Growing up, was it harder to be really tall or to be a practicing Mormon?<\/b><\/p>\n
I think just tall, because in Chicago, people really don\u2019t know what Mormons are. And being a basketball player, I didn\u2019t really have to face a lot of struggles, because a lot of people around me respected me. I really didn\u2019t get heckled or looked down upon. But being tall was a mixed blessing. Off the court, I felt kind of shy because I wasn\u2019t average. I wasn\u2019t able to be a part of being normal in my classroom.<\/p>\n
What music do you listen to before games? Would hip-hop be too explicit for Mormons?<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u2019m a really big fan of hip-hop, and I can listen to it before the game, but I\u2019m not that into a lot of profane music. Sometimes you can\u2019t get the clean things, so I just make sure that it\u2019s as conservative as possible and make sure the message is there if profanity is present.<\/p>\n