Talk first a little bit about your NFL career, and then let's take it from there.

Yeah.

So you know, Chris, I was drafted into the National Football League by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Had an amazing head coach in Jack Del Rio, who was a phenomenal, hard-hitting linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings.

He played at USC.

Jack was a great teacher, a great instructor, a great coach.

One thing that I learned from Jack, one of his best things he ever taught me, was the following: in life, be your own CEO.

So I'd love you to just give a glimpse of that work ethic that you have that have gotten you to where you are today.

Tell us about maybe the transition that you had from being in the NFL to doing what you're doing now.

So I really had a phenomenal career in the National Football League for almost six years.

It was great.

Playing with some great teams, great players, great teammates, being around great coaches.

When I left the NFL, I struggled immensely for about six months with addiction, alcohol, nightlife, gambling.

made some poor decisions.

Then I got into construction, built this massive company, multiple eight figures a year.

But I say, let's all start exposing the struggles because we normalize it that way.

Is there anybody that sticks out to you, knowing your, uh, time in the NFL and, and the circles that you're a part of?

One of my former teammates who played with me in Baltimore, who is a great, great coach, he at some point needs to be a head coach in the National Football League, is Anthony Weaver.

Anthony was drafted by the Ravens in, I believe if it's not mistaken, 2002 out of Notre Dame as a defensive tackle, defensive end.

He was like that, you know, that 5 technique.

Great, great player, great, great motor, great, great guy.

He had a fantastic career in the National Football League with the Ravens and also played with the Texans, and he has been the defensive coordinator in Miami for several years.

He's gone around.

Change happens for a reason, and here comes that youthful exuberance that is Declan Doyle, with a ton of experience despite his age so far, Marcus.

You lived it and overcame it.

Mark, thank you.

So my name is Marcus Ogden.

I am from Washington, D.C.

I now live in Fuquay, Berea, North Carolina.

It's about a half hour outside of Raleigh, North Carolina.

And I am a former NFL athlete.

Was that hard for you to begin talking about that?