NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp says parents shouldn’t let their children play football until high school because their brains are still developing
“Don’t do it until he’s got hair underneath his arms and hair around the family jewels. High school. We’re gonna do baseball, basketball, tennis, critical thinking, chess, swimming. We’re gonna do everything that does not hit their head because that’s when their brain is developing the most, in between 10 and 14. That’s when they’re becoming an adolescent”
“That’s when that brain is developing. That’s why we want them reading. That’s why we want to open them up to books. That’s why we want to open them up to a whole new world because if you’ve got a blank canvas and you paint with bold strokes, any of y’all seen a Picasso? Looks like a damn six-year-old drew that shit on it. That’s why I tell my kids, paint with bold strokes, ain’t no telling what kind of masterpiece you make”
“Don’t give your child to that damn dentist or the lawyer on the corner that wants to go hold up a trophy at the end of the year talking about, ‘Look what I did.’ He doesn’t care. That’s the scary part for me. The kid gets banged up, they don’t care”
Throw back to when 23 -Year old Lil Wayne Casually introduced 16-Year old Chris brown and delivered this massive hit. They don’t make music like this no more.
My head gasket is gone. Destroyed. I had no injury / injuries going into the fight. I was throwing kicks, planted and jumping, all throughout camp as well as backstage before the fight. This came out of nowhere. I am beyond dark here. I can only describe it as hell.
Shaquille O’Neal learned what real pressure is from his father.
After a bad game, his dad woke him at 5 a.m. and drove him under a bridge where a homeless family was sleeping in a tent.
“That’s pressure,” his dad said. “You don’t know where your next meal is coming from.”
Shaq realized he had no right to complain, big house, chefs, commercials, everything.
Now he breaks down challenges and keeps moving forward, never letting setbacks drop him too far.
A powerful lesson on perspective and resilience.
What’s one lesson from a parent that changed how you handle pressure?