You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it’s because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.

So while you’re an athlete, and you have that platform, what you want to be able to do is make it work for you as much as possible, because there’s going to be life after sports.

I’ve worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn’t have a direction.

You know, you’re living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it’s more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.

You know, and younger people today, you know, they may not have Social Security. They may not have a pension. They may have 17 different jobs. And so they have to be – they have to, you know, establish somewhat of an ownership, you know, mentality.

I’m pretty grounded on my own passion – writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.

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Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you’re talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You’re the same person.

People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means that they don’t act on life, they only react to it.

Sports isn’t just a part of life. It’s not life itself.