Myles Turner’s parents sacrificed so much to give him the opportunity to play the game he loves. Now, he’s thriving on basketball’s biggest stage: “I watched my mom and saw that she had to fight for everything she’s ever gotten. She is an African-American female in the business world — a world where the white male is king. She was constantly overlooked at work, but she would never let anything stop her. She would work overtime, punch into work three hours early, and endure sleepless nights... I got all my spirit, fire and passion for the game, and for life, from that woman.
My dad worked nights. He started out as a bus driver at the DFW airport, where he ended up working for 40 years. So I didn’t see him as often as I would have liked to. But he never missed one of my high school games — he always found a way to sneak out of work and come support me....
Growing up, we weren’t poor, but we weren’t rich. Both of my parents worked to support me and my younger sister, M’ya, and our two y...