Sebastian Telfair wants to turn his life into lessons for the next generation of athletes.
The formerly incarcerated retired NBA player, 40, was a guest on the Tuesday (Jan. 20) episode on The Pivot Podcast, where he discussed being sentenced to six months in prison after skipping out on community service due to his involvement in a $4 million healthcare fraud scheme. Telfair was released in December 2025 after serving time at New Jersey institution Fort Dix.
Also on the podcast, Telfair shared his plans for the future, which include publishing a memoir. Around the 45-minute mark of the episode, the former athlete shared that he's "ashamed" of himself, which he wishes he would have felt upon his previous sentencing of three years probation after being found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in 2019.
"Before I went in and all that, I wasn't ashamed. And I feel like that was a problem, 'cause you should be," said the Brooklyn native. "I could kind of like step out [and] have an out-of-body experience and just kind of judge myself at the same time looking in the mirror like, 'Come on bro. You came too far. You did too did too many good things for other people for you to not take care of yourself at a certain level.'"
Telfair added that he's "embarrassed" of his legal history, although not to the extent that it's impacted his mental health. The retired NBA star now intends to maintain "peace" in his life, and direct up-and-coming athletes to learn from his shortcomings.
"One of my main focuses, I wrote a a pitch [for a] memoir inside while I was down," he continued. "And that's going to be one of my main focuses. It's kind of it's kind of a guide to people that's athletes and people that just been around the field. So I'm going be excited to kind of present that to the world."
Elsewhere in the conversation, Telfair shouted out Diddy, who's currently serving a 50-month sentence at Fort Dix and shared his hope for the music mogul to become a "better person."