How does someone go from playing in the NBA to creating programs for troubled kids off the street?

Everybody, meet Antonio “Scoop” Jardine @scoopjardine. NBA basketball player turned entrepreneur who owes everything he knows about business from what he learned on the court.

After losing his little brother in a street shootout and finding himself drift away from basketball, Scoop, to help out his community, started the Basketball Is Life foundation - a basketball-based school program aimed at helping troubled kids off the streets. A chance to give them opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have access to.

I’ve known this man for over 10 years. He was one of our star players back when we played together at Syracuse Orange and we’ve been in contact ever since. The stories and experiences he has to share around his life are incredible to listen to. And I hope you get as much from listening to him as I did. So please, just sit back and enjoy the show.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What starting a school program for helping kids is like and how that helped him love basketball again.
• How Scoop got his first job in business by reaching out to his old fans - and how powerful your connection can be when you need the help.
• How awkward it is to flex for thousands of people so you can be auctioned off for charity.
• How much of a DRILL SERGEANT our coach was in college and what hilarious situations ensued because of it.
• Scoop’s philosophy on how similar being a quarterback or point guard is to being a CEO and how that translates into business.
• And much more.

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