Here's to the kids whose pictures appear on every page of their yearbooks. It was a victory for overachieving nerds everywhere, to the kids who do their homework, mow the lawn and go to church. Except Battier isn't really a nerd. He's a classy young man who instantly melts any preconceived notions about sanctimoniousness when you meet him. When he climbed the ladder to take his ceremonial snip of the net, one almost expected him to keep climbing.
Basketball is just a steppingstone to something greater.
Battier for president. Here's to the students whose pictures appear on every page of their yearbooks. It was a victory for overachieving nerds, to the kids who do their homework, mow the lawn and go to church. Except Battier isn't really a nerd. He's a classy young man who instantly melts any preconceived notions about sanctimoniousness when you meet him.