“Four or five years ago Sports Illustrated did an article on professional players,” he said. “Whether it be football, basketball or baseball, five to seven years after they have retired I think 75 percent of the guys are broke. They never talk to the guys that have been there, trying to get a perspective. I find that when young people get money, they think they know everything. They won’t even come to you guys, bona fide accountants, to try to set them up. I always pay homage to my parents’ guidance. They guided me using common sense. When someone brings me a deal, I try to sit down and I think about it. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia. I was really embraced by a village. I know that’s sort of a cliché, but I had parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, my peers, my coaches. So whenever I’m faced with a problem, I hear that village. It’s like my mom is always saying, ‘It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.’ My grandfather talked about common sense. Use common sense.”
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