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The Worst Money Mistakes I’ve Ever Seen
Friends always ask, “Why are athletes so bad at money?” The truth is, people are bad at money. Athletes just have more of it to be bad with.
3 Things You Need to Plan for Retirement (Even If You’re Young)
“I’m 33 years old, black and retired.” I love that opener when I’m speaking at corporate events. And yet there is something beyond.
When Sh!# Happens: How to Stay Strong During Disaster and Bad News
Multiple times in my life, I’ve received bad news. The death of my grandmother. My father needing a kidney transplant. Being released (that means fired) from an NFL team.
Three Simple Phrases that Eliminate Self-Doubt and Get You Going Again
There I was, lying in the grass. One cleat on, one cleat God knows where. Making sounds I didn’t know I could make, having pain I didn’t know I could have.
3 Questions I Asked Myself after Losing My Job in the NFL
There I was, after my third back surgery, lying in a dark hotel room in a lot of pain. On the phone my agent told me, “The Eagles are going to release you.” I was out. Worse, I didn’t know if I was going to ever play football again.