Kevin Owens - Former Professional Basketball Player, Athlete Advocate & Founder of OverseasX

Kevin Owens is a former globetrotting pro basketball playerwho is empowering athletes globally through his OverseasX and Overseas Famous businesses. After spending years navigating a basketball career in foreign lands mainly on his own, he realized there was a need to find a way to sharehis experience and help other athletes deal with issues they might encounter in their overseas careers as well.  A trueathlete advocate, it became his mission to provide a platform with everything they need, from financial advising, to nutrition, to mental health, to steering them through retirement when it is time for them to return home and transition into another career.In this episode, Kevin candidly shares the ups and downs ofhis athletic career- from starting as a lonely swimmer to discovering his love of basketball.  He talks about finding hisconfidence as a young athlete, the importance of goal setting, what it’s really like being an athlete overseas, and having a spiritual awakening in New Zealand. Kevin also goes into detail about founding OverseasX and his dream for his business.  “By developing OverseasX I’m hoping that within a year wehave this huge platform of athletes, and those athletes are able to handle anything that’s thrown their way.  They are durable, they are resilient athletes, they can perform a high-level task,they can perform a high-level job, be successful and really make good money and make this world more successful.”Kevin is also the author of “Overseas Famous”, a podcasthost, dad, coach, and Philadelphia sports fanatic.