One thing I ever valued in my life from childhood is education. My parents always reminded me that education is the key to success. At my small age of three years, I could not understand the meaning of these words. I was brought up in a rural white community which valued education more than anything else but had no access to the necessary education facilities. I did not allow this kind of environment to shut my future dream of becoming a basketball coach. Going to church was a story of the past. No one in our family could insist on the importance of serving God but I understood the importance of good morals.
At school, athletics was my best sport ever. I never failed to represent our school in any kind of athletics competitions and whenever it happened that I was not among the school team, my games teacher who was also my coach could use all means whatsoever to ensure I participate. My achievement extended to the junior college I joined where I was known to everyone in the college. I was proud of myself because of the kind of talent I possessed.
College life was quite challenging to me. I had to walk a distance of about ten kilometers to and from school. At some point, I was nearly giving up but one thing that encouraged and challenged me was the kind of poor life our family was buried in. With all that kind of life and an aspiration of becoming a basketball coach, I secured a first class honors degree in physical education; an achievement that made my parents proud of me.
