My Fellow Wilmington, North Carolina Native Meadowlark

If I Had Stood At The Free-throw Line And Thought About 10 Million People Watching Me On The Other Side Of The Camera Lens, I Couldn't Have Made Anything. So I Mentally Tried To Put Myself In A Familiar Place. I Thought About All Those Times I Shot Free Throws In Practice And Went Through The Same Motion, The Same Technique That I Had Used Thousands Of Times. You Forget About The Outcome. You Know You Are Doing The Right Things. So You Relax And Perform.

Look Me In The Eye. It’s Ok If You’re Scared. So Am I. But We Are Scared For Different Reasons. I Am Scared Of What I Won’t Become. And You Are Scared Of What I Could Become. Look At Me. I Won’t Let Myself End Where I Started. I Won’t Let Myself Finish Where I Began. I Know What Is Within Me, Even If You Can’t See It Yet. Look Me In The Eyes. I Have Something More Important Than Courage. I Have Patience. I Will Become What I Know I Am.

Limits, Like Fear, Is Often An Illusion.

In College I Never Realized The Opportunities Available To A Pro Athlete. I've Been Given The Chance To Meet All Kinds Of People, To Travel And Expand My Financial Capabilities, To Get Ideas And Learn About Life, To Create A World Apart From Basketball.

I Never Feared About My Skills Because I Put In The Work. Work Ethic Eliminates Fear. So If You Put Forth The Work, What Are You Fearing? You Know What You're Capable Of Doing And What You're Not.