In the summer of 2016, I was working at a local steakhouse in Uptown Dallas. The restaurant was quiet during a weekday lunch. A young couple was waiting for their food, with little to no attention being paid to them. As their lunch approached, the two bowed their heads for prayer. The young couple was the then newly acquired free agent Harrison Barnes and his soon to be wife, Brittany Johnson.
After achieving a life-changing $69 million deal, humility seems to be a distant state of being. Typically, ego and distractions of being placed in a different tax bracket merit cockiness and pretentious vibes.