“You read articles about athletes who end their careers and end up bankrupt. They don’t know how to manage their money, they don’t know what to do with all that stuff.”

“Many athletes live a life of luxury, something I tried NOT to do. I always paid attention to what my life would be like after football.”

“When you finish, you stop getting paid. How do people restructure their lives? I always tried to diversify. I had the initial idea of investing my money in several things. If one of them failed, I wouldn’t lose everything.”