Marty Smith, from ESPN, lives by this philosophy: ‘Be kind. Work hard. The rest takes care of itself!.’ His new book is entitled Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul and it is spectacular. In this wide-ranging interview we chat about his early days growing up in Pearisburg, Virginia, playing for the 1993 state champion Giles Spartans High School football team, and how Special Olympic champion Olivia Quigley changed his life forever. His story about going to Augusta for the Masters for the very first time in 2015 and then being there in 2019 for Tiger’s come from behind victory will give you goosebumps. Man, this guy is some storyteller!

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