![]() ![]() But overall, we did the right things for the people that work for us. I think it helped me a whole lot in building a real estate firm because people wanted to do the right things for us. I think my parents really made me recognize the importance of somebody else, other than yourself. But, you have to demand things from people and you have to be grateful for how things are done. In business, it’s a balance to be able to run a business and not be a real jerk. When I finally got to high school, the coaches recognized that the other guys seemed to listen to me. Roger: Well, it started out in sports for me. Why do you think that was? What is it about you, and how did you cultivate that to get other people to hear you out? Your coaches said people listened to you. You have to get those principles in mind. That’s really important if you want to grow and do the right thing. You want to win in business, but you want to do it right. That’s been important to me my whole life, in business and in everything else. Roger: You just do the best of what you can do in what you’re doing. Slater: Being the best is about preparation, right? You went into these games after you over-studied what was going to happen and that its almost what happened? Roger and Jeff’s interview with Slater went on to talk about leadership, family, and of course, more football. So that really was a life changer for me, my senior year playing quarterback.” He also said the other guys seemed to listen to me. He said he had been watching me play baseball and I had a good arm. I said no, I don’t want to be a quarterback. “The coach switched me and told me I need to be a quarterback. I was a receiver on the freshman football team,” Roger told Slater, who moderated the interview. “Senior year is when my life really changed, because I started playing quarterback my senior year of high school. ![]() Then, he jokes, he won the Heisman, and the letters poured in. ![]() Roger said they exchanged letters while Marianne was in nursing school and he was in the Naval Academy, but the letters started to cool off around 1963. The pair met in 4th grade and dated throughout high school. They’ve been married 53 years, 54 on Sept. Roger began the interview by sharing about his wife, Marianne Staubach. Roger wanted Jeff to take part in the family legacy, sharing that he had to “beg him” to come work for his business.Īnd Jeff did-he joined The Staubach Company in 1998, where he handled acquisitions of properties across the country. He later signed a contract with the New York Yankees and played two seasons with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (formerly the Greensboro Bats). He attended Duke University where he was a four-year Letterman for the Blue Devil baseball team. During the interview at The Slate, he humbly talked about how influential his career in football was for his leadership skills and how it impacted his business. In 2008 The Staubach Company merged with JLL, where Roger focused on client relationships and business development. After the Navy, he became a professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys and launched his real estate company, The Staubach Company, during that time. Roger Staubach graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1965. This month, Shelly Slater, co-founder of The Slate, interviewed Roger Staubach alongside his son, Jeff Staubach. They invite innovators, business leaders and game changers to speak about what it takes to thrive in this community. The Slate, a female-focused coworking space, hosts “Friends of The Slate” once a month. ![]()
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