Jamal Merrell

Let's go.

Because at the same time, your kid is going to be successful in what they want to be successful in.

I learned that from my daughter.

And she is...

The love of my life because she's my firstborn.

But at the same time, she is not going to do anything she does not want to do.

And maybe that's a God what gave me, that's why I gave me a daughter first because that humbled me because I'm used to my dad saying something and then me and my brother go around and do it.

And my daughter taught me, I'm used to saying something to her and she's like,

Or if I say, yeah, let's get the basketball.

Let's go down and train.

We could go down there and train, but she's not giving the energy that I want.

So that taught me over time that she's not going to do anything she don't want to do.

So me as a parent, it humbled me and molded me that whatever my kids want to do, I'm going to push them to do what they want to do.

So, I mean, I have that conversation.

I always go around and talk to parents.

And I'm like, what do you care like?

And nine times out of ten, I'll get an answer that...

When I go sit and talk to the kid or get on knee, I'm like, man, how you doing?

What's your favorite sport?

They might say soccer.