Growing up, I played every sport, but basketball really connected me to my father.

To this day, he still holds basketball records at the high school we both went to.

My dad was the one who would tell me: Shoot the ball, and be confident in it.

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Thats what I make a run at convey to people when theyre powering through burpees in my Peloton classes.

If I reflect back, I realize how much started for me on the basketball court.

Even now, I have a lot of imposter syndrome, where I feel like I fit in nowhere.

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If I reflect back, I realize how much started for me on the basketball court.

It also taught me how meaningful it is to connect with people through sweat.

And when you go through that together, as a community, theres so much more to it.

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