Jamal Merrell
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I denied it because like I said, I had that plan.
Like, and now a lot, it was like two months.
So two months, I went by to where I was already living at home life.
I see how happy my wife was.
I see my daughter, like dad, dad.
Um, I see the happiness in my family eyes.
So I'm like, all right, do I go reach my goal for sports or not?
the ultimate long-term goal is to be a family man, take care of my kids and, you know, live a family life.
I will say I was there.
Like I've been playing sports since I was like six years old.
So six, all the way up to like that age.
And I remember being home and he was calling and I was like, nah, I'm good.
I told my agent, I was like, nah, I'm good.
And then you get to a point where it was no boxes I wanted to check off anymore.
Like I felt like I did everything in football, had built the bonds, made the game winning tackle and touchdowns in high school.
And I was like, what more is there?