A Soul Not for Sale

             

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Before I start this article, I want to say, Andre Ward is my second favorite boxer, a hall of famer, the last male boxer to win a gold medal, and, IMO, ranks within the twenty best boxers of all time. Outside the ring, he's had no scandals, been married to the same woman for like twenty years, active in the community, and has a great family.

He didn't break character, he didn't sell his soul, he didn't put on a front. He did it his way, and, I'm sure if he was standing over my shoulder he'd say he did it Gods way.

I'm sure if he would've "been more entertaining" outside of the ring, maybe he would've made more money, and for the sake of argument, lets say that's true. 

So what?  

He seems to be doing just fine.

Let's say, for the sake of argument, if you sell your soul and act like an idiot, you'll make $750 million in your career. 

Now, lets say, for the sake of argument, if you don't sell your soul and act like an idiot, you'll only make $90 million.

You still made $90 million dollars! and you didn't have to sell your soul.

People get caught up in the numbers. So and So made this much, so and so made that much, so and so can't sell a fight. Maybe that's true, but at the end of the day, they're still MORE THAN WELL OFF.

A while back, I wrote about Company Men (I'm not calling Andre Ward a Company Man by any means whatsoever!), I put Mighty Mouse in there. 

As a Company Man, he still made millions of dollars, and who knows, maybe, after all the legal and settlement fees for the "non company mans" various scandals, they don't make as much as we're led to believe.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

- Mark 8: 36-37

You can still profit and keep your soul. Ward did it.