Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9.
Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.
I've been six feet tall since the sixth grade.
I played softball and basketball growing up. I really wanted to play football but both parents said no. I was mad for a second, then got over it. Now, just because I'm tall doesn't mean I can play basketball. I was waaaaay better at swinging a bat.
I was pretty much seen as a basketball player coming out of high school. Football was my second love, but luckily, I turned out to be pretty good. Something just drew me to football; besides, I ended up being too short for my position in basketball.
By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.
You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.
I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I'm not tall enough. I don't know what I was thinking.
The ninth grade. I went from 5'9' to 6'8'.
It's a basketball thing, I think. I said I was just over 6'7," and they made it 6'8", and it's always kind of been that way.