“I am ready to go because I think we have a good team this year.  We have been working hard, and now we have Travon on the team. Basketball definitely affects my life. I mean, on some days we don’t leave until five,  but it teaches us that to get something you want you have to try hard, put in effort and keep going. The injuries don’t really bother me. My motto is, ‘Bruise it or lose it.’ “