How My Back Injury Affected My Career
00:00:00.000 | What does a day even look like for you to get ready for the game?
00:00:02.940 | My injuries were very unique because there was nerve damage, right?
00:00:06.120 | So to this day, my left leg does not work like my right leg.
00:00:09.120 | So I got to wear a brace in the game.
00:00:10.540 | But there's a whole lot of compensation.
00:00:11.720 | My hips might get thrown off.
00:00:12.820 | I just had to be so on top of everything.
00:00:14.620 | I'm talking about beforehand.
00:00:15.720 | I used to be able to go out, stay up late, get four or five hours of sleep,
00:00:19.060 | eat whatever I wanted to, and go kill dudes.
00:00:21.080 | Now it's like I got to make sure I'm getting my sleep.
00:00:23.020 | Got to make sure I'm eating right, hydrating, all these little things.
00:00:26.060 | And it gets to a point where it's like, is all this sacrifice worth going out on the court
00:00:30.640 | and not even feeling like I'm in my full potential?
00:00:32.740 | That desire and that passion in me, I know it's still what it was
00:00:36.300 | when I was the best player in the world for my age.
00:00:38.080 | It's just that my body betrayed me and I got hurt.