DeMar DeRozan: My situation was—I was terrified every step of the way. Every time I went to a big camp, every time I played in a big tournament, competed—I was always terrified. Terrified from the sense of, like, I don’t want to keep living the way I’m living. Going back to Compton, you know, hoping the lights are on, or trying to figure out what I’mma eat, or hearing something about one of your friends getting shot. Like, I was terrified. I was so fearful of continuing that part of my life, it drove me to give everything I had every time I went to go hoop. You know what I mean? Like, to your point, some people have that confidence when they go out there—mine was the fear of not wanting to fall back into the environment I was in. -via YouTube / May 31, 2025
