Terry Crews
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You tell yourself you've been doing what you should be doing. But then you eat the cake and you hang out and you do that and you stay up too late and you don't go to bed and you totally mess your stuff up. You show up late for the job interview and then be like, they didn't want me. They hated me. No, no, you showed up late, bro. And I totally had to be honest with myself, man.
Start marking off things that I wasn't doing.
Start marking off things that I wasn't doing.
Start marking off things that I wasn't doing.
imagine, what if, I'm sweeping this floor, man. You gotta understand, I'm almost in tears while I'm sweeping this floor because I'm going, dude, my life may never, ever get back to where I started. Because once you're in the NFL, you at least see it. You see the money. You see the stuff. You're like, man, I'm there. I can touch it. You see the nice cars and the jewelry.
imagine, what if, I'm sweeping this floor, man. You gotta understand, I'm almost in tears while I'm sweeping this floor because I'm going, dude, my life may never, ever get back to where I started. Because once you're in the NFL, you at least see it. You see the money. You see the stuff. You're like, man, I'm there. I can touch it. You see the nice cars and the jewelry.
imagine, what if, I'm sweeping this floor, man. You gotta understand, I'm almost in tears while I'm sweeping this floor because I'm going, dude, my life may never, ever get back to where I started. Because once you're in the NFL, you at least see it. You see the money. You see the stuff. You're like, man, I'm there. I can touch it. You see the nice cars and the jewelry.
Oh, you see the cars pulling out the lot. You see the jewelry. You see the people living the life and the press. And then all of a sudden, but it's gone. And it's gone.
Oh, you see the cars pulling out the lot. You see the jewelry. You see the people living the life and the press. And then all of a sudden, but it's gone. And it's gone.
Oh, you see the cars pulling out the lot. You see the jewelry. You see the people living the life and the press. And then all of a sudden, but it's gone. And it's gone.
And I said, man, look, OK, imagine if someone was going to give me a million dollars to sweep this floor. How would you sweep it? And these are the little bitty mindsets that, and I remember I was like, okay, okay. I have to imagine I'm going to get a million dollars if I sweep this floor correct. Because I had to play these kind of games with my head in order to get over the depression.
And I said, man, look, OK, imagine if someone was going to give me a million dollars to sweep this floor. How would you sweep it? And these are the little bitty mindsets that, and I remember I was like, okay, okay. I have to imagine I'm going to get a million dollars if I sweep this floor correct. Because I had to play these kind of games with my head in order to get over the depression.
And I said, man, look, OK, imagine if someone was going to give me a million dollars to sweep this floor. How would you sweep it? And these are the little bitty mindsets that, and I remember I was like, okay, okay. I have to imagine I'm going to get a million dollars if I sweep this floor correct. Because I had to play these kind of games with my head in order to get over the depression.
And I remember sweeping and sweeping and sweeping. And all of a sudden, I forgot about my problems.
And I remember sweeping and sweeping and sweeping. And all of a sudden, I forgot about my problems.
And I remember sweeping and sweeping and sweeping. And all of a sudden, I forgot about my problems.
But what I said is, what if someone gave me a million dollars to wash this parking lot? I could make sure I had my batteries and my flashlight, I ironed my clothes. It was a mindset that I said, I'm going to reverse that bad attitude I had in the league that didn't get me where I wanted. I said, now every job I have to treat like that. And what's so crazy is that
But what I said is, what if someone gave me a million dollars to wash this parking lot? I could make sure I had my batteries and my flashlight, I ironed my clothes. It was a mindset that I said, I'm going to reverse that bad attitude I had in the league that didn't get me where I wanted. I said, now every job I have to treat like that. And what's so crazy is that
But what I said is, what if someone gave me a million dollars to wash this parking lot? I could make sure I had my batteries and my flashlight, I ironed my clothes. It was a mindset that I said, I'm going to reverse that bad attitude I had in the league that didn't get me where I wanted. I said, now every job I have to treat like that. And what's so crazy is that
I started to do everything like that. Right. It created a habit in me that kept me going. So it didn't really matter what people said. I felt like I was getting this imaginary reward if I just did a great job.