1) My dad had a new client who got us (free) tickets to games at Pauley. Before that season, I had only been to one game; in '92, I went to four, including #1 Duke.
2) My cousin was a freshman at Stanford, backing up Adam Keefe so I watched a lot of his games.
3) I grew at least 6 inches in less than a year and I went from being one of the better players in my elementary school to the single best and I realized playing in high school was guaranteed and that playing in college was actually a possibility.
4) Incarceration