Summary: Chris shares his journey of going from 2 near career ending injuries to having an 11 year Superbowl championship career. He goes in depth on the business of the NFL, money management & staying motivated. Insight from this episode: When you try to do something that is not in alignment with what you want to do or who you are, it never ends up good” - Kevin Y. Brown episode #60 There is no getting around a lesson, if you don’t learn that lesson you will go back to square one Life is a journey not a destination You have a choice in life, you are either going to be positive or your going to be negative and being negative just drains you” - Chris Canty episode #60 You have a choice and I always chose to maintain a positive attitude because ultimately that was going to lead to the best results - Chris Canty episode #60 His mother pushed him to become a football player Everything that I’ve done... I didn’t want to be halfway in, I didn’t want to stick my toe in the water, I’ve always committed to things - Chris Canty episode #60 I tried to develop a mentality where the way out was the way through, so whatever adversity that I was faced with no matter how hard it might appear no matter how bad I felt physically, mentally or spiritually or whatever it was I was going to try to push past it because on the other side of that was something good" - Chris Canty episode #60 Every challenge presents an opportunity so you gotta focus on the opportunity side of it and focus on trying to improve whatever skill set that you’re working on at the time - Chris Canty episode #60 His father started his own business and Chris learned his money management skills from him "12 years from signing my first NFL contract and I’m still learning how to manage money, you have to be willing to engage in the process of learning how to manage your own money because no one is going to watch your money like you would." - Chris Canty episode #60 "You can’t make an informed decision without information” - Chris Canty episode #60 "I’d rather be known as flawed than a fraud” - Chris Canty episode #60 Chris speaks about bouncing back from a season ending ACL, LCL and PCL injury Chris credits a lot of his success as a man to his father Still getting drafted after getting his eyeball sliced open Make your friends before you need them A lot of life is just showing up Chris Canty’s 3 ways to Create Your Best Life: Be a self Starter, motivate yourself Focus on the positives Have a sense of purpose Stay Connected: Chris Canty: www.chriscantyfoundation.org https://www.facebook.com/HahnHumpty/ http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/11676470 https://www.facebook.com/chriscanty99 https://www.instagram.com/chriscanty99/ https://twitter.com/chriscanty99 Donate to the Chris Canty foundation: http://www.chriscantyfoundation.org/index.php/donate Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast
