In practice in high school, it definitely wasn't easy ... The competition day-to-day [at Mason] is intense, everyone's in your face.

He always had it so easy. He was so much better than anybody else in high school. Now the competition was catching up with him and he was having trouble staying on top of the learning curve.

In high school, I definitely fancied myself an intense guy, which is so lame.

It was definitely something I wanted to improve on. It was just reps, reps, reps in practice. That helped me secure the ball more.

I've been enjoying it, getting a chance to play against top competition. Even when I was younger, playing high school in Natchez, a lot of people wouldn't have expected me to play at this level. It's been fun.

I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized - but I was definitely a nerd.