Aaron Beasley, Jacksonville Jaguars, nine years in the NFL. You got hit a lot.
No, I was hitting, buddy.
So Lonnie and I had an amazing hangout with you, weekend with you at the gala event you had us to
and looking at schools up in Jacksonville. Tell me, you play golf everywhere.
Does anybody throw a golf tournament in here by chance? Anybody's foundation? Okay, cool. Wow,
a couple people, awesome. Get him to play golf with you guys. He'll probably beat you.
Tell me, how much golf do you play a year? Because you were really talking about. Well, it kind of
replaced football and sports for me. Because I'm so competitive. And I feel like this is the only
sport I can play until I die and not get hurt. You know, you can't be saying, how'd you get hurt?
Golfing. I like that.
I think pickleball is mine. You can break ankles. I ain't doing that. Is that what it is? Nice.
And Lonnie kicks my butt, too. So it's really challenging. So tell me, what's the biggest success
story of your NFL career? I would say just making it, getting drafted. I always wanted to be a
basketball player. So I actually ran cross-country in 10th grade. And,
you know, just... I don't know what made me change. I went to Valley Forge Military Academy for a
post-grad year, and I go there, and I said, I'm dedicated to football now. I got scholarships for
basketball after, but I just dedicated myself because that was my focus. What visualization
affirmations did you do in your life to be really focused to become successful? I always believe in
putting it in the air. So when I mean that, like when I was in second grade,
I asked my dentist why he signed his autograph so fancy. And he was telling me that that is you and
that's who you are later in life. So I used to practice my autograph in second grade and I still
have the same autograph. That's awesome. And then I met Dr.
J. So when you say mentor, looking up to Dr. J was one of my things. And I got to meet him when I
was in high school being a close friend of his son. I had the whole crowd around me. I don't know
what I was doing, but he pulled me to the side. He's like, who are you, son? And he brought me up
to his attic where he had all his retirement. I mean, just a whole attic of retirement items.
And he's like, what are you going to do with your life? And I told him right there, I said, I'm
either going to NFL or I'm going to NBA. And it was like, when I say put it in the air, I mean, you
put it out there and you go chase that dream. Yeah. Did he mention you for a long period of time?
And it's funny, I ran into him when I actually got drafted by the Jaguars.
This is when he worked for Orlando Magic. And somebody from the Jaguars' brother worked for their
Orlando Magic and told him I was coming down there. And he actually remembered me. So he comes up
to me. Everybody calls me Aaron. But on the football field, they call me Bees. So he comes up,
Bees! I'm like... yo the doc called me bees you know but it was it was cool because he remembered
and you know i kind of made an impact on him i still talk to him to this day i heard the whole
stadium used to you know used to yell yeah yeah yeah how did that feel when like you saw 50 000
people yelling bees well it's one of the things where every play is so important and you know i
would compete Let's talk about compete. I wanted every play. I wanted to hear my name every time
just because I want to make every play, just because I want to succeed. When you think about a
football player, we get graded every play, and I always wanted to grade 100%. I always wanted every
play to be all my effort, everything I could do to help my team.
What is the most costly financial mistake that you've ever made? Getting that credit card when I
went to college.
You know, just graduated and he was like, hey, you get a credit card. Well, I would say not
surrounded myself with people that could, you know, bring something else to the table.
You know, like if you if you just hang with your friends. There's not that person that's going to
tell you no. And everybody wants to be around you just because of who you are and not tell you no
just because they think you're going to be pissed off. But I feel like you've got to surround
yourself around people that can give constructive criticism. What are you focused on today in
business? I always think about success. It doesn't matter what it is.
Just be successful. And that could be small wins. I always believe in that.
When I wake up, every day is going to be the best day of my life. You know, it's like a lot of
people wake up and the first thing is, ah, another day. No, my first thing is like, let's go. You
know, and then you chase that day. You set out to have a great day and then I just go for it.
I know it's a lot of golf and all that, but at the same time, you know, I do a lot of things.
You've been in Jacksonville and it's like just. the fact that i came back there four years ago and
what i've accomplished because i think a lot of it is the networking part so when i just met you on
the phone i said you got to come up to this event you came up and took over my event they all loved
you they were all wanting your autograph and you were sitting over in the corner talking hounded by
everybody so well and that's i i feel like i heard somebody talk about relationships and i think
that's the the number one thing is like meet people Don't just like I always meet people and they
never tell me their name. I'm like, I don't meet you unless I know your name. So hey, what's your
name? And then you finally meet somebody. Yeah. Are you working on a project right now? Besides our
school? Our school. I have my tech company as well. I do like reality,
augmented reality, virtual reality. Just trying to bring experiences in that realm.
I mean, it was looking good when Kobe was here, but now it's kind of, you know, fell off. Nice.
Thanks for coming, bro. Thanks for bringing me back. Appreciate you coming up from Florida. Thank
you. Awesome. Give a round of applause.