Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL
āIām seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with⦠Just throw their life away for fast money and stuff like that. They used to tell me āOh, you talk too muchā. Because I used to always speak about football and positivity stuff. They didnāt want to hear that.ā
āNow itās like⦠Theyād rather hear it now because Iām Lamar Jackson. But Iāve been speaking about it. Everybody just wasnāt listening. I was already seeing what was going on. I wish we could go back in time and yāall could see what I was seeing. Because I always looked at life like, I counted years.ā
āLike I would think⦠āHow many years does it take to get to the league?ā Theyāre saying⦠āYou do three years in college.ā I said⦠āIām doing three years.ā Iām not doing four. Iām not trying to go fifth year. Iām doing three years because Iām going to make sure my family is good.ā
āIf youāre coming from a place like where I come from, donāt try to be like the guys around you. Donāt look up to the stuff that looks like itās fun⦠Because sometimes it gets you in trouble.ā
āItās sacrificing. āMan, I canāt have fun right now. Iāve got to get my family right. I canāt do this right now. I canāt mess up.ā Forget the fast money. Iāve got to think about longevity.ā
āYou can get locked up and do five years for $1,000. That money gone. Itās gone. Youāre like⦠āMan, I just did that for $1,000ā¦ā And I could have waited five years and I wouldāve had $10 million.ā
āThatās why Iām where Iām at right now. Thatās how I used to think. My mom working⦠Sheās busting her behind. Itās me, my brother and my two sisters at home. Iām the oldestā¦ā
āSo Iāve got to make sure everybody right. And itās like⦠Man, I canāt wait, but Iāve got to wait. Thatās the sacrifice. Iāve got to be patient. People donāt look at it like that. Itās like⦠āMan, I need that money right now.ā But you donāt need that money right now. Just wait.ā
WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?!
AN INTERESTING 5 YEARS!?! What could that be!?!
Not making the playoffs!? A first round exit ?! A second round exit!?! Not making the finals!?
THATS ALL HAPPENED THE LAST 5 YEARS. SO WHAT IN THE FUCK WOULD BE SO INTERESTING!?!
If you 33-35 and up you seen the Shaq and Kobe lakers then you seen Kobe go on the journey himself almost doing the 3 peat yea that's gonna stick with them forever im sorry yall
Instead of celebrating the Cavaliersā 2016 championship reunion in Europe, Kyrie Irving chose to spend his time mentoring young players at the NBPA Top 100 Camp before returning to New Jersey to connect with and inspire up-and-coming student-athletes in his local community š
(h/t @ScoopB )