A surprise visit this week from one of Toronto’s most successful basketball players energized and inspired a group of middle school students growing up in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park neighbourhoods.
is also from the area. After 12 years in the NBA, he was the first Canadian-born player to join the Toronto Raptors. He’s now an assistant coach and community ambassador with the team.
“The reason why I think it’s so important I’m here talking to you guys today is this is how I was 30 years ago. Sitting in a room, going to school, trying to do my best, learning through my mistakes, and trying not to make the same mistake again,” he told the students. “They used to scream ‘Magloire can’t score, Magloire can’t score’, and those are the things I used as motivation, and what I remember from high school and college, what really separated me, was that I wouldn’t take no for an answer,” he said.Students listen to a surprise visit by Jamaal Magloire
“It doesn’t matter who you are, what your name is, the colour of your skin or where you’re from, the community you represent. You are who you are, and the sky's the limit,” she told CTV News Toronto.“I want to be a gynecologist,” Tobin said. “A few days ago I was thinking I shouldn’t be, and his words inspired me to continue.”
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