I definitely wasn't any sort of top prospect to average 2 points a game in high school playing basketball was kind of up to me like I had to really want it . I really had to work hard and work those work through that adversity like people telling me I'm not good enough , people telling me I should quit . And then kind of just ignoring all that noise and keep pushing and keep grinding , so my recruitment process was very unique coming out of high school .
The ability to be in shape is probably one of the most important skills you can have as a basketball player , and that kind of is the first step in being able to do anything on the court . I mean growing up I definitely had a lot of challenges . I definitely wasn't any sort of top prospect to average 2 points a game in high school playing basketball was kind of up to me like I had to really want it .
Probably the most important thing I focus on is kind of your mental health and staying motivated every day because your motivation is gonna vary . Uh , like some days are gonna be a lot harder than others . Some days you don't wanna get up , you're gonna be sore , you know , maybe your knees hurt , so something happened in your life that makes you not wanna try as hard , but you gotta have that discipline and that focus to just keep grinding every day , especially on the days where you don't wanna do it because that's when you get the most better personally what I do is always try to look at the big picture like if I make a mistake or I feel like I'm playing bad like I always look at where I come from , what I've been through , and know that like .
Uh , like some days are gonna be a lot harder than others . Some days you don't wanna get up , you're gonna be sore , you know , maybe your knees hurt , so something happened in your life that makes you not wanna try as hard , but you gotta have that discipline and that focus to just keep grinding every day , especially on the days where you don't wanna do it because that's when you get the most better personally what I do is always try to look at the big picture like if I make a mistake or I feel like I'm playing bad like I always look at where I come from , what I've been through , and know that like . Uh , one step back doesn't negate all the progress you've made in your life .
I also wanted to pursue my education , get a college degree , so I reached out to the coaches at Creighton , sent them all my film from the year of my stats , and they came back and said and offered me a place on the team , and I jumped at the opportunity . Redshing is definitely a really tough thing to do , but it really teaches you to be humble . My previous year at my junior college , I started every game .
