Beal’s First Quote
While Beal’s love for the Mystics and their players is overwhelmingly apparent in the piece, that’s not the most important thing here. What’s most important is the notion that there are some out there who believe that the details shared in this piece are implications that Beal is happy in Washington, thus not wanting to leave or be traded.
That is not necessarily the truth though, as there are two important details and quotes from the story that tells us why. Here is the first quote from Beal.
"So when people ask me how I developed my jumper? It’s an easy answer: Mama Beal taught me. We had one of those Fisher Price hoops, you know — and I would practice on that thing all day long. And what my mom would do is, she’d watch me get my shots in, and then she’d put up all these little sticky notes, all around the house. No, for real: sticky notes. And I’m talking everywhere — on the walls, on the mirrors, on the floors, on the dressers, on the nightstand, on the bed, on the TV….. everywhere. And each note, it would be something different about my shooting stroke. It would be like this piece of advice. Hold your follow through. Locate the rim. Bend your knees. Use your legs. Be confident And it was just constant reminders all throughout the day. I’d wake up….. I’d see a note! I’d go to the bathroom….. see a note! I’d sit down for breakfast….. see a note! Until pretty soon, it’s crazy — my shooting stroke really just became these notes. To this day, man, I still think it’s true: My game is like the sum total of those lessons from my mom Next: Explaining his first quote"