Athlete Minded: Stories

Former Division 1 college athlete (Stanford) and NBA journeyman Greg Butler discusses his life as a basketball player.  Not only does he go into deep detail about the politics of being an NBA athlete, he shares his stories of when he finally finished his career, and how he transitioned into being a non-athlete. When you do something for 35 years of your life, it's hard to transition into being something else, primarily because people see you as that thing.  Greg talks about how people try to label you, and the difficulty they face when you aren't just one thing. Greg also talks about how he sees basketball as being a detriment to his life now because he played it so long, and he didn't get a head start on his career after athletics.  He also provides athletes advice to learn from his experiences as a high-level athlete.