. >> among the celebrities arriving is leigh steinberg. he was once one of the top representing some of the biggest names in sports. >> he was the inspiration for maguire. ktvu's johnson causing -- john sasaki sits down with steinberg alcohol. >> reporter: leigh steinberg isn't flashy like the athletes and sports agent has represented some of the biggest names in football. warren moon. >> reporter: he worked many other sports and even tv news. >> they were clients. >> reporter: so successful that he inspired the movie jerry maguire. remember the scene in which he tells cuba gooding, jr., help me, help you. >> helped me help you. >> reporter: that was something the agent actually said. >> i agreed with cameron. i would not talk about what screen. but when my wife saw it, she said, did you have to tell them everything? >> reporter: steinberg's world started to crash down around him. >> my father died a long, horrible death of cancer. and he was my rock, my inspiration. with incipient blindness. >> reporter: he later hit rock- bottom. >> so i

john sasaki has more. >> reporter: leigh steinberg isn't flashy like the athletes he represents but he has represented some of the biggest names in football. >> troy aikman, steve young, warren moon. >> reporter: he also worked many other sports and even tv news. >> dennis richmond and steve carell were clients. >> reporter: he was so successful, he inspired the film jerry maguire. remember the scene where jerry maguire tells cuba gooding junior to help me to help you. that is something he actually said. >> i agreed with cameron to not talk about the stories that showed up on the screen but when my wife saw it, she said did you have to tell them everything? >> reporter: after 2000, his world started crashing down. >> i father dying a long horrible death of cancer and he was really my rock, my inspiration. we had a couple kids diagnosed with incipient blindness. i turned to alcohol which is obviously the worst thing to do. >> reporter: but he had an epiphany that sparked his recovery. >> my dad had two core values. treasure relationships, especially family and trying to make an impact i

. >> among the celebrities arriving is leigh steinberg. he was once one of the top agents in the country representing some of the biggest names in sports. >> he was the inspiration for the tom cruise movie jerry maguire. ktvu's johnson causing -- john sasaki sits down with steinberg after he lost everything to alcohol. >> reporter: leigh steinberg isn't flashy like the athletes he represents but the lawyer and sports agent has represented some of the biggest names in football. >> troy aikman, steve young, warren moon. >> reporter: he worked many other sports and even tv news. >> they were clients. >> reporter: so successful that he inspired the movie jerry maguire. remember the scene in which he tells cuba gooding, jr., help me, help you. >> helped me help you. >> reporter: that was something the agent actually said. >> i agreed with cameron. i would not talk about what stories showed up on the screen. but when my wife saw it, she said, did you have to tell them everything? >> reporter: steinberg's world started to crash down around him. >

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