Back when I was in junior high, everyone wanted the Jumpman IVs but there was no chance we could afford a new pair of Jordans back in the day.
A guy I knew had thrown a pair of old ones out at school. I saw them in the can, grabbed them out, tried them on — perfect fit.
I brought them home, cleaned them up and officially had my first pair of Jordans — the iconic white and cement-grey combo everyone wanted.
To go from that moment three decades ago, to having a wall of shoes and Michael Jordan’s number in my phone, it never gets old and will never be taken for granted.
MJ reached out to congratulate me after I won the CIMB Classic in Malaysia in 2017 and having won twice in the calendar year, at 41 years old after a major shoulder surgery, I just went all-in, never…