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Travis Kelce and Olivia Dunne team up for new career venture as Chiefs tight end praises gymnast’s mom for her advice
Kelce shared how he keeps a positive outlook on life
OLIVIA Dunne and Travis Kelce have teamed up to tell their stories in a new career venture.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end and LSU gymnast sat down together to share some advice that inspired them.
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Kelce and Dunne are both ambassadors for Accelerator energy drinks, and they both held cans of the drink in their hands while telling their stories.
The 34-year-old tight end went first to talk about a college coach of his.
"I had a tight end coach in college at the University of Cincinnati, Dave Johnson, and he told me, 'Fuel the fire,'" Kelce said.
"'It was kind of like our motto in the tight end room.
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"I think everybody has that desire to keep getting better but you gotta do things to really fuel that fire and that energy and that love that you have for the things that you do.
"You know I just... every single day I try and find another nugget of gold to keep my competitive edge, and to just keep me going forward and ironically, accelerating through life."
Dunne had plenty of advice for listeners too, despite being 13 years younger than Kelce.
She based her words around the motto "you're more than your sport."
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"There are not a lot of professional leagues for women's sports after college and I just think that recognizing that you are more than your sport is super important. I'm pretty sure my mom told that to me," Dunne said.
"I mean every now and then its just good to flip the page and start fresh."
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Kelce loved the advice from Dunne's mom, shouting "nice mom" during Dunne's speech.
"Yeah shoutout mom," Dunne said.
"But yeah that really stuck with me."
Kelce offered a different perspective afterwards, saying that he doesn't have very many bad days.
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He shared his outlook on life, explaining that he only looks at the glass as completely full, not half empty or half full.
"I like the look at the glass like it's all the way full," he said.
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"And that's just how I attack like you know. The ups and downs are going to come in life. Everyone knows that.
"As long as we're here, we're healthy, and we're around family, friends, life could be no better."
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