“It’s a Tough Road to Walk” – Bubba Wallace Once Revealed the Challenges of His Role as the ‘Tiger Woods’ of NASCAR to NFL Legend

Former NFL Brandon Marshall once sat down for an interview with NASCAR driver, Bubba Wallace. Where they spoke about how Wallace was becoming the Tiger Woods of NASCAR when it comes to promoting inclusivity. Later on Marshall, himself revealed how he struggled as an athlete while playing for the New York Jets.

Marshall led the conversation by stating, “It’s going to be interesting to see how you navigate through the next couple of years as you continue to win because you capitalize on this last moment. It will be interesting to see because you are bringing so many people to this sport. It’s almost like that Tiger Woods effect. I truly believe we are at the beginning of that. I truly believe that, because you are special, you know what I mean. It’s just love what you do, so I appreciate you man but it does come with a lot of responsibility.”

Wallace stated, “It does, no doubt, It’s a tough road to walk, but like I said earlier, when you have the right people around you, supporting you it helps that walk just a little bit better, so you gotta walk it with confidence too. It’s something that I’ve been told that I don’t lack. Which is okay to have.”

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Wallace’s second victory came as a historic event after he became the first black driver to have won two races in the NASCAR Cup Series. Knowing that Wallace still has time and might win several more races, he has created a path for younger drivers and athletes to come up in a sport such as NASCAR.

Brandon Marshall remembers the days when he was crying while playing for the New York Jets

Being a former NFL player, Marshall understood what Wallace was talking about and he promptly shared something from his days as an athlete as to how he had reached rock bottom and what he realized in order to back out of that mental ditch.

Marshall stated, “Well that’s what exactly you gotta have man. That confidence which we talked about earlier that every athlete faces that. I remember in 2015, I would wake up every morning and be the first one to the facility when I was playing for the Jets and I had to pull out old footage man, there was days where I was crying man, like literally crying like, I don’t know if I still have it and in that moment I realized that you just have to fight, you have to continue to go and that’s what you faced. “

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Marshall and Wallace had an interesting conversation on the YouTube channel which was founded by Marshall himself. The series is called, “I AM ATHLETE.” They also recently partnered in a collaboration with NASCAR. The show focuses on athletes leading the conversations with other fellow athletes.