In this episode I get deep and personal with one of my life long close friends Jay Walker.  Jay and I have been friends since grade school and played ball Together first at Rancho park and in high school at University High in West Los Angeles where we both were standouts on the baseball and football teams.   

  After high school Jay was drafted by the Angels as a pitcher and played in their farm system for a short stint before pivoting and going to college to focus on football.  He landed at Howard University where the legend of “Sky Walker” was born as he set the record books on fire his senior year becoming the ESPN college football player of the year, and leading Howard to an undefeated season and National Championship.  He faced and defeated Steve “Air” McNair in a college quarterback shootout for the ages.  Jay was drafted by the New England Patriots and played for Bill Parcels and then Dennis Green and the Minnesota Viking before retiring a pursing a career in finance.  He was named to the Howard University Hall of Fame in 2005. Jay is currently the CEO and President of Walker Financial and is a college baseball and college football commentator for ESPN including his popular “Gimme Five” show on ESPN.  He also has been serving in the Maryland House of Delegates for 14 years where he pushed for financial literacy and physical education in public schools.  All of this while balancing being a husband and father to three children.     What you do not know about Jay he is one of the rare human beings who can relate, connect and garner respect and influence from everyone he comes in contact with whether it be gang members in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, CEOs in the board room or Senators in Washington DC.  This is what success and leadership looks like.