“Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to.”
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I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.
