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🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Darren Prince is an American sports and celebrity agent who built a multi-million-dollar empire representing icons like Magic Johnson, Muhammad Ali, Hulk Hogan, and Charlie Sheen—after starting his first company at 14 and selling it for a million bucks by 20. Behind the success, he battled a 24-year opioid addiction that nearly destroyed him, even while orchestrating the legendary 2002 reconciliation between Ali and Joe Frazier, two of boxing's greatest rivals. Now over 17 years sober, he's become a fierce advocate for recovery, speaking globally about mental health and addiction while running the Aiming High Foundation, where 100% of proceeds fund treatment for those fighting the same demons he conquered.
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➡️ Talking Points
00:00 – Intro
01:27 – “Best Version of My Messed-Up Self”
03:18 – The Dark Side of Early Success
11:53 – Obsession: Gift and Curse
14:44 – Chasing Money Young — and Losing It
18:56 – Sponsor Break
21:43 – Surviving Life’s Early Collisions
32:40 – How the 12 Steps Rebuilt Him
40:27 – Why We Turn to Substances
45:09 – Sponsor Break
47:39 – Why the Successful Must Give Back
51:08 – “The Opposite of Addiction Is Connection.”
55:57 – The Danger of Isolation
1:07:51 – Childhood Trauma’s Lifelong Impact
1:13:02 – His Final Message to Anyone Struggling
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| 0:00.0 | How's the business going? |
| 0:01.1 | We're busier than ever, but struggling to get the staff we need. Recruiting can be such a distraction. We gave Job Centre Plus a try, and they've really helped us out. Really? Yeah. It was dead easy. We got our own employer advisor, Julie, who helped advertise our jobs, shortlisted candidates for us and letters interview at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people, and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle out of it, And there was no fee. |
| 0:22.7 | Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. you at the job center. We've hired some great people and Job Center Plus really took the hassle |
| 0:21.1 | out of it and there was no fee. Brilliant. That's straight on my to-do list. Find out more at |
| 0:25.9 | business.gov.com.uk slash recruit. Eligibility criteria apply. I don't want people to be |
| 0:31.4 | motivated or inspired by my business success. I want them to try to look in the mirror and be accountable. |
| 0:38.3 | When you take full ownership, that's usually when the healing journey starts. |
| 0:42.5 | He was a celebrity agent to the biggest names in the world, but behind the spotlight, he was |
| 0:47.1 | fighting a battle no one could see. |
| 0:49.0 | Darren Prince built a career representing icons, navigating the highest levels of sports and |
| 0:53.8 | entertainment. But while he was |
| 0:55.3 | managing legends, addiction was managing him. Most of the successful people that I know are living in |
| 1:01.1 | from an external space. The toys and the flex really defined wealth is finding your purpose |
| 1:07.3 | and your passion from within. I believe I was a prime candidate to fall victim to drug addiction. |
| 1:13.0 | I just had a huge head start and accessed because I was making real money. His journey from opioid |
| 1:18.1 | dependency to long-term recovery became the turning point that transformed his life and his mission. |
| 1:23.3 | Today he's a best-selling author, an international speaker, and an advocate proving that success means nothing without freedom. |
| 1:29.3 | When you're in an addictive state of anything, the biggest struggle is the lack of power. |
| 1:33.2 | You can truly go through the dark and come out on the light. |
| 1:37.3 | The strength is in being vulnerable, not hiding it. |
| 1:40.4 | When you're able to just come out and have that freedom of saying everything and not hiding it, the miracles start to happen. |
| 1:47.0 | So I am the best version of my fucked up self I've ever been. |
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