The roar of the crowd when they announced that stars name
my name
"At forward, from Delaware, #10, Emmanuel L."
Or the squeaking the shoes make on the hardwood
Maybe it's the ball going through the net for the game winner, swish!
All these things drive me crazy, make me want it more
But it comes with sacrifices, nervousness, pain, and even doubt!
When your fingers freeze because of harsh, cold, snowy winters
Or maybe when you're dying of the extreme, brutal, summers
365 days a year outside perfecting my craft wanting to be the best

I wanna be like the greats of the game
Generation to generation
Wilt & Bill
Bird & Magic
MJ & Dominique
Kobe & Lebron
Now a whole new generation
like Curry, Westbrook, Kyrie & KD

This is what we have in common
We fell in love with progressing
We have that drive
Competitiveness, that fire in our eyes
We are willing to sacrifice what we need to
We want to be the best
I want to be the best 
They made a legacy
Now it's my turn

All the sacrifices they made
The blood, sweat, tears, and time put in to be the best
The struggle they went through is what I'm going through
All for what some people say is a simple game of a ball being thrown into a hoop
To some it's not just that
To them and to me
It's a passion
A passion to be the best