POV podcast transcript: Aaron Brown

Transcript: Aaron Brown on Player's Own Voice Podcast.

Eps 6-06

Airing: Nov 22 2022

Anastasia:

When Aaron Brown settles into the starter's blocks, he reminds himself that he is there to handle business. And when the world champion 4x100m relay runner says business, he means it.

A financial river flows through track and field, and he wants everyone, including the not so famous athletes, to get their fair share of the take.

Aaron Brown is not out to be a firebrand, but you never know what's going to happen when the gun goes off.

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It's player's own voice. I'm Anastasia Bucsis.

World champion Aaron Brown. My gosh, this past summer was wild. Team Canada beats the world. Beats the United States, in the United States. How has the reception been?

Aaron Brown: You know, it's pretty cool because for so many years, it's like we knew we had the potential. But for it to actually happen and say, 'wow, we actually did it', you know? and we're waiting for it to kind of sink in. And it hasn't fully, I don't think until probably the next time when we line up at the World Championships and they announce us like the defending champions and we're like, Oh yeah, we actually we are top dogs and they're chasing us. You know, it's pretty cool.

But, you know, we're the type of group and for me, especially, I'm the type of guy that doesn't like to rest on his laurels and smell the roses while he still has opportunities to, you know, get more roses. Right?

So the only the only thing to do theoretically when you win is to try and win again. So that's where our mindset is. And the ultimate one, the pinnacle, is winning that Olympic gold in the four by one. So we still have some work to do.

Anastasia:It was so exciting, though. You speak on