What I'm so proud of that, you know, no one has forgotten about that game. He was called the baron of basketball. There were benches, all right, to watch the same movie. I feel so good about it that I have two sons that went to collegeing and they did well, you know, not at the brackets that, you know, dad was. Hey, we just played. You know, I did well as a freshman. You know, you got to listen and watch. And he never had the chance to show what you can do or what you guys did. The Faith Driven Athlete is a donor supported ministry initiative of Faith Driven Media. And, you know, Willie Worsley was so quick, you know. She never said nothing. goto the back? Louis 'Flip' Baudoin Wilbur Fitzgerald. I said, the only thing I know about Texas was oil wells and cows.

From left to right: former Texas Western player and member of the 1966 NCAA championship squad Harry Flournoy; "Glory Road" producer and Hollywood royalty Jerry Bruckheimer; Lucas (who plays the movie's central figure, coach Don Haskins); Mehcad Brooks of "Desperate Housewives" fame (he plays Flournoy); Antwone Fisher himself; Derek Luke (who plays the late, great Bobby Joe Hill); the ghetto icon Hits, aka Al Shearer (who plays Nevil Shed); Game Night host and ESPN Mag editor LZ Granderson; and another member of the Texas Western squad, the classic Nevil Shed.For one hour we discussed the movie, as well as the importance of it and the importance of the game played. But, you know, they were able to make the choices to travel, you know, the seats. I did pretty well for that. But I was very cautious now, you know, as to where I was. He took me back the next day when we had to play Kansas. It was a couple of guys and myself that were heading to Greensboro. And he helped me. I said, The Shadow, that's me. It was hard, you know, reading about it.
You know, someone asked me a long time ago, if you had described that team in one word, what would it be? And I felt bad about that. They walked past and she began to wipe it off. But I said, man. You know, my daddy put me right here and he politely said to me, young boy, if you don't go to the back, we we'll put you off the train. I said what are you talking about. Hey man, we're national champions. Yeah, yeah. But we walked down and out of the dust came this little pudgy white guy and his assistant, Mo Ivory. And I called my mom and I said, Mom. We never, I repeat, now I'm just speaking for myself. I said, Oh, hell, no. I think I was able to play against some of those top schools. We called him Flip. I want you to a slam dunk that ball. I said, oh Lord I have no type of support. And to this day, we still have that type of relationship. And, of course, they call the technical. He said, You play the game. And let me tell you about that semifinal game. That said, I went to see a private screening of the movie to see if he was accurate or selling me his Hollywood dream.All I can say is: I wish I had seen the movie before Game Night.

You know, I think the writers were trying to find some type of, you know, story line between it.

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They had to worry about us. But let me tell you something. But when he called my name to go into the game, I jumped up off the bench and I had my sweat pants and jacket off before I touched the ground. Keep the mouth shut. I went to the movies. Everybody want to challenge us. What do you know about Kentucky? We originally planned to release this episode later this Summer, but in light of recent events in America, Nevil's words are startlingly relevant. And this young boy came by to say, Man, we got to go round the back. At the time, it was Willie Cager and I. And I think they said I had about three or four rebounds. They never had anything bad to say. We sang I consider a very powerful song and the melody is still being caught, you know, through our society today, not just by basketball players, but all athletes, and they teach it in school. Whether it’s as Athletes, Business Leaders, or Investors, we’re called to see the Gospel in all of our lives, including our work. So those guys that come on Shed, man, we went and sat in the back. But my greatest part of the game was that I shot the free throws that put us ahead and we never looked back.

They woul spit in the doggone fountain then thought was funny. And I guess I could say for myself. Thirty three percent if Irecall. Whoever you talk to, you have to listen to. You could always find your parents in the audience. You know, it never happened. Nevil Shed was a member of the 1966 NCAA National Championship-winning Texas Western Miners basketball team featured in the movie “Glory Road.” The 1966 Texas Western basketball team was the first to feature an all-black starting lineup, and went on to beat perennial powerhouse, Kentucky. Don't try to do it too fast. You know, there a whole lot more to it. I said coach left me. But when the game was over with, like you said. That is looking good. How many points did I score for that game? I wanted so bad to fulfill the dream of being successful and once again buying into this man's system, which I thought he was out of his mind.

You've got to pray. I want to thank you, man, for what you guys did, because my dad was a great football player. "I can tell you one thing, dreams do come true. My father was a Pullman porter who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which now I think is Amtrak. We're number one, cause we try harder and everybody, of course said that whoever wins that game is going to win the championship and Kentucky beat Duke and we defeated utah. Yeah. You know what? We just got our clothes and left. So I started working at this little fast food place. But honestly, if I had to stand in front of my players now. Thousands and thousands of people were there.