level of uncertainty. you can be on one team with this moment. you can be on another team, you know, living out of a suitcase, you know? and that s, that s something i still do right now. you know, it s just this global lifestyle that i have and just being comfortable and being uncomfortable, i guess. were you angry about your situation when you were growing up? those situations i definitely was angry and i was frustrated. but myjourney isn t, you know, isn t uncommon. and a lot of people that grew up around, a lot of friends of mine in similar situations, i m very fortunate that i was able to have the opportunities that i was presented and made the most of them. for me, the people that were around me had similar situations. there was an understanding, you know, or their parents were in similar situations, you know, so there was, there was this level of understanding. so itjust felt normal to me, you know, it s just what it was, you know, the cards that i was dealt. but it wasn t until
and then this isn t something that i could have an opportunity to do it years ago, but i didn t have that. like i said, it was very taboo. i didn t have the space. i ve been programmed to feel like, 0k, well, just get on with it, you know, like, it is, what it is. and also i felt guilty because i was like, well, i m an nfl player. like, what do i have to complain about? it s a huge thing. men are killing themselves. people are depressed, you know, and people don t know how to cope with what they re dealing with. people are acting out on autopilot on certain things and not understanding. did you feel a great weight off your mind when you started to open up? at first i was scared! my mind! i was so scared, you know, i didn t know how it would be received. i felt so exposed. i felt vulnerable. it was so therapeutic. once i got it out and i started talking and i said, this is my stance and this is what i believe and this is what this is. it really helped. like, honestly, it really helped.
of a suitcase, you know? and that s, that s something i still do right now. you know, it s just this global lifestyle that i have and just being comfortable and being uncomfortable, i guess. were you angry about your situation when you were growing up? those situations i definitely was angry and i was frustrated. but myjourney isn t, you know, isn t uncommon. and a lot of people that grew up around, a lot of friends of mine in similar situations, i m very fortunate that i was able to have the opportunities that i was presented and made the most of them. for me, the people that were around me had similar situations. there was an understanding, you know, or their parents were in similar situations, you know, so there was, there was this level of understanding. so itjust felt normal to me, you know, it s just what it was, you know, the cards that i was dealt. but it wasn t until i got into the nfl and just, you know, all of us started seeing different environments and different, and havin