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🗓️ 28 July 2021
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When people in the basketball world hear the name Keith Smart, they think of the Indiana guard that made 'The Shot' to win a national title, a long-time NBA coach and a former JUCO star. But apart from all of his on-court accolades, Keith Smart is something more. He's a cancer survivor. We sat down with Coach Smart to talk about how battling and beating a rare form of skin cancer changed his perspective on life and coaching forever.
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0:00.0 | Indiana Controls, Keith Mark, on Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
0:05.0 | He's come close to home to play in a... |
0:07.0 | I tell you the strangest thing in the world, and I tell people this all the time, |
0:10.0 | I have played that game many times before I got to that moment. |
0:14.0 | Because once I got into that moment, it was, you know, people talk about a zone that an athlete or whomever may get into where things slow down for you. |
0:22.0 | And that was one of those moments you know you have |
0:24.2 | games where everything is moving in a slow motion I started seeing something prior to all |
0:28.5 | of that. |
0:30.5 | Eight seconds to go on the spot baseline jump shot the air go |
0:33.0 | four seconds three seconds two seconds |
0:36.4 | one the hundreds upon the national championship And there is a lot of money. |
0:50.0 | Welcome into the hogpot. I'm Bo Maddingly and this episode is made possible by |
0:54.6 | our friends at First Security Bank, Sarazan Resort, Lindsay Golf, and |
0:59.2 | Abilita Maria. When you hear the name Keith Smart you probably think Indiana Guard who made the |
1:08.9 | shot to win a national championship. Smart takes the shot and the Hersha is with 40 seconds. |
1:16.1 | But did you know he's also the kid who was cut from his high school basketball team? |
1:20.1 | That's what wasn't the factor because I played it, but only because my friends played it. |
1:24.0 | And also had to go the Juco route before finding his way to D1 ball. |
1:28.6 | Smart. Short jumper. |
1:29.6 | It's good. Smart gets his second basket. |
1:32.4 | March one of the best players. |
1:34.0 | Also the professional player and NBA coach. |
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