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ContagiousInspiration
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:50 pm Post subject: Victor Oladipo"They'll Embrace you like no other" *this kid is powerful positive |
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https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/victor-oladipo-pacers-playoffs
Was gonna post in general basketball but think it is better here
They’ll Embrace You Like No Other
| Quote: | Other than that, my name didn’t get said very much by anybody freshman year. When I arrived on campus in the summer — they had just opened up Cook Hall — I was getting shots up in the gym by myself when this dude on his way out stopped to talk to me. Didn’t know who he was. It was late at night so I worried I wasn’t supposed to be in there.
“What are you doing here so late?”
“Gotta be in here every night if I want to play in the NBA.”
That’s what I told him.
“Man,” he shook his head. “NBA? You got a long way to go.” And then he kept shaking his head and just walked out!
But for real, I had some confidence issues early on. I remember even months after that, when I had been training all summer, on the first day of practice Verdell Jones came in and tore me apart. He scored on me at will, and I couldn’t get anything going on him offensively. I sat down on the bench after practice in shock. I had tears in my eyes, literally. I had worked hard all offseason, and it looked like it was all for nothing.
Then it happened again the next day. Like an exact repeat of the day before. The thought crossed my mind that I was never going to be good enough to play college ball. Maybe that would be the last anyone heard of Victor Ooh-lay-PEE-do. |
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ElginBaylor
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First time I saw this guy play at an IU game I knew he was extraordinary. He made plays that blew up Assembly Hall. I'm forever a Lakers fan, but since there's no playoffs for us this year, I love seeing the Pacers getting the attention they deserve.
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ContagiousInspiration
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This really stood out to me
| Quote: | | I ended leaving for the NBA after my third year at IU but I’d gotten enough credits to get my degree a year early. |
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sharongarcia
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| Yes, it is great. Are there a lot of people who read the players tribune? Great source |
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ContagiousInspiration
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gave it allllll
