“I wasn’t the biggest player in the game and I was taught I had to out think and out hustle my opponent because I can’t out muscle them”
My special guest is Leroy Loggins. Leroy is an American born former legendary Australian basketballer who player in the NBL between 1981 to 2001. He represented Australia at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and his career included 3 NBL championships, 3 League MVP’s and 9 All NBL First Team awards.
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You will learn plenty from Leroy Loggins in episode 28 of Talking with TK.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:50 – Welcome Leroy Loggins
4:37 – Growing up in Baltimore
6:50 – Learning to play the game
7:20 – Basketball, Baseball, Football & Track
8:45 – Choosing Basketball over the rest
11:36 – College Basketball
13:00 – Mentors
14:15 – Education and teaching his kids
15:30 – Drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the NBA
17:36 – Coming out to Australia
19:00 – Fitting into Australia
22:00 – Finding his way to the Brisbane Bullets
25:00 – Fate & Basketball
25:44 – The Leroy Loggins Community & giving back
28:15 – I don’t predict, I produce
30:56 – Secrets to Longevity
33:30 – Power of the Mind
37:30 – The Statue
39:19 – Representing Australia at the 1992 Olympics
42:27 – Proudest moment
43:50 – Was he ever close to leaving the Bullets
44:54 – Favourite place to play Basketball outside of Brisbane
46:30 – Hardest player to guard in the NBL
51:00 – Has the game gone soft
51:45 – Ben Simmons
53:00 – College Basketball
54:24 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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