He went on to write books, he won an Oscar for Dear Basketball, and there were so many things that he was working on, and he established a positive message and inspired a lot of people during his time here. And as a basketball player, for me personally, seeing things like him playing through injuries such as his Achilles tear, which he literally stayed in the game and asked the trainer, like, hey, can we tape it up? Which is psychotic, but it's very inspiring