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Nash tumbuh bermain [[soccer|sepakbola]]—ia menyatakan pada wawancara tahun 2005 bahwa ia bisa bermain profesional jika ia fokus pada sepakbola<ref>[http://www.nba.com/features/gq_nash_051202.html GQ’s Baller of the Year: Steve Nash], National Basketball Association, 10 December 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref>—dan terus menunjukkan minatnya pada sepakbola. Ketika [[Dirk Nowitzki]] tiba di NBA dari Jerman, ia dan Nash menjadi teman dekat, karena mereka sering menonton sepakbola bersama-sama. Nash berteman dengan beberapa pemain profesional sepakbola, termasuk [[Alessandro Del Piero]], [[Thierry Henry]], [[Owen Hargreaves]], [[Massimo Ambrosini]] dan [[Steve McManaman]].<ref>Yates, Enric, [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20070516-9999-lz1s16nash.html "Double Dribbler"], signonsandiego.com, 16 May 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> Ketika akhir musim, ketika ia tinggal di New York City, ia berlatih dengan [[New York Red Bulls]] dari [[Major League Soccer]],<ref>Havsy, Jane, [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/suns/2006-08-10-nash-red-bulls_x.htm "NBA's Nash gets his kicks with MLS"], ''USA Today'', 10 August 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> dan pernah bermain di [[Central Park]] antara Red Bulls dan salah satu klub lokalnya.<ref>Spangler, Adam, [http://www.thisisamericansoccer.com/frontlines/red-bulls-in-central-park/#more "Red Bulls in Central Park"], thisisamericansoccer.com, 7 August 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref>
Nash, whoseyang fatherayahnya waslahir borndi inbagian theLondon di [[Tottenham]] district of London, is aadalah lifelongpendukung [[Tottenham Hotspur]] supporter, anddan hastelah expressedmenyatakan interestkeinginan inuntuk owningmemiliki asaham minoritykecil stakedi in the clubklub. "I'dAku likeingin tomenjadi be an ownerpemilik. It'sItu somethingadalah Isesuatu couldyang dobisa forkulakukan theuntuk restsisa ofhidupku myketika lifejendela afterkepopuleranku mysudah little window of popularity dieshabis", hekata saidNash indalam ansebuah interviewwawancara withdengan ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>Adamson, Mike, [http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2201885,00.html "Nash would like to be Tottenham owner"], ''The Guardian'', 30 October 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> Nash addedmenambahkan, "I'veAku beenmenjadi apendukung passionateberat supporterseumur all my lifehidupku. My parents are fromOrangtuaku northdari London andutara sodan it'sjadi notaku liketidak I'mseperti someorang Yankyang whoingin wantsmengambil tosukses makedalam a profit out of footballsepakbola. IAku don'ttidak carepeduli abouttentang makingmembuat moneyuang. IAku justhanya wantingin to seemelihat Spurs succeedsukses anddan, ifjika Isaya canbisa helpmembantu, that'sakan greatbagus." HoweverNamun, heia saidmengatakan anysegala participationikut-serta indalam Spurs wouldakan comedilakukan aftersetelah hiskarir basketballbasketnya career is overberakhir, anddan heia hashanya had onlymelakukan "casualkontak contactbiasa" withdengan chairmanketua [[Daniel Levy (businessman)|Daniel Levy]] anddan formermantan directordirektur of footballsepakbola [[Damien Comolli]].<ref>[http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2257929,00.html 'I'm not some Yank who wants to make a profit. I just want to see Spurs succeed'] ''The Guardian''. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2008.</ref> Nash isjuga alsopendukung atim fanasal of Spain'sSpanyol [[FC Barcelona]],<ref name=stein/> anddan Braziliantim teamasal Brazil [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista]], whichyang hismana formermantan rekannya di Suns teammate, [[Leandro Barbosa]], supportsdukung. WhenKetika Barbosa visitedmengunjungi Corinthians inpada 2007, theklub clubmemberinya gavekaus himdengan anama shirtdan withnomor punggung Nash's name and jersey number.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/0,,MUL55018-4271,00.html|title=Leandrinho visita memorial do Timão|publisher=[[Rede Globo|Globo Esporte]]|language=Portuguese|date=19 June 2007|accessdate=10 May 2010}}</ref>
Nash hadjuga alsosebelumnya previouslytelah mademembuat statementspernyataan abouttentang his intention to bringmembawa Major League Soccer toke Vancouver assecepatnya early aspada 2011, whichyang hemana hasia succeededsukses indalam doingmelakukannya.<ref>Mallett, Peter, "Nash 'pretty amazing' on a soccer pitch", ''The Globe and Mail'', 24 July 2008.</ref> HeIa joinedbergabung thedengan grup kepemilikan tim [[USL-1]], [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps FC]] team'spada ownership group in JulyJuli 2008 anddan inpada MarchMaret 2009, Vancouver wasresmi officiallydinamai namedsebagai askota aekspansi masa futuredepan MLS expansion city, setbersiap tountuk joinbergabung the league inpada 2011.<ref>[http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature03180901.aspx MLS awards Vancouver team for 2011] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726134911/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature03180901.aspx |date=26 July 2010 }}, whitecapsfc.com, 18 March 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature07250801.aspx 'Caps pursue franchise in MLS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731212130/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/archive/feature07250801.aspx |date=31 July 2008 }}, whitecapsfc.com, 25 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2009.</ref> Nash occasionallyterkadang attendsikut practicelatihan foruntuk histim co-ownedyang teammilik bersamanya, alsojuga calleddisebut [[Vancouver Whitecaps FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2015/03/steve-nash-trains-whitecapsfc|title=Canadian basketball star Steve Nash trains with Whitecaps FC: 'I just love it' (with photo gallery)|date=March 3, 2015|first=Farhan|last=Devji|publisher=whitecapsfc.com|accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref>
Nash, alongbersama withmantan formerpresiden [[Yahoo!]] presidentdan andrekan fellowasal [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]-native [[Jeff Mallett]], areadalah investorsinvestor indalam [[Women's Professional Soccer]], aliga soccersepakbola leagueyang thatdiluncurkan waspada launched in MarchMaret 2009. Nash citedmenyebut hisanak twinperempuan daughterskembarnya anddan wantingingin tomenjadi havepanutan roleuntuk modelsmereka foragar themdapat tomendukung lookliga up to as a reason for supporting the leagueini.<ref>Associated Press. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/02/04/bc.soc.women.sleague.na.ap/index.html Nash on board for women's league], ''Sports Illustrated'', 4 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.</ref> Nash alsojuga co-hostedberpartisipasi dalam [[Showdown in Chinatown]] inpada 2008, anlaga amal sepakbola 8-onlawan-8 charity soccer gameyang helddigelar atdi [[Sara D. Roosevelt Park]]. HeIa scoredmencetak two2 goalsgol indalam hiskemenangan team'stimnya, 8–5 victory. ParticipantsPesertanya antara includedlain [[Thierry Henry]], [[Jason Kidd]], [[Baron Davis]], anddan Sunsrekannya teammatesdi Suns [[Raja Bell]] anddan Leandro Barbosa.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3458050 "Nash, soccer star Henry among players in charity soccer match"], ESPN. Retrieved 26 June 2008.</ref>
In JulyPada 2013, Nash participatedikut inserta adalam trainingsesi sessionlatihan withdengan theklub Italiansepakbola soccerasal clubItalia [[Inter Milan]] atdi thefasilitas [[New York Red Bulls]]' facilities indi New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.inter.it/en/news/43309 Second session in New Jersey, Steve Nash with Inter], inter.it, 30 July 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.</ref> HeIa alsojuga trainedberlatih with thedengan [[New York Cosmos B]] ofdari thedivisi American fourth-divisionempat [[National Premier Soccer League]] inAmerika pada tahun 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams |first=Bob |title=Alecko Eskandarian's coaching career is going places – and far further than a business trip to England |date=January 26, 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/major-league-soccer/12122778/Alecko-Eskandarians-coaching-career-is-going-places-and-far-further-than-a-business-trip-to-England.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6f9Z7ELd6?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fcompetitions%2Fmajor-league-soccer%2F12122778%2FAlecko-Eskandarians-coaching-career-is-going-places-and-far-further-than-a-business-trip-to-England.html |archivedate=8 February 2016 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref>
On JanuaryPada 5 Januari, 2016, itdiumumkan was announced thatbahwa Nash wasadalah partbagian ofdari agrup groupyang thatmembeli purchased asaham $21 millionjuta stakedi in Spanishklub [[Segunda División]] clubSpanyol [[RCD Mallorca]]. TheGrup groupitu alsotermasuk includedpemilik Phoenix Suns owner [[Robert Sarver]] anddan Sunswakil viceketua chairmanSuns [[Andy Kohlberg]].<ref>http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/01/05/vancouver-whitecaps-part-owner-steve-nash-buys-stake-real-mallorca</ref>
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[[File:2010 Opening Ceremonies - Lighting Interior Cauldron.jpg|thumb|Nash, [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Nancy Greene]], anddan [[Catriona Le May Doan]] participateikut inserta thedalam lightingpenyalaan ofkawah theOlimpiade Olympic cauldron at thepada [[2010 Winter Olympics|Olimpiade Musim Dingin 2010]].]]
Nash anddan arekan asal [[Montreal]]-based partner, Leonard Schlemm, opened the firstmembuka Steve Nash Sports Club inpertama thepada springmusim ofsemi 2007 indi downtownpusat kota Vancouver, afasilitas high-end,mewah seharga $5-millionjuta, dan berukuran {{convert|38500|sqft|m2|sing=on}} facilityakan thatmencerminkan willfilosofi mirrorfitness Nash's own fitness philosophysendiri.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2007/31/c9834.html "First Steve Nash Sports Club to Open in Vancouver"], newswire.ca. Retrieved 13 February 2007.</ref>
In 2007, Nash wrote and produced an 81-second commercial for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] titled "Training Day", directed by [[Julian Schnabel]]'s daughter Lola, which gained popularity as a [[viral video]] on YouTube.<ref name=film>Coro, Paul, [http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0320suns0321.html "Nash sees filmmaking in future"], ''The Arizona Republic'', 20 March 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.</ref> Nash also started a film production company together with his cousin, filmmaker Ezra Holland, and intends to produce [[independent film]]s.<ref name=film/> The first creative effort to come from Meathawk was a 91-second commercial, titled "The Sixty Million Dollar Man", for Nike's eco-friendly Trash Talk shoe, the first high-performance shoe to be made—at the behest of the environmentally conscious Nash—from recycled materials. Nash has worn the shoe since February 2008 but Nike produced only 5,000 pairs for sale. The ad which broke virally on [[Earth Day]] 2008, was written by Nash and the directors of the spot, Danny Vaia and Ezra Holland. It is a spoof remake of the [[title sequence]] of the American television series ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and plays on Nash's numerous on-court collisions. [[Amar'e Stoudemire]] and [[Raja Bell]] have [[cameo appearance]]s.<ref>
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