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...What set him apart is he just loved the game and worked hard at it,” Mike says. “He always wanted to throw a baseball, hit a baseball ... it wasn’t work for him, it was something he really enjoyed...
...think the biggest thing that we’ve probably taught Brent in terms of being a winner is preparation, working hard, giving it everything you’ve got,” Mike explains. “It’s not just the game. It’s what you’ve got to do to prepare...
Brent distinctly remembers a story from seventh-grade basketball, in which he was playing point guard and didn’t take a shot the entire game, even passing up wide-open lay-ups in order to give his teammates the ball. After the game, his parents brought him into a room which had a sign that read, “A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built...
...Alabama during the 1982 season, Mike accidentally blocked his own team’s punt late in the fourth quarter, when he backed into the punter and the ball hit off his head. The play cost the Nittany Lions, who were down by just three points, the game, as the Crimson Tide recovered the fumble and went...
When Brent had a similar moment in middle school basketball, giving up a steal that cost his team the game, it was this message of keeping your head up that prevented Brent from getting too down on himself...