At a time where athletes are focused on building their brands, operating as analysts on their own podcasts and social platforms, and having thoughts and opinions about everyone in their division and most everyone on the roster, Hernandez, by contrast, doesn’t pay much attention to the sport at all, only focusing on his next opponent when he gets their name.
And even then, the majority of the heavy lifting is left to his coaches.
“Right now there is no point,” began Hernandez, laughing when pressed about his post-retirement change of approach. “Why be a fan boy when I’m trying to be the next thing? There is no point for it.
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“Do you watch work? Do you watch people’s interviews and s***?” he asked me, a devilish smirk stretched across his face, confident that he was getting a “no” in response and riotous when it came.
“Exactly!” he bellowed. “When I’m done and it’s all said and done, I want to do my part to give back to the kids, actually help out. I wanna do something good, but we’ll figure it out when I get there. For now, it’s all violence, and taking care of my kids and enjoying them because they’re not gonna be young forever, and they already don’t want to hang out with me all the time because they’re already getting to that age.”
