Former NFL star Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson says he saved 83% of his $48,000,000 career earnings by wearing $10 fake jewelry from Claire's and flying Spirit Airlines.
Johnson says he was so focused early in his career that he lived at the Bengals' facility for his first two seasons.
> “Everything I need is right here.”
When teammates told him to buy expensive watches and jewelry...
He couldn't understand why.
> “What's the point?”
Instead of buying diamonds...
> “I went to Claire's. Who buy real diamonds when nobody’s gonna check ’em anyway?”
He says his name was already worth more than anything money could buy.
> “There's nothing I can buy that's bigger than my name.”
He also never understood spending tens of thousands on luxury watches.
> “What time is it?”
> “Time is free.”
Looking back, Johnson says that mindset is why he still has most of the money he earned.
> “I done saved 80–83% of my salary.”
Damian Lillard says Russell Westbrook tried to score 50 on him every time they played
“My first five, six years, he was the bully. It didn't matter if it was a big matchup, if somebody was hurt and he was playing against the backup, he didn't care. He tried to do it to everybody”
“I just remember when I was a rookie, second year, it was like he used to try to give me 50 every time. He would be shooting on me so much that KD would be getting mad like, ‘Pass the ball.’ Like, he's shooting every time”
“Once I realized that it was like that, that's when I started taking it personal. I know he always on go against everybody, but he really trying to come get me. That's when it became personal, I started going back”
“Then I started having the ball more once we did our rebuild. And he noticed that I was having it more, so I was being more aggressive back at him. That's when it'll turn into talking. He'd be, ‘I've been busting your ass for years,’ and I'd be, ‘Yeah, well, it's a new time’”
“So when we started having that conversation, it just turned into every game. It was automatic. I came to the arena knowing it's on tonight”
“He just play like that. He a cool dude. Russ is cool off the court. We cool, but on the court, it was just like he took that approach, ‘Ain't nobody punking me. I don't care who you is’”
Matt Barnes says Master P was BULLYING future NBA stars at UCLA:
“I called back home, ‘Master P. He out here hooping. We might have to fight because he keep trying to f*ck me up.’ I was at a crossroads because I was such a big fan of your music.”