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Tue, Feb 5th 2008, 12:15
Ford's biggest hurdle was all mental
MIAMI-On the road to returning to the NBA after nearly two months away, T.J. Ford ran into his detours of doubt. He thought about retirement more than once.
And calling it a career at age 24, with a guaranteed contract worth about $30 million as his security blanket, certainly could have been a comfortable option.
But when Ford considered calling it quits, he would glimpse the basketball court in the backyard of his suburban Houston home.
“I would look at that court and I would think, even though I could retire if I wanted to, I still would play basketball,” said Ford. “I’m at the same risk playing in my backyard that I am playing on this court, I feel. So that helped me understand it.
“I’m still young. It doesn’t make sense to quit something I’ve worked so hard at to get to this level. To come back down and play at somebody else’s level?”
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