Marc Mero
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And the next thing I know, I'm running out of money.
I'm down to my last 200 grand, which when you have millions of dollars, 200 grand is not a lot of money, especially living that lifestyle.
And I remember...
just to have something.
I bought this little office building in Maitland, Florida, a little office building.
But I opened up a gym.
Well, no, I'm sorry.
I started working at Gold's Gym.
And I'll never forget, Chris, people would come in Gold's Gym and go, oh my gosh, Mark Merrill, what are you doing here?
I go...
I work here.
It was like, you work at Gold's Gym?
And it was a humbling experience, but I love training people.
I love inspiring people.
And that's where it kind of started.
But what happened was I got a call from Melbourne high school football coach, and he asked me if I would come to speak to his players.
I thought, well, that'd be cool.
So I go and speak.
They had no plan, no presentation, nothing.
Just spoke from my heart.