And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.
My motivation wasn't really to get a $95 million contract, you know?
People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that.
I've been offered a few professional contracts... in the hundreds and thousands.
I was $4,000 short on my first payroll.
I've got a contract that keeps me around a few more years.
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'
My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
I came close to signing Elvis Presley. I offered $25,000 for his contract and they asked for $45,000 and I just didn't have the other $20,000.
I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.