Mark Schlereth is a part of the new FS1 lineup on the early morning Breakfast Ball show alongside Craig Carton and Danny Parkins.
It’s a bit of a new role for the former Broncos star as he’s serving in more of a host and generalist role versus the days when he was an NFL analyst with ESPN. But in the new role, Schlereth has brought a lot of consistency.
Just how much consistency?
The Breakfast Ball crew had some fun with Schlereth as they played a montage since the launch of the show in the fall with the number of times he has said the phrase “talent is wasted on talented people.” It’s roughly the equivalent of how many times Skip Bayless would talk about LeBron James and his clutch gene.
One thing about @markschlereth, he’s a man of consistency… and @craigcartonlive was excited to show him how consistent he really is 💯🤣 pic.twitter.com/WwAMCAF7vh
— Breakfast Ball (@BrkfstBallOnFS1) November 5, 2024
The point that Schlereth is trying to make is that sometimes players or athletes labeled as “talented” often don’t become good because of a lack of work ethic, perseverance, sticktoitiveness, or whatever other gritty attribute you want to apply. But surely not all talented people are wastes of talent, right? If they were, would there even be any talented to people to begin with? Or would talent cease to exist? Maybe it’s just not that deep.
In case you were wondering, this isn’t just a refrain that Schlereth saves for television, he uses it on social media and the radio as well!
Being talented and being good are 2 entirely different things. Often talent is wasted on talented people. We will see if he becomes good. https://t.co/7OtostvO1M
— Mark Schlereth (@markschlereth) April 27, 2024
A quick Google search shows that the phrase is a Mark Schlereth original as there are no other references to “talent is wasted on talented people.” So a word of thanks is in order for his unique contribution to the cultural lexicon.
