J.R. Smith says he regrets wasting $60,000 in strip clubs when he could've helped his community
“I got Paul George sitting right here. I got DeMar DeRozan right here. I got Russell Westbrook sitting right here. I'm literally sitting next to all of these dudes who are LA guys”
“I'm like, ‘Bro, I'm not counting your chips, but everybody else is. You make $200 million, you make $200 million, you make $175 million, you make $150 million, you make $180 million. Why don't y'all have your own gym? Why we got to go to UCLA to work out in LA every time?”
“Y'all come from the exact same community. You want to inspire kids that look like you. All it takes is five of us. What bank gonna turn us down. We 'bout to build this whole thing out for our community. We're gonna build gyms, rec centers, start leagues and all that. Who's gonna stop us. We got the money. We don't have the mindset”
“Our mindset, we'd rather go throw $60,000 in the club, in the strip club, than go feed 2,500 people in the hood. Think about it. I've done it. I can't sit here and be like, ‘Oh man, I'm a hypocrite.’ I've done this myself. I've thrown money in the club, literally blindly, aimlessly, drunk. And now I sit back, ‘I'm a stupid ass.’ I could have fed my whole community 10 times over with the money I was just late on the bus”
“Because I'm so wrapped into me. I got that Eurocentric mindset. I need this designer jacket. I need these jeans. I need this book bag. I need to be looking like this because the vets got this thing, I'm pushing this car, I'm doing... Why? Who am I impressing. I'm not even fulfilled with me”
Just over a year ago I believed I was dying from stage four ovarian cancer.
Here I am now, still here being loved and supported across many platforms and given the opportunity of a lifetime to start and grow a business.
I thought I had run out of time to give back to my daughter who has made, and continues to make, many sacrifices to care for me.
My dream is to produce high quality puzzles using diverse artists who will make inclusive images that will be highly sought after.
I'd use the profits to continue to make sure no one in my community is ever hungry, keep the community children in quality shoes and coats, continue to fulfill the dream wish lists for the children and young adults in our community for Christmas, and to one day pay off the home my daughter put the down payment on for me to have a permanent place to stay.
Thank you to everyone who is helping to make this dream a reality.
Thank you to @kaicenat and @mdmotivator_ for this opportunity. Because of this exposure, I have a greater belief that this will all come to fruition.
Angels do exist.
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