Floyd “Money” Mayweather makes appearance on “The Pivot Podcast”
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In part two of his grand slam appearance on “The Pivot Podcast” (YouTube Channel), baseball icon turned real estate mogul and philanthropist "A-Rod," Alex Rodriguez is joined by “real estate business brother,” and boxing Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather, as the two all-time greats share with former NFL stars and podcast co-hosts Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor their unique perspectives, philosophies and “real talk” about life in business and as household names that transcend sport.
Having appeared as a solo guest on the show previously, Mayweather sets the tone early for frank discussion by delivering an exclusive challenge to NFL teams for fellow Pivot guest and much discussed wide receiver Antonio Brown.
“I think AB is really misunderstood,” started Mayweather. “He just wants to be treated fair, and this is for any team that’s watching right now. We’ll make them a deal. If they sign AB and AB goes through the whole season with no problems at all, they have to give us $20 million. But if he messes up, then we have to give them $20 million. If any team wants to match that, reach out to us.”
“I never heard of that; that’s big!” replies Taylor as the stunned crew takes in Mayweather’s brash solution for resurrecting Brown’s career.
When asked by the insightful Clark about building a winning investment team, Rodriguez says he believes it starts with total honesty. “Most grew up in our community being bullshitted a lot and lied to. We called it slippery. In the hood, we have to make it how me we make it… But once you try to run a business, you have to start with self-awareness and the truth. The truth around here is that the four partners in this firm (A-Rod Corp.) all grew up with me. You need that loyalty, but that loyalty has to be spoken with a lot of honesty. The business comes first.”
Seemingly less deliberative than Rodriguez, “straight shooter” Mayweather says the key to being on his team is listening.
“You’re either an asset or a liability,” said Mayweather. “And if you’re a liability, you don’t need to be around me. This is what I tell people on my team: Do it my way. Because if you mess up, I don’t mind being the janitor to clean up the mess, because I told you to do it a certain way. But if I told you to do it a certain way and you do it your way and mess up, I don’t want to clean it up.”
Always looking to pepper the sometimes emotionally heavy discussion with humor, Crowder prods Mayweather to place a call to his (sixth) private plane’s pilot, who proudly lists the countries he has brought “The Champ” during an impromptu interview.
After a story about promising to and getting blood on billionaire businessman Warren Buffet during a sparring session, Mayweather, noticeably not wearing any of his trademark expensive jewelry or watches, then goes on to discuss the reasons behind his new “swag free” lifestyle.
“With age and experience came growth,” explained Mayweather, “When I came on your show last time you saw me, I was wearing my $18 million watch, but I can’t wear anybody’s watch and I can’t advertise for free… because these are the same people who sit next to us… they don’t really care about us… People don’t really care about us. No matter what I wear, my bank account won’t change. I’m not going to keep on promoting all these European companies and then when we got Black Lives Matter and we need help, they’re not coming over here and standing up for us.”
A staunch supporter of networking, especially among professional athletes, Rodriguez relays how basketball great Magic Johnson shaped his successful post-baseball career.
“Born in New York, I would always see a lot of white guys going to Wall Street with a briefcase,” recounted Rodriguez. “That didn’t do much for me. But, when I saw Magic Johnson, a man of color, with a suit and tie and he was a Hall of Fame basketball player, and now he’s a Hall of Fame businessman with a multi-billion-dollar platform. I said, he looks like me. I can actually be like him. I hope kids look at all us and say ‘hey, that could be me… more than anything I hope they can live out their dreams too.”
Like a group therapy session inside a locker room, co-hosts Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor deliver another revealing glimpse inside the hearts and minds of the real people behind the sporting legends and controversial figures that have shaped generations.
The entire fascinating conversation can be heard on this week’s The Pivot Podcast.
“The Pivot Podcast” debuted in January 2022 as popular personalities and former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder host a weekly sit-down with A-list stars from the sports world and beyond, delivering relevant football discussion mixed in with everyday topics that affect viewers globally.
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