My first year of college was tough. I thought that just being an athlete I could get by. I thought I was okay until I got kicked out, which happened twice.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
I'm a 27-year-old freshman, and returning to college after a seven-year break from high school was by far the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.
In high school and college, I was an athlete.
I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.
My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.
I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
My education was very tough.
I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.
In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.