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Terry Bradshaw: The #1 Mindset That Carried Him Through Cancer, Divorce, and Depression

🔔 Subscribe for more great content: https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes ▶️ Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/Ol3l-iAwfcs You can win four Super Bowls and still spend every game afraid of losing. Terry Bradshaw, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime host of Fox NFL Sunday, sat down with Lewis and admitted he was never confident as an NFL quarterback. Fear cost him his throwing motion, and he completed just 51.9% of his passes. Underneath it all were his mother’s words when he was eight: you’ll never amount to anything. He talks openly about depression and ADHD, which he didn’t learn about until after football. He also talks about three divorces, and the moment it hit him that the common factor was him. Three years of counseling and a hard look in the mirror later, he married his best friend, a woman who makes him talk about what he’d rather bury. In his memoir Looking for Terry, and in this conversation, he explains why he sobbed over his dog but not his mother, and how his wife taught him to say no. He also shares how his faith held through cancer twice in one year, and why he cares more about kindness than greatness. You’ll come away gentler with your own fear, and maybe ready to ask for the help you’ve been putting off. Pre-Order: Looking for Terry: A Memoir https://amzn.to/4ydYf6t The Bradshaw Family Cookbook: Our Favorite Recipes for Game Days, Weekdays, and Any Day https://amzn.to/4h4U84Z Keep It Simple https://amzn.to/46VEOD9 It's Only a Game https://amzn.to/4gTS0OV Terry on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/official_terry_bradshaw/?hl=en Terry on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTerryBradshaw/ Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/id596047499 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GQhOZboEZOE1ysnFLipT?si=a03d916bade54d4f For more info about this episode, go to https://lewishowes.com/1989 💰 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "Make Money Easy" today!https://lewishowes.com/moneyyou 📙 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "The Greatness Mindset" today! https://lewishowes.com/gmyo 📤 sign up for my FREE newsletter https://lewishowes.com/greatnessdelivered Follow Lewis! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisHowes 💻 Website: http://lewishowes.com/ 📲 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Get More Greatness! Greatness Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@GreatnessClips Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesEspañol Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesPortugues Lewis Howes Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowesshorts 00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - Lacking Confidence in NFL 00:07:13 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Struggles 00:11:13 - Public Persona vs. Reality 00:16:17 - Divorces & Real Love 00:18:46 - The "Mirror Evaluation" 00:25:14 - Beating People-Pleasing 00:29:13 - Losing His Dog vs. Mother 00:32:21 - Negativity as Fuel 00:34:31 - Depression & ADHD 00:46:23 - Hardships & Faith 00:51:25 - Advice to Younger Self 00:55:58 - Three Truths to Leave 01:04:48 - Kindness Over Greatness Put ChatGPT to work on your most ambitious ideas and projects. #greatness #inspiration #motivation

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October 5, 2026
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1h 12m
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Lewis Howes
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🔔 Subscribe for more great content: https://www.youtube.com/lewishowes

• Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/Ol3l-iAwfcs You can win four Super Bowls and still spend every game afraid of losing. Terry Bradshaw, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime host of Fox NFL Sunday, sat down with Lewis and admitted he was never confident as an NFL quarterback. Fear cost him his throwing motion, and he completed just 51.9% of his passes. Underneath it all were his mother’s words when he was eight: you’ll never amount to anything. He talks openly about depression and ADHD, which he didn’t learn about until after football. He also talks about three divorces, and the moment it hit him that the common factor was him. Three years of counseling and a hard look in the mirror later, he married his best friend, a woman who makes him talk about what he’d rather bury. In his memoir Looking for Terry, and in this conversation, he explains why he sobbed over his dog but not his mother, and how his wife taught him to say no. He also shares how his faith held through cancer twice in one year, and why he cares more about kindness than greatness. You’ll come away gentler with your own fear, and maybe ready to ask for the help you’ve been putting off. Pre-Order: Looking for Terry: A Memoir https://amzn.to/4ydYf6t The Bradshaw Family Cookbook: Our Favorite Recipes for Game Days, Weekdays, and Any Day https://amzn.to/4h4U84Z Keep It Simple https://amzn.to/46VEOD9 It's Only a Game https://amzn.to/4gTS0OV Terry on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/official_terry_bradshaw/?hl=en Terry on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OfficialTerryBradshaw/ Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-of-greatness/id596047499 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07GQhOZboEZOE1ysnFLipT?si=a03d916bade54d4f For more info about this episode, go to https://lewishowes.com/1989 💰 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "Make Money Easy" today!https://lewishowes.com/moneyyou 📙 get my NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING book "The Greatness Mindset" today! https://lewishowes.com/gmyo 📤 sign up for my FREE newsletter https://lewishowes.com/greatnessdelivered Follow Lewis! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lewishowes/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lewis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lewishowes/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LewisHowes 💻 Website: http://lewishowes.com/ 📲 For more Greatness text PODCAST to +1 (614) 350-3960 Get More Greatness! Greatness Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@GreatnessClips Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesEspañol Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/@LewisHowesPortugues Lewis Howes Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@lewishowesshorts 00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - Lacking Confidence in NFL 00:07:13 - Rheumatoid Arthritis Struggles 00:11:13 - Public Persona vs. Reality 00:16:17 - Divorces & Real Love 00:18:46 - The "Mirror Evaluation" 00:25:14 - Beating People-Pleasing 00:29:13 - Losing His Dog vs. Mother 00:32:21 - Negativity as Fuel 00:34:31 - Depression & ADHD 00:46:23 - Hardships & Faith 00:51:25 - Advice to Younger Self 00:55:58 - Three Truths to Leave 01:04:48 - Kindness Over Greatness Put ChatGPT to work on your most ambitious ideas and projects. #greatness #inspiration #motivation

SPEAKERS

  • Terry Bradshaw

    guest

    Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback and longtime Fox NFL Sunday analyst; author of the memoir “Looking for Terry.”

  • Lewis Howes

    host

    Podcast host of “The School of Greatness” and interviewer on the Lewis Howes channel.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lewis Howes, featuring Terry Bradshaw and Lewis Howes, Terry Bradshaw: The #1 Mindset That Carried Him Through Cancer, Divorce, and Depression explores terry Bradshaw on turning fear, depression, and setbacks into resilience Terry Bradshaw says he lacked confidence as an NFL quarterback, played with fear of losing, and internalized mistakes even while winning four Super Bowls.

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