Well, look, man, I know that Corey Sanders is a player that I've watched for a long time. I love him. I think he has that dog in him.
For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a former NBA player, performing live on air gives me the same exhilaration.
It's not always the coach that gets the best out of the talent. It's the best player who gets his team to play the hardest.
Hey, I was competitive as hell if you had put me up against anybody in 2002 or 2003. I had a lot of dog in me.
Hey, I was competitive as hell if you had put me up against anybody in 2002 or 2003. I had a lot of dog in me.
If you have a team that believes in one another that's ok, but you still need that individual motivation.
There's different types of coaches in life. I don't have to be a coach on the basketball court. I can be a coach for businesses. I can be a coach for kids. I can be a coach for people who have gone through adversity, because everyone has had some type of damn accident in some form or capacity.
For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a former NBA player, performing live on air gives me the same exhilaration.
The rules within the educational system really teach you not push the boundaries, or not to think outside the box. They teach you to think inwardly about what's in the box.
I'd be remiss if I didn't say that a lot of my identity was formed around basketball, and after the accident I had a lot of animosity toward myself because I'd lost the one thing I wanted to do for my entire life.
It's funny because I think everybody when they see me, the first thing they say is, 'Man, you could have been a heck of a basketball player.' My response is, 'I have a heck of a life.' Basketball is such a minute thing in the big picture. I almost passed away at 21 years old.
People associate strength with physical, and that's the wrong assumption. You're as strong as your mind is.
I was so competitive, I wanted to win games but... I lost 13 games in my first three years in college. I lost 13 games in my first month in the league and it felt like nobody cared. So, eventually halfway through the season, I'm like 'well, why the hell do I care?' If they don't care, why do I care.
The thing about me is, all my life, the only way I've known to be better is to try to outwork people.