Steve Smith

Like football was it.

Football was it.

And, you know, for some people that's watching this and some people who put athletes in a category, you know,

The opportunity to get a scholarship, an athletic scholarship, I believe is no different than getting a scholarship for academics, right?

Because I'm very aware there's a lot of sports, non-football, who their whole structure is built off of having an athletic but also intelligent coach

Athletes, so they can utilize and have a lot of flexibility.

So like soccer, golf, some of the women's sports, that stuff is happening where they get guys who financially can't afford to go to college, but they also have great grades.

And so where I'm going with that is,

No plan B was playing football.

My whole eggs were in the football basket.

However, what I've been able to experience and learn and be able to be mentored and taught from people in business-wise, man, yes, if I couldn't catch a football, I wouldn't have got my foot in the door.

But understanding my intelligence and my willingness to learn

keeps me in the door.

And so, yes, I am a football player.

Yes, I went to school.

And what's crazy is I did not do the typical psychology.

At the time, I actually did family consumer studies.

And they had this crazy myth that one day people would be willing to

they would forfeit a gallon of gas to go get a gallon of milk.

And I was, so they were teaching us about how the consumer consumes.