This star was a wide receiver for the Lions between 2012 and 2014, while blazing trails on the field he wasn’t being flashy off.

He worked out how much he needed to live well and stuck to that, putting away the rougly $900k per year he has been earning.

Sadly marred by injury he has been in and out and is now looking for his next team.

But all is good because he has his safety next.

This is Ryan Broyles. And he is a bigger inspiration than any of the money splashing stars that are often pushed by the media.

Do you agree?

Also, Broyles was traveling around schools playing a financial literacy game to help younger kids get off on the right financial foot.

Talking to MarketWatch he said that

When he was a child in Oklahoma, his parents didn’t have a lot of extra money, but he said they taught him a strong work ethic. He mowed lawns when he was 8 years old to earn money to go on team basketball trips. In high school, he worked at an Albertson’s grocery store as a bag boy and worked as a referee for kids’ sports leagues. “I’ve always worked for my money, and seen it as something I needed to cherish and not take for granted,”

And

He said some of his friends ask him why he doesn’t have flashy things, like a Porsche. But he tells them he’ll have such things one day, and he won’t even have to be working when he buys them.

WORD

Read more about his ways here: http://on.mktw.net/1ijzxdR