Weekend Reflections: Profiting from a Brighter Tomorrow

“Damn right I like the life I live, because I went from negative to positive” Notorious B.I.G.

I had an interesting question come up the other day from a group of college students, and it got me reflecting on my past.

One student asked:

“What did being a professional athlete teach you?”

My answer was simple: Everything. And I mean that. Everything.

I don’t often think about my life before I was 12. Not because I purposely avoid it, but because I was…