13th & Park
"13th & Park" hosts insightful conversations with special guests covering a broad range of topics from politics and government, to technology, culture, economics and the media. Listeners eavesdrop on what feel like private conversations featuring the savviest and most highly regarded minds in the country. The show, co-hosted by media veterans Adam Goodman and Justin Sayfie, is produced by Ballard Partners in the Ballard Studios in Washington DC.
13th & Park
From NFL Kicker to Congressional Candidate in Arizona | Jay Feely on 13th & Park
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Jay Feely spent 14 seasons in the NFL as a place kicker, but his resume extends well beyond the field. After football, he built a career as an NFL broadcaster, served on the NFLPA Executive Committee negotiating billion-dollar collective bargaining agreements, and devoted years to community work in Arizona and abroad. Now he is running for Congress in Arizona's 1st Congressional District, one of the most competitive seats in the country. On 13th and Park, Feely sits down with Adam Goodman for a wide-ranging conversation about what a life lived under pressure actually teaches you about leadership.
Feely walks through the most scrutinized moment of his career, a game in Seattle where he missed three potential game winners for the New York Giants, including the role that sports psychologist Bob Rotella's book Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect played in his mental preparation. The lesson he took from that night, that failing as badly as you possibly can and surviving it is actually liberating, became the throughline for how he thinks about coaching, parenting, and now politics. He argues that the willingness to share your failures honestly, something almost no politician does, is exactly what voters are hungry for.
The conversation moves into the policy terrain of Arizona's 1st District, including the Colorado River water crisis, the affordability squeeze hitting working families, the regulatory drag on home construction, and the implications of TSMC's $250 billion chip manufacturing investment in the state. Feely draws on his NFLPA experience negotiating on behalf of players across wildly different income levels as direct preparation for the budget and benefits fights he expects in Congress, and explains why owners and players alike, including Falcons Owner Arthur Blank, have lined up behind his campaign.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:33 Welcome to 13th and Park
1:46 Adam Vinatieri and the Hall of Fame
2:53 The Mental Game: Bob Rotella and Kicking Under Pressure
5:10 Seattle: The Worst Game of His Career
8:07 Philadelphia: The Redemption Kick
9:27 Leadership, Failure, and Sharing Your Scars
10:29 Running for Congress in Arizona
15:09 Water Policy and the Colorado River
19:36 Affordability, Inflation, and Housing Costs
22:17 Lessons from the NFLPA
27:36 Favorite Teammate: Larry Fitzgerald
28:13 The Fake Field Goal Touchdown
29:31 His Wife and Family Life
30:31 A Coaching Legacy and His Daughter's Soccer Team
33:51 Closing Thoughts on Leadership
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