If you put your effort and concentration and to play into your potential to be the best that you can be,

I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book, we're going to be winners.

The talent for so many players today, the talent and the spotlight, it's taking them to heights that their character's not strong enough to support.

I'm one of those set goals and chiefs.

I talked about faith, passion, obviously the drive with the guys that I've been around

and the guys that surround me every single day.

If I want to be one of the best, I've got to play with and against the best.

So that which gets praised, gets repeated.

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NBA World Championships and an amazing event.

Got a special guest here.

We're just going to talk hoops.

We're going to talk about educate and power and encourage.

Corey Wacknov here, is I say that correctly?

Correct, yep.

So Corey's got a really interesting story, and we're going to talk about his story and his journey through the game of basketball.

I always love hearing the stories of the game and the places it's taking you.

And somehow it's got us connected here together in Orlando, Florida at the Junior NBA Championships.

So Corey, let's talk for a second.

Share with us before I have three questions for you about what's educated you, what's empowered you, what's encouraged you.

But your story is you've been around, you've been around some great programs and you've been around some great basketball. Tell our audience a little bit of your story, Corey. Born and raised outside of Kansas City and Kansas grew up a Kansas Jayhawk fan, so that was my professional team. Is everybody in Kansas City a Jayhawk fan? It's split. It's split. I would say it's probably 60, 70% Jayhawk fans. There's K-State fans.

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