"But, you have to demand things from people and you have to be grateful for how things are done," he told The Slate. In both football and business, Staubach said he learned to balance getting things done and "not being a real jerk" at the same time. "I think my parents really made me recognize the importance of somebody else, other than yourself," Staubach said in an interview with The Slate published Sept. Staubach credits both his on-and off-the field success to focusing on others people's needs, not just his own. That year, Staubach sold his company to Chicago-based real-estate brokerage firm Jones Lang Lasalle for $613 million.ĭuring a 2010 during a real estate luncheon, Staubach said he "learned a lot about teamwork and resiliency and perseverance in football" and translated well into business. By 2008, the company had more than 70 offices in North America and 1,600 employees. Over the next three decades, Staubach developed a strong client base to help tenants find office, retail and industrial space. His part-time gig lasted for seven years until he went out on his own and started a commercial real estate business, The Staubach Company in 1977. "I was 27 and we had three children," Staubach told Forbes in 2014. "If I got hurt, I knew I had a family to provide for, and it was not crazy money in the NFL then." Miller Co., one of the largest independent commercial real estate firms in Texas at the time. The Crisis Text Line allows people to text 'Home' to 741-741 to connect with crisis counselors.After his rookie season in 1970, Staubach worked as a real estate broker for Henry S. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-80 provides people in distress, or those around them, with 24-hour support. Here for Texas connects Texans to information and resources for mental health and addiction. That's how people don't feel alone then." "People are craving for people to tell their stories and share their stories because that's how we connect. Her purposeful mantra, "good vibes only," doesn't come easily, but this Staubach is determined to march on. ![]() "It was his way of saying, 'You know, I care.'" You try to stay on top of it."Īt home, she surrounds herself with colorful art and furniture, pictures of her family and a Thanksgiving note from her father that reads, 'I'm also thankful for Michelle feeling better.' Today she said she manages it with the help of her doctor. "I would say it is your last resort because it is invasive, it is major," Staubach Grimes said. ![]() With the support of her family, she began 19 treatments of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, which she called a turning point in her recovery. In retrospect I would've gotten them more help and said, 'Go talk to the doctors and understand.'" "I feel like I let my kids down because you're drowning in it. ![]() But in the summer of 2017, Michelle said she hit rock bottom and couldn't get out of bed. My parents couldn't fix it," she said.Ī psychiatrist soon treated her for obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder and ADD. She said she managed her chronic depression through law school without professional help, but came to a breaking point after she had children of her own. "Honestly, he probably didn't even remember saying that, but those got me through times. "The first thing he did say was, 'Michelle there's nothing you can ever do that will make me stop loving you,'" Staubach Grimes said. In high school, she said she rebelled and there was one time that she got into trouble and her father's words to her would carry her through her toughest days ahead. "They took me to a psychologist and I hated it. ![]() Carrollton Mother Celebrates Second Chance After Nearly Dying From Cardiac Arrestīy sixth grade, she said she was convinced she had a brain tumor.
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