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On his role with "The Trust":
James: I work with The Trust. The Trust is powered by the (NFL Players Association) and we help guys transition from the league. We offer all kinds of resources and benefits. There are things that are out there that guys aren't taking advantage of and we just point them in that direction. We are a conduit to getting guys healthy and getting their careers going outside of football, once football is over.
The Trust has helped almost 3,000 people. All the benefits that we have -- whether its health, career, learning how to write resumes. A lot of people don't realize that as an athlete, we have been in our same kind of corner for so long, and now it's time to get in that real world.
We have identity crises; I'm suicide-trained because sometimes you have to talk to guys that you haven't talked to in a while and you don't know what you're going to get. People in general get depressed. So you just want to make sure you can be a sounding board for them. It's been more theraputic for me than them. I'm supposed to be helping them -- more of a counselor -- and they've been helping me. They've motivated me to continue to get out here and talk about what we've been able to do that has been positive. The Trust is really helping guys. It's not THE solution, but it's a big part of the solution.
On the change in his life after football:
James: The other day I was talking to a guy and I was going to Whole Foods... I'm grocery shopping. You know what I used to do? I used to go try to knock people out and hurt folks in front of a lot of people. And I enjoyed that. But now I'm going to get butter and eggs. That's a dramatic change.
Listen to the full interview here.
More: http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...ears-playing-damarcus-ware-current-role-nflpa
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On his role with "The Trust":
James: I work with The Trust. The Trust is powered by the (NFL Players Association) and we help guys transition from the league. We offer all kinds of resources and benefits. There are things that are out there that guys aren't taking advantage of and we just point them in that direction. We are a conduit to getting guys healthy and getting their careers going outside of football, once football is over.
The Trust has helped almost 3,000 people. All the benefits that we have -- whether its health, career, learning how to write resumes. A lot of people don't realize that as an athlete, we have been in our same kind of corner for so long, and now it's time to get in that real world.
We have identity crises; I'm suicide-trained because sometimes you have to talk to guys that you haven't talked to in a while and you don't know what you're going to get. People in general get depressed. So you just want to make sure you can be a sounding board for them. It's been more theraputic for me than them. I'm supposed to be helping them -- more of a counselor -- and they've been helping me. They've motivated me to continue to get out here and talk about what we've been able to do that has been positive. The Trust is really helping guys. It's not THE solution, but it's a big part of the solution.
On the change in his life after football:
James: The other day I was talking to a guy and I was going to Whole Foods... I'm grocery shopping. You know what I used to do? I used to go try to knock people out and hurt folks in front of a lot of people. And I enjoyed that. But now I'm going to get butter and eggs. That's a dramatic change.
Listen to the full interview here.
More: http://sportsday.***BANNED-URL***/d...ears-playing-damarcus-ware-current-role-nflpa
