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LLondon retweeted
When they have already called the penalty and they cut back to him on the ground I CRY EVERY TIME. 😂😂😂
LLondon retweeted
Welcome to Minnatlantasota. The Cold Blooded Anthony Edwards 3 drops tomorrow.
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This type of tweet from the @49ers could have really helped Daejon love a year ago.
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LLondon retweeted
A tennis player who made $25 million hitting a ball just took a desk job at a Swiss bank. And the bank might be getting the better end of the deal.
Gael Monfils is 40. Zero days of finance experience. On paper this is a retirement hobby.
But think about what a private bank actually sells. The product is trust with rich people, and Monfils spent 22 years inside the most concentrated pool of new money on earth. Pro sports is an industry where a 24-year-old signs a $50 million contract on a Tuesday and has no plan for it by Friday.
The numbers on what happens next are brutal. A famous Sports Illustrated investigation found 78% of NFL players in financial distress within two years of retiring. Athletes rarely lose money to bad markets. They lose it to people they trusted for the wrong reasons.
Banks figured this out years ago. UBS built an entire athlete wealth division and put a former NFL defensive end, Adewale Ogunleye, in charge. The ex-teammate gets the meeting the Harvard MBA never will.
Now look at Monfils. He already lives in Geneva. His wife Elina Svitolina is still on tour, so his locker room network stays warm for another decade. Every player he's practiced with, dined with, or lost a five-setter to over two decades is a future client.
Banks spend millions chasing one meeting with people like that. Monfils spent 22 years in the room with all of them.
That's the hire.
Gael Monfils, who is retiring at the end of year, says his next career after tennis will be in finance
"I have a new chapter coming. Next year. I'll be working in finance. I already signed to work in wealth management in a Swiss company.
My next chapter is looking more in an office and working in finance. I will always have a look on tennis because I love the sport, my wife's playing. I don't think next year I will do so much about tennis. I'll be around no matter what, for Elina a little bit, but I'll be more of a finance guy."
(via US Open press)
LLondon retweeted
I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.
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We often underrate the beauty of a healthy heart. Forgive me Lord if I've ever been ungrateful 😩
