Jamal Merrell

I always say it's the best experience ever as a parent because he shaped us into what he knew.

Now me being a parent, I took what he knew and I took all my athleticism, my academic mindset, and now I'm shaping my kids into everything.

Right.

So, and fantastic.

And I always sit down and talk to my dad, too.

And I tell my mom and dad, thank you, because my kids are so much off than what I was.

Right.

Way ahead academically, physically.

And I look at my daughter.

I'm like, even me and my wife had a conversation last night.

I'm like, she's so talented and smart.

It's because it's everything we knew.

And we took it and we molded it into them.

Oh, the best.

Because...

My mom, I always call her the fire.

My dad is more like the ice.

We had the best of both worlds.

Mom and dad got a divorce when we were in college.

So at the same time, I was already pretty much a young man growing to where it didn't affect me, but I learned so much from both of them to where that allows me to be the parent I am today.