Shane Battier
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That was my identity.
And it hurt me to my core.
And that's when I knew I was done.
I was embarrassed.
I was embarrassed.
And I checked out and I was cynical.
And so when I retired, I was very cynical.
And so I was sad, but I was also very cynical.
What does cynicism mean at this point in your trajectory?
I shut people out.
I was probably battling some depression.
I didn't know what depression was.
I never had this feeling before, but feeling very isolated.
I didn't feel anyone understood what I was going through.
I felt very alone and I pushed people away.
I pushed my wife away.
I pushed my kids away.
And I just was a jerk.
I wasn't like doing destructive things.
It wasn't like I was drinking every night.