All those lessons that I've learned on the court I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business my company called V Starr interiors an interior design company and EleVen which I wear on court.
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.
I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.
I still have a lot to learn - about the business about music and about myself. Its exciting.
I learned you have to fight for yourself in the picture business.
Listen if there's one sure-fire rule that I have learned in this business it's that I don't know anything about human nature.
And I want to do it the right way like everybody else not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts not react with your heart.
Mom was 50 when my Dad died. She got on a bus every weekday for years and rode 40 miles each morning to Madison. She earned a new degree and learned new skills to start her small business. It wasn't just a new livelihood. It was a new life.
As you grow in this business you learn how to do more with less.