RaMell Ross

Oh, I remember. I remember well. First time I dislocated my shoulder was at a tournament in Las Vegas. It was before my senior year of high school. And I already committed to Georgetown. And I some guy was going up for a shot. And under the hoop, really big guy. And I swipe with my left arm and I'm really extended.

And the force of my palm hitting the ball, you know, ricochets through my arm and pops my shoulder out. Really painful. Throw my arm up, scream for my father. I think eventually my arm slid back into place. We didn't think much of it. You know, people get injured all the time. Turned out to be a reoccurring injury where I needed to have like kind of reconstructive surgery on my shoulder. Yeah.

And the force of my palm hitting the ball, you know, ricochets through my arm and pops my shoulder out. Really painful. Throw my arm up, scream for my father. I think eventually my arm slid back into place. We didn't think much of it. You know, people get injured all the time. Turned out to be a reoccurring injury where I needed to have like kind of reconstructive surgery on my shoulder. Yeah.

And the force of my palm hitting the ball, you know, ricochets through my arm and pops my shoulder out. Really painful. Throw my arm up, scream for my father. I think eventually my arm slid back into place. We didn't think much of it. You know, people get injured all the time. Turned out to be a reoccurring injury where I needed to have like kind of reconstructive surgery on my shoulder. Yeah.

My sophomore year when I was ready to start and I was playing my best basketball, recovered from my left shoulder injury, and I broke my foot in the summer before my sophomore year. That's fine. I can deal with that. Got fixed, rehabbed, was ready to play, ready to start. And the first practice of that season, I break that same foot again. I break the screw out of it.

My sophomore year when I was ready to start and I was playing my best basketball, recovered from my left shoulder injury, and I broke my foot in the summer before my sophomore year. That's fine. I can deal with that. Got fixed, rehabbed, was ready to play, ready to start. And the first practice of that season, I break that same foot again. I break the screw out of it.

My sophomore year when I was ready to start and I was playing my best basketball, recovered from my left shoulder injury, and I broke my foot in the summer before my sophomore year. That's fine. I can deal with that. Got fixed, rehabbed, was ready to play, ready to start. And the first practice of that season, I break that same foot again. I break the screw out of it.

I knew it right when I rolled my ankle. And that's when I was like, oh, I might not go to the NBA. You know? Yeah, it's so... It's so visceral. Like, I remember it like I've never that was my first time being depressed, you know, hold myself up in my dorm, grew a beard for the first time and like didn't talk to anyone for like two weeks, which isn't a long time.

I knew it right when I rolled my ankle. And that's when I was like, oh, I might not go to the NBA. You know? Yeah, it's so... It's so visceral. Like, I remember it like I've never that was my first time being depressed, you know, hold myself up in my dorm, grew a beard for the first time and like didn't talk to anyone for like two weeks, which isn't a long time.

I knew it right when I rolled my ankle. And that's when I was like, oh, I might not go to the NBA. You know? Yeah, it's so... It's so visceral. Like, I remember it like I've never that was my first time being depressed, you know, hold myself up in my dorm, grew a beard for the first time and like didn't talk to anyone for like two weeks, which isn't a long time.

But like the opposite of my personality at that time, at least.

But like the opposite of my personality at that time, at least.

But like the opposite of my personality at that time, at least.

Oh, yeah, I can't play now. I can play for like 15 or 20 minutes, but my foot still hurts. I ended up rehabbing back, ready to start. And then my junior year, same thing happened to my left shoulder, happens to my right shoulder. Rehab again. Then my senior year, same thing happens again to my right shoulder. And so it's always been a constant body failing me.

Oh, yeah, I can't play now. I can play for like 15 or 20 minutes, but my foot still hurts. I ended up rehabbing back, ready to start. And then my junior year, same thing happened to my left shoulder, happens to my right shoulder. Rehab again. Then my senior year, same thing happens again to my right shoulder. And so it's always been a constant body failing me.

Oh, yeah, I can't play now. I can play for like 15 or 20 minutes, but my foot still hurts. I ended up rehabbing back, ready to start. And then my junior year, same thing happened to my left shoulder, happens to my right shoulder. Rehab again. Then my senior year, same thing happens again to my right shoulder. And so it's always been a constant body failing me.

relationship to basketball, my first love. Which, to tie back to filmmaking, is why, one, I care so much, and two, why I am not so concerned with the reception or the outcome. Because... first career is done. I've already had my biggest hopes and dreams squished. And the meaning that I got from basketball was replaced by photography and film.

relationship to basketball, my first love. Which, to tie back to filmmaking, is why, one, I care so much, and two, why I am not so concerned with the reception or the outcome. Because... first career is done. I've already had my biggest hopes and dreams squished. And the meaning that I got from basketball was replaced by photography and film.

relationship to basketball, my first love. Which, to tie back to filmmaking, is why, one, I care so much, and two, why I am not so concerned with the reception or the outcome. Because... first career is done. I've already had my biggest hopes and dreams squished. And the meaning that I got from basketball was replaced by photography and film.

And so not only do I care about it more than most things, I'm also used to, I've also gone to the extreme of hope and despair. And so this is all like second life to me, genuinely.