#10.14: The Greatest Lessons on Basketball, Coaching, and Real Estate with NBA Veteran Acie Earl

I mean, tons.

I mean, you really can't quantify it, but that's interesting you say that.

I always tell my young players when I coach, I said the two...

most populated segments of hiring is team sports, people who play team sports in military, because you could follow instructions.

You've been part of a team.

You have to take directions.

There's a hierarchy and people look for that.

And that's really important, you know? And so even when I go back to kids who played for me since second or third, fourth grade, you know, who are 30 years old, the kids who quit, are not doing very well in life.

And the kids who stuck with it, even though they weren't stars, or they may have not even played in college, or they played a little bit, or they were role players, they're doing very well.

So for instance, I have the assistant AD at City High School play for me.

The assistant athletic director from the City High School played for me since the second and third grade.

So those are just great stories that I can, you know, tell my other young people like, hey, if you stick with it and be part of a team, you know, you're going to have ups and downs, but you're going to get prepared for life, you know.

Absolutely.

I love that.

You've definitely touched on that in earlier seasons and just about.

Watching and like the reward behind helping a kid from basketball and then eventually helping them get their real estate license or selling them their first home.

And it's like hearing it come from somebody else.

I love that.

Just kind of doubling down on, you know, what life is, you know, it's full circle and find a way to give back and use your talents, gifts and opportunities that you've been fortunate enough to receive and find a way to help other people with it.

It's kind of been your whole thing.

Well, it's, you know, and I'm glad we got this episode here, too, because the pride that we take into training a kid and coaching a kid.

And we we we talked about this on the way down to the Ozarks, too.

Yeah.

You know, there's other segments here in Cedar Rapids that want to boost and talk about, you know, the things they're doing.

But they never get into what the kids are doing and the progress the kids make.

I mean, tons.

I mean, you really can't quantify it, but that's interesting you say that.

I always tell my young players when I coach, I said the two...

most populated segments of hiring is team sports, people who play team sports in military, because you could follow instructions.

You've been part of a team.

You have to take directions.

There's a hierarchy and people look for that.

And that's really important, you know? And so even when I go back to kids who played for me since second or third, fourth grade, you know, who are 30 years old, the kids who quit, are not doing very well in life.

And the kids who stuck with it, even though they weren't stars, or they may have not even played in college, or they played a little bit, or they were role players, they're doing very well.

So for instance, I have the assistant AD at City High School play for me.

The assistant athletic director from the City High School played for me since the second and third grade.

So those are just great stories that I can, you know, tell my other young people like, hey, if you stick with it and be part of a team, you know, you're going to have ups and downs, but you're going to get prepared for life, you know.

Absolutely.

I love that.

You've definitely touched on that in earlier seasons and just about.

Watching and like the reward behind helping a kid from basketball and then eventually helping them get their real estate license or selling them their first home.

And it's like hearing it come from somebody else.

I love that.

Just kind of doubling down on, you know, what life is, you know, it's full circle and find a way to give back and use your talents, gifts and opportunities that you've been fortunate enough to receive and find a way to help other people with it.

It's kind of been your whole thing.

Well, it's, you know, and I'm glad we got this episode here, too, because the pride that we take into training a kid and coaching a kid.

And we we we talked about this on the way down to the Ozarks, too.

Yeah.

You know, there's other segments here in Cedar Rapids that want to boost and talk about, you know, the things they're doing.

But they never get into what the kids are doing and the progress the kids make.