It was high school. 2011. Same gym. Same drills. Same faces. But something was different that day. Not on the court. In my head. I noticed something. Subtle… but loud once I saw it. Something that would follow me long after that gym. “Have you ever really looked around and thought—what do I let people…

“Some people flip the switch. Others never turn it off.” That line used to hang in my head during practices that didn’t matter. Pick-up games. Offseason sessions. Random rec runs where the stakes were low—but something still burned. It wasn’t about showing off. It wasn’t even about winning. It was about not being able to…