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If you made all your shots, it wouldn’t be fun…

Have you ever had a teammate, colleague, or mentor who made a great impact on you—someone whose words or advice have stuck with you long after you’ve parted ways? One of those people for me is Mike Bibby. He is one of my all-time favorite teammates who I played with on both the Vancouver Grizzlies…

Are your reactions intentional…or habitual?

When I was young, I spent a lot of time at community centers. My parents were community people, and both my mom and dad were committed to various community initiatives. Three or four times a week we would be at a community event. I didn’t mind—most of them had basketball courts so whenever I finished…

The power of vision and proclaiming your vision out loud

Muhammad Ali is one of my heroes. I was too young to remember him in his prime, but my father would tell me stories. I loved watching old videos of his fights, but what I loved even more were his interviews. As a kid, I think the attraction came from him having a funny name…

Structural racism — yep, it’s still here

First, the good news: We had an extremely successful fundraising campaign for the Future Foundation recently, where — thanks to so many donations big and small — we acquired $250,000 for our Foundation’s kids! It was $80,000 OVER our original goal (!!) and will help us address the needs our students and their families are…

Challenges may be uncomfortable, but you can’t grow without them

If there’s one hope I have for all of us when we look back on Coronavirus, it’s that we remember it as a time that helped us learn how to adapt and change. I don’t think there’s ever been a time that, collectively, has created such a dramatic amount of change in such a short…

An important motto in times of crisis: give what you can, take what you need

My heart goes out to each of you reading this, as we navigate our way through all the upheaval and uncertainty COVID-19 has caused in our lives. There has never been a time that’s so clearly exposed how globally connected we are and how interdependent we are on each other. I haven’t seen a single…

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