RC: I learned that people can say one thing and do another, it’s just the business side of it. They gotta do what’s best for them. My first trade really hurt and hit me because I heard about it for so long. Because I know it’s the business side and the person that I was in trade talks for is somebody that I knew could benefit the program. And if that was the case, I just wanna be prepared so I can prepare for my next phase. And it didn’t happen that way. I harped on that for a little while and I felt some type of way about it at first but then it got to the point where I go because it’s the basketball side of it, and that is how the business goes.
When people talk about how when it happens, but being caught off guard is unfortunate and I was caught off guard a couple of times but because I have been through it before, I’ve had someone that was honest with me, and I’ve also had people that have not been honest with me about it, I just take it for what it is but, whatever happens, happens, and I can’t control what they do. I just control how I react, and that’s what I’ve gotten better at because at the end of the day, no matter what, I’m still gonna go do my job and I’m still gonna go do what I gotta do no matter what jersey I’m in. No matter what city I’m in and that’s all that matters. No matter what nobody does or what trade talks, no matter what the case may be. I’m still gonna just go out and do my job because that’s who I am.
Control what you can control. You can’t make understanding out of some situation and it’s not meant for you because you don’t know what is being said behind closed doors and what words are being talked about. So try not to understand that, just embrace it, like… OK, cool, next opportunity. I just pick up and go prep myself for the next phase.
