Greg Oden says losing basketball helped him find himself
“It is enough. Don’t get me wrong, I would love $100,000,000 in the bank account. But right now, we got a beautiful home. My daughter just graduated fourth grade. My wife’s doing her thing.”
“When I really had to assess myself, I really started realizing, and I was intentional about this when I retired, trying to figure out who I was. Everything was always about the sport.”
“But then when it was taken away from me, who am I? I didn’t even know what I liked. If I take alcohol and partying out of the equation, and basketball, I’m literally a newborn baby again. So I really sat down and figured out, what are some things that I like?”
“I had to assess myself, and I realized I was a mentor. I really like doing this. I really like talking. I really like helping the younger generation, or even helping others.”
“For the past seven years, I’ve been teaching financial literacy to athletes. I enjoy doing stuff like that.”
“Now I’m trying to get in the public speaking space because my story is not a basketball story. It’s a life story.”
“I’m fulfilled in everything that I’m doing right now, but I know there’s more to come.”
Michael B. Jordan says Denzel Washington told him to stay offline to avoid overexposing himself to audiences:
“Why would they pay to see you on a weekend if they see you all week for free?”
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Dick LeBeau on how he disguised his defenses:
“That's easy. You just get Troy Polamalu in your backfield and he'll move around and disguise anything you want to do. Usually it works when he's doing it. The players make it come to life. We give them parameters and let them create and we've got some pretty good creators.”
THE PLAYERS MAKE IT COME TO LIFE
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