I was finishing up my last season and really thought maybe I’d have another year. I think that's the biggest thing players go through, no one usually leaves the game when they want. I tried to see if another year would be there for me and waded through the process through the offseason. Finally, about halfway through the 2012 season, I called it a wrap. After that, I was ready for it.
From a timing standpoint, I knew transition was coming but no one ever really has their things together the way they would probably want to. My schedule day-to-day was the biggest adjustment for me.
I didn’t have to jump into any type of second career right away, I had some time to deliberate on my options. I decided to dig some trenches in a few different areas I thought maybe I would like to be in, be able to have fun doing, still make a living, and potentially be able to move up the ladder in. After a six-month process that led into 2013, I finally decided what I wanted to do. I had started the roadmap to my second career.