Nate Boyer On Striving For Excellence In Everything

About this episode

<p>Ryan speaks with Nate Boyer in the first of a two-part interview about what serving six years and multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Green Beret taught him about life, how he was able to become an NFL starter at a position he had never played before, how he is striving to be great in his television career, and more.</p><p>Nate Boyer is a United States Army Green Beret, former football player, actor, director, producer, and television host. Despite never having played a down of organized football in his life, Nate played college football as a walk-on at the University of Texas, and he was later signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2015. In 2004, Nate became a relief worker shortly before enlisting in the Army and being accepted into the Green Berets. He earned an honorable discharge after six years of service, after which he pursued a career in film and television. Since then, he has appeared in an ESPN documentary about his life, the film <em>Den of Thieves</em>, the show <em>Mayans M.C.</em>, the video game <em>Madden NFL 18</em>, and many other notable media properties. Nate currently hosts the Discovery channel reality competition series <em>Survive the Raft</em>. In 2022, Nate wrote, directed, and starred in the acclaimed film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qztNOSLdz0s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>MVP</em></a>. You can follow Nate on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nateboyer37/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NateBoyer37</a>, and you can check out his charity Merging Vets and Players at <a href="https://vetsandplayers.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">vetsandplayers.org</a>.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>