Jamal Merrell

And then eventually I'll just be like, all right, babe, it's that time.

But, but she, she, she knows my energy.

She knows my work.

I mean, to the point I,

think I got ADHD sometimes because you might I'm always just I don't overthink nothing I rather think about it and just do it and learn as I go yeah and what I stay in the field where I'm I'm I'm barely I know a lot so it's sports so and it never failed me um last question is how do you define success today versus how you were defining success in high school and college oh that's a big difference

Success in high school and college was just winning games, getting the trophy or getting the ring.

Rather than now is being a good husband, being a great father to my kids, running two youth leagues, Smyrna NFL flag, Smyrna Junior NBA, seeing other kids that don't have the two family, two parent households.

Pretty much don't have cleats.

So for them to be in my youth leagues, seeing how they're having fun, it's creating that space where it's an out for them, where they can come and have fun.

When you see them run away from their mom and dad, it's like, oh, I'm about to have fun.

Mike, JJ, what's up?

Link.

Giving them that out and knowing that I created it and seeing that it's structured, vetting all my coaches out to know that.

The kids are not just with any random coach that's playing daddy ball.

Coaches that's important to the kids.

Knowing that, I took the time and energy to sit down 4 a.m., 3 a.m., 1 a.m., no sleep, and structure the whole league and know my family's good, my kid's good.

That's my success now.

Nothing.

Yeah, I would say growing up, thinking about NFL to make millions was sustainable mentally.

But now being older, I feel as though the more that I control my goals, like with the youth leagues, my job, my family, my wife and kids,