Orlando Woolridge: From Small Town Gym to Chicago Bulls Star
I’ve looked at hundreds of NBA players to see who really had unique talent. And one guy who changed how I think about work ethic and raw ability was Orlando Woolridge. He started in silence. No crowds, no cameras, just the steady sound of a ball hitting the gym floor in Mansfield, Louisiana. Every morning at 9:00 a.m., Woolridge unlocked the gym. Hours of shooting, dribbling, dunking, then the track, then back to the gym. I realized I had a lot of work to do, he said, so I just went out there and did it. By his senior year, he was scoring 21 a game and rebounding everything in sight. From there, Notre Dame, then the NBA, the quiet kid from Mansfield became a star for the Chicago Bulls.
