Josh Peter

USA TODAY Sports

LOS ANGELES — Russell Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback, said he was 14 years old and riding in the front seat of his Mom’s purple minivan one day when he initiated a conversation.

“I’m looking out the window and I said, ‘Mom,’ and she says, ‘What’s up, son?’ ” Wilson recalled. “And I said, ‘I’m going to be really wealthy one day.’

“She looked at me and kind of laughed and kind of smirked and said, ‘Well, what do you mean?’ I said, ‘I’m going to be really wealthy one day.’ ”

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson is all about business, on and off the field

Wilson now has a net worth of $120 million, according to his publicist, Mark Young. During an interview with USA TODAY Sports, Wilson said he plans to make a lot more money and give plenty of it away while building a business empire. The All-Pro quarterback also addressed several other topics.

On Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem: “The great thing is he’s trying to do something, right? We all have to be engaged, and he’s doing something.”

On the presidential election: “I’m going to vote for Hillary Clinton, just because I think she’s the best candidate for the job.”

On Michael Jackson: “I think Michael Jackson said it best. ‘Man in the Mirror.’ Did he have his faults? I’m sure he did. Do we all have our faults? We all do.”

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On being an NFL starting quarterback: “Think about it. I’m one of 32 men in the world that get to do what I get to do. In the world. Not just in the state or in America, in the world. I’m grateful every time I step on the field.”

On adversity: “I think it was Frederick Douglass who said, ‘With no struggle, there’s no progress.’ And it’s the truth. I look forward to hard moments. I really do, because that’s where the growth is.”

On motivation: “You have to want to get up, you have to want success. You have to want to go through the ups and downs and the trials and tribulations because you know what’s going to be on the other end of it all.’’

On fear: “My biggest fear in life is not being prepared. I think that’s my only fear. That’s why I study so much film. That’s why I take so many notes. That’s why I sit in the front of the classroom, asking questions even when you know the answers some of the time.”

On aspiration: “I want to be more and more like Jesus everyday. When I say that, I mean that I want more of him. And that’s just the truth of my faith.”

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