament to the work ethic that you had, the leader that you were, and and for anyone go watch I don't know if it's season one Hard Knocks, but there's a Hard Knocks episode and I told you this, right? Like

22:52 where Bill Parcels is sitting there talking to someone and like they're like, "You want to know about Quincy Carter? It's 11:00 at night. Watch this." And he yells out your name. You were at the football facility at 11:00 at night breaking down your practice film. Not even game, but your practice film and figuring out ways to get better. That's a true testament to who you are. So, I love to go behind the scenes a little bit. What was it like, especially year one, parcels in earning his trust? What was that like? Because that's something again nobody else has done other than Quincy Carter, so we're adding to this movie, brother.

23:27 Yeah, Mick. It was perfect for me, you know, because, you know, not to toot my own horn, but I was like the perfect quarterback for him because I wanted someone not growing up with a, you know, a a father in my life. I wanted that father, you know, in my life, you know, and I finally got that. And it was the perfect recipe for me, you know, to have somebody that, you know, is just so enamored with every detail possible, you know, for just one play to work. And now we're not we're just talking about uh I'm just talking mentioning plays. But now when we get to you know actually how you take care of your body, how many lifts a week, the hot and cold tub, you know, then you you skip over to the fan room, you know, what is defenses doing to you on first and second down, what are they doing to you on third, you know, and medium? What are they doing to you on third and long? now after about six or seven games, you know, now what

24:30 are we doing? You know, that's tipping off defenses. And so now, you know, me and him and the coaches, you know, Sean Payton, now we're going into a south uh scouting mode, you know, so what are what, you know, formations are we running in? What formations are we motioning? And uh when we're motioning, are we throwing? Are we passing? And so just every detail was so important to him. And it was just like a dream come true to me to have somebody that just loved the game as much as he did and just was able to just give me that wisdom and knowledge, man, of how to approach it. And I just ate every bit of it up, man. I did.

25:09 Testament to who you are, brother. Testament to the determination and grit that you have. So let's get into and for those that don't know Quincy, you're about to know him. A lot of people watching and listening know Quincy, but the the real Quincy. I call him the inconvenient truth. He's gonna tell you the truth. He's gonna hold no punches back. You got you got called into Jerry Jones office.

25:29 Absolutely. Yeah. You over there thinking, "Oh, I'm about to get a contract extension, about to buy this other bins." Conversation didn't go that way.

25:36 It did. And actually before I even got in the office, you know, I thought I had some u some what you call lucky uh training camp visitors and I'll keep it PG. But yeah, Mick, you know, uh I started a habit and actually started in baseball where, you know, I didn't depend on God like I should have and I started smoking weed. Uh Mick and u it's a habit that I formed. you know, I tried to keep it a secret as much as possible. As much as what we, you know, were discussing as far as my work ethic and, you know, the things and the uh person I was trying to be, Mick, I was doing things that eventually caught up to me. Uh, I failed my first test in 2002 going into the season. Actually, was it 20? Yeah, 2002. Bill Parcels knew I was in the program, too, and and had faith in me. Shout out to, you know, him having faith in me throughout this process. But anyway, a week before training camp, I failed another test,

26:36 you know, Mick. And I was at the four game fine uh phase. Uh, you know, we had a couple words in training camp about my reps. You know, me and Jerry and Bill. Uh, they were concerned that, you know, I'll possibly be getting a third, you know, fail test and then that'll be a suspension and embarrassing whole franchise. and they made a decision to cut me and uh and move on from me because they couldn't trust me. And I and I thoroughly understand that to this day. Uh, you know, that's why I'm out here, you know, and and I don't like to use the word preaching because, you know, I'm not a pastor, but I am trying to preach to these young men. You know, that's in a world right now that's they're being told that marijuana is legal, and it may be in certain states, but it can't be legal to you if you're trying to accomplish all your goals.

27:26 what you know billionaires out here sitting around trying to get a you know PhD in marijuana which I you know kind of slight to say I was at some point because I wasn't dependent on the man up above but who's doing that out here and being a billionaire being successful man so I'm trying to you know get this word out here to these young men you know we can think we're being slick but what's done in the dark eventually comes to light and it bit me in my butt.

27:51 Yeah. And I I want to clear up some stuff here too because you know again you and I talked we talk a lot.

27:58 You got suspended for marijuana, right? Like like there was some other noise that was out there but the truth was Quincy Carter got suspended or or fired for marijuana usage. Right.

28:11 Yeah. Absolutely. At the time, Nick, now my addiction would go on and I get a PhD in cocaine which I'm not proud of. I'm smiling at now, but I'm not proud of it. But I'm proud to be able to tell somebody my journey, man. That's what feels good. Uh but yeah, but at the time, Nick, uh that's what it was, man. Now, a lot of other things were being said, but uh but yes, at the time it was.

28:34 Yep. Yep. And so then you're out of football or out of professional football for a couple of years.

28:40 Yes. But then you get another call from the Dolphins. Absolutely. And what happened there, Quincy? Well, um, yeah, Mick, I had played, uh, arena football about two seasons, Mick, and, um, and I was up in Kansas City and, um, really close to another one of my, uh, good coaches, Herm Edwards, uh, who was keeping an eye on me and ended up playing like the last, you know, what, four or five games of that season and played, you know, okay enough, you know, garnered some interest from teams and the same guy who cut me still believed in me and, uh, brought me down to training. camp for the Miami Dolphins during the uh started that training camp season of 2009.

29:22 Mick. Yeah. 2009. And had a great workout, Mick, but couldn't stop doing what had got me cut from the Cowboys. And so, uh, he told me, well, Bill Parcels, man, told me to go back to the room and, uh, hey, we're going to sign you, work you out, work work out the deal with your agent. And uh and I knew Mick going back you know uh it was just a feeling that I had you you know get done taking the physicals and all that or what have you there was a chance that that you know the things that I hadn't quit just yet u smoking and um and and I you know could possibly get caught and uh and that's what happened you know my agent called me about a couple hours later and told me you know well first of all Eugene Parker rest in heaven and he was just asking as me, you know, question. Why you didn't didn't tell me?

30:12 Why you didn't tell me? And I was just like, what? Trying to play it off. And he was like, you should have just told me, you know, that uh that you were still having some issues and we could have just, you know, kind of waited on you going down and working out. But he said, "They can't even test, you know, the uh your your urine." And that's because I tried to mask it, man. And that cost me my job, man. and Bill, you know, well, you know, I ain't got too grown yet, but coach Parcels, man, was really, uh, he was really disappointed, man, because I had done a lot of work, you know, in rehabilitation, uh, working down there in in Florida with, uh, my mentor and sponsor to this day, Hollywood Henderson, who's still in my corner. Uh, but I had a golden chance, man, of the man who cut me four years later, Mick, and uh, and brought me back, you know, to uh, to get a chance.

31:02 But that lesson that I had to learn just got a little bit more harder uh for me because I wasn't believing in the man yet man.

31:10 Well, let's talk about it now, though. Right. So, so you go through your challenges, you go through struggles, and then you get closer to the man. You you the the the the man, the spirit that you've known all your life, right?

31:25 All my life. Because you don't shy away from it. You you've known God for for all your life, right?

31:30 Yes. What was that moment where you said it's not enough to just know him? You got to have them. What was that moment for Quincy Carter?

31:41 Well, it was it was two phases of it, Nick. It was the morning that I reached out to Hollywood, July 22nd, 2019. It was that morning and it was getting on my knees and praying and the next, you know, moment Mick was picking up the phone and telling Hollywood, "Hey, man, come get me before something really bad happens to me, you know, and um put me somewhere, man, while I can, you know, work on this thing." And so that was the spirit of God. That was, you know, Marsha Stone from BRC in Austin coming down and picking me up. And I was in rehab in like five or six hours. But that surreal moment, Mick, uh was me sitting at a table, you know, I used to get up 4:35 in the morning, you know, writing all my notes. We're doing, you know, step work and everything. And I never forget sitting on that porch and uh just looking to the skies, Mick, and just asking God, man, if you're here for me, please show me. and make little bit

32:39 by little bit, you know, uh whether it's the phone conversations with my mom I started to have in rehab, whether it's, you know, that bird that was chirping in your ear when you're in a critical spot and you're writing and uh you're talking to God, it's like, is that God? And then just seeing my confidence as I'm going through the steps and building, you know, I never disown God. You know, I got mad at God, Mick. And I got mad because, you know, um, so much bad was happening to me, you know, but Mick, what I wasn't accounting for is that I was the one in the way, you know, I was the one that failed, you know, the test for the Cowboys, a dream come true job.

33:20 I was the one who was in position to get myself back in the NFL and I didn't lean on God a little bit more and get that job with the Miami Dolphins, you know, and so, you know, and and then being walking home uh being, you know, in the bottom of the barrel but living in a extended state upand coming Georgia and somebody stopping me on the side of the road, you know, Mick and now now have a high school, you know, uh baseball job, a a basketball job, a football job, and then coaching, you know, at a prep school, too. So, God was still, you know, tugging me, hey, I'm here. I'm here. I'm here.

34:01 And I was so upset with God. And so, I strayed away from him. So, accepting those truths, you know, once I got to rehab and just getting closer to him, you know, make I thought I knew God as a kid. I thought I knew him, you know, in my early my early 20s doing some FCA things and seeing the miracles of God, but knowing him on that personal level and uh feeling the spirit and not not wanting to not be feeling the spirit at any point in your life, man, that's the special, you know, part of our relationship, you know, it

34:36 I love that, brother. I love that so much. And I would love for you to just give some advice or or a couple of words, a message to the person that's listening and watching that's right there that's like they're angry or upset [clears throat] or maybe they're like I I don't know if I can continue this path. Like what's your message for that listener or viewer Quincy? Well, it's a point that you get, you know, when you're in your addiction, uh, that you just got to say to yourself, how can I continue to live like this? And if you're there, and most of us it takes, you know, sometimes it takes longer than others to get there.

35:15 But it's only two ways that this addiction, man, that you have optionwise, you know, to get it under control. And that's one. You have to have someone outside of yourself, you know, to restore you to sanity. And the second one, you know, is, you know, you got to dig deep in those steps and go through a great, you know, a great 12step program, whether it's a 12step program or you just going to a meeting and getting a sponsor. But one of those two things could uh has to happen because if it came I mean if it could come from us, you know, we had the power with inside of us, we wouldn't have this addiction. We've been wouldn't be taking ourselves through hell. Who wants to do that? But it's one of two things, man.

35:59 You've got to get with God. And some people, you know, we don't understand how we can get with a person where bad things have happened where you have to have some kind of higher power outside yourself. no matter what. For me, it's God, you know, and you know what I'm talking about when I say that and I mean that.

36:15 But uh but yeah, and you got to have those 12 steps, you know, up under your belt and really go through a thorough 12 step.

36:23 Yeah, I love it, Quincy. And one of the things that I'm I admire about you, I'm most proud of of you is how you now give back, right? You know, on Make Unplugged, I talk about your because, right, that thing that's deeper than your why. like your your real purpose to me is your be because and I just love the fact man that you you share with youths you're out in the community you're coaching and you're staying busy by making an impact man so what's Quincy's cause today like what's that mission that purpose for you today

36:56 man it's because you know m God gave me grace man I'm getting emotional dude he gave me a second chance man and uh and and I just thank him so much, Mick. You know, we I browse over the addiction, but I know what it was like u being in that extended state, getting picked up, you know, um making that call to Hollywood, man. And and he's given me life. He's given it back to me. I never thought I would actually be telling my whole life story of missed opportunities and having joy about it to be able to tell somebody else and help them. And then coming from where I came from, you know, uh coming out of Mountain Park, you know, on Kuster Avenue and and getting there with the Cubs and uh God giving me an opportunity with Georgia and Dallas, even the Jets, and then to see it come full circle, man. uh you have your struggles and then you can get out here and help people regardless of what you've been through and knowing you

37:58 accomplish some things that a lot of people want to accomplish, you know. U but how do you get them there, you know? Um what can you tell them? How can you help them? And then my biggest gift is I can point them to God and I can show them, you know, no matter what mistakes I've made. Me being upset with God, you know, uh at a point Job did too. And um they took everything from Joe. Uh but I never disowned him. I know how powerful he is. Um and then to pick me back up on my feet, Nick. [clears throat] And um that's all I can do to give back to him, man. You know, Nick is some days, man, I I should have been dead, but um I'm here. And so I'm going to do everything I can, you know, to give back to his people because I know what he's done for me man.

38:45 You got me. You got me, dude. Well, but but it's that story. It's that message why, you know, when I open and said one of the greatest speakers of our generation today with the best message is Quincy Carter, man. Like

39:00 everybody I I don't care what your organization is, what your association is. Like Quincy's story, his message is so powerful that and and we're just getting a glimpse, right? Like I I spent a few hours with Quincy and was just mesmerized by everything. Like his story is so powerful. Like everyone should definitely reach out and just have Quincy come speak. Have Quincy come talk. Have Quincy mentor because you all know I believe in the power of mentorship. So Quincy, man, just love the fact that you took some time out of your schedule to to share a glimpse into the story. I think it's something, you know, maybe we have a Mick Unplugged series with Quincy Carter where like you just break down stuff for people, man, because there's so much that you have to offer. Where can people follow you, find you, and then what's Quincy have going on now outside of coaching?

39:52 Outside of coaching, Mick, right now, I've got my foundation that I started here a couple years ago. We uh we're on a mission to advocate for safe uh drug-free communities. Uh we do that through speaking engagements, camps, clinics. Uh we got a Thanksgiving, you know, feed the hungry deal coming up here in a minute. We have a back to school special and we're just going to continue to add to that. A golf tournament is down the line here and then also uh we want to, you know, give get into a little celebrity bowling alert bowling deal every year. So So I'm doing that and really busy with that. I've got my own quarterback school where I'm mentoring quarterbacks and then Mick man just giving where I can you know uh really but yeah you can find me on uh well I'm old school with it I'm probably get my Facebook out first but it's Quincy Leavon Carter on Facebook and then also you can reach out

40:50 for my foundation uh it's what the Quincy Carter Foundation sorry about that I was about to give you my email that's the Quincy Carter Foundation and And uh for uh for camps and training kids, it's quincycarter7.com. It's uh both of my websites is dquincyarterfoundation.com. The quincy carter17.com and then also the quickest way to get to me because I'm still old school. Is that Quincy Leavon Carter on Facebook? [clears throat]

41:20 There it is. I'll make sure that we have links to all of that in the description in the show notes. I'm gonna make sure socially I'm posting about some of those things, too. Quincy, brother, I'm honored to call you a brother, to call you a friend, and more importantly, man, and I'm gonna tell you this for the first time, I'm honored to call you an inspiration of my life, Quincy. So, I just want to thank you for the things that you do that go unseen, brother, because it helps me, just so you know.

41:47 Well, man, I want to thank you, too, Mick, and thank you for being a friend also, man. you know, you can only really have these conversations with the people you really feel and um man, your spirit is special, man. So, uh you continue being great and yeah, I'm going just be quiet now.

42:06 I got you, man. So, for the listeners and viewers, Quincy and I about to have a series. We gonna work that out. We're going to have the Mick and Quincy hour like once a month, once every other month or whatever because I I love this dude so much and and the world needs more of Quincy Carter. So Quincy again, thank you brother.

42:22 Oh, thank you man. God bless you too, Mick. You got it. For the listeners and viewers, remember your cause is your superpower. Go unleash it.

42:33 Thank you for tuning in to Mick Unplugged. Keep pushing your limits, embracing your purpose, and chasing greatness. Until next time, stay unstoppable.

Questions about this episode

What is "Grit, Glory, and Growth: Quincy Carter Unplugged on Life, Football, and Redemption" about?

Quincy Carter reflects on his journey from high school athlete to professional sports, sharing his experiences playing baseball, the challenges of transitioning to football, and the lessons learned from overcoming personal struggles. His story emphasizes resilience, personal growth, and the drive to inspire future generations.

What is mentioned in this Mick Unplugged Podcast episode?

74 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Quincy Carter, Gresian Park, Mercedes, Mick Unplugged, Bill Parcels, Travis Strauss. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Grit, Glory, and Growth: Quincy Carter Unplugged on Life, Football, and Redemption"?

The episode runs 43 min; the transcript is about 8,151 words in 98 timestamped sections.

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