"Cancer might've taken my leg, but it can't take my smile," said Wayman Tisdale as he smiled while holding his bass guitar. This is how he approached life—he smiled while playing his music.
I was one of the lucky few to be given a chance to watch the advance screener on the Wayman Tisdale story. And it was a privileged look on a person who gave so much and expected nothing in return.
Wayman was an All-American, Olympian and 12-year NBA veteran. He was a ferocious rebounder and a great scorer. He always went on and off the court with a smile. This was his trademark, a gesture that lifted up any person's or teammate's spirits.
It was his way of saying that even if you are on the losing end, everything is still going to be all right.
And when Wayman was alone and frustrated, he would slip out of a room and grab his guitar and start playing.
This was his therapy…it got him through frustrating games, through losing teams and through the death of his father. It always brought him back to his childhood memory, when his father was a pastor, and he would listen to all the music and start playing.
Wayman had no f ...
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The Wayman Tisdale Story: Legacy of an NBA Great
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