:05:01
And for Michael,
the way to develop the mind...
:05:04
had always been through the heart.
:05:08
A lot of parents ask me,
:05:10
"Well, what advice
would you give my kids?"
:05:13
And my advice would be
let them just enjoy the game.
:05:25
I think what they have to learn
more about at that young age...
:05:29
is their love for the game.
:05:31
And once they've developed that,
then the mental part is easy.
:05:46
I didn't really get instruction...
:05:48
until I was a junior in high school.
:05:51
First, I just loved the game
and I let my skills develop.
:06:00
So I believe in learning late...
:06:03
playing early, but learning late.
:06:07
Michael's love of the game was born...
:06:10
in his hometown of Wilmington,
North Carolina.
:06:12
during long afternoons
on the play grounds.
:06:17
His older brother, Lary,
helped Michael hone his game...
:06:19
in their epic battles of one-on-one
at their backyard hoop.
:06:23
But Michael's first hard lesson
would come...
:06:25
when he tried out for the
varsity team at Laney High.
:06:28
When I was a sophomore
in high school...
:06:30
like most high school kids...
:06:33
you get all the energy and all
the motivation and excitement...
:06:38
of making your varsity team,
which is a big thing.
:06:41
Status is a lot
when you're in high school.
:06:45
So you can imagine
the disappointment that I got...
:06:47
when I felt like
I should have made the team.
:06:50
but then didn't make the team.
:06:52
I'm crying,
I lost my emotions totally.
:06:55
My mother came to me
and said,"Use that energy...
:06:58
"to prove to the coach and to your peers
and your classmates...