Ben Wallace has always been one of my favorite players. He goes hard all the time and he never gets the credit, but he still plays hard.

We just want to get this thing over. We've been going to this place and that all week. We just want to get out on the court and play.

I had my sights set on another college at that point, but things have a funny way of working out. Some things fell through and my grandmother passed, so I stepped back from recruiting for a while.

I turned to a friend and they told me to come out there. I went out there to visit and ended up staying for a while.

I had hit a brick wall. I had gotten injured, and my grades were failing and I had to do something.

(My hope is) for it to be a first-class facility that will serve the citizens of Orangeburg and Orangeburg County while also being a facility that will attract teams from all over the Southeast to play on our fields, use our hotels and eat at our restaurants. (It) is going to be a definite economic benefit to the community.