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Tyrese Proctor

Tyrese Proctor

Australian basketball player

Sep 28, 2026

11:37
How did you adapt? I mean, obviously you were fulfilling your dream, but how did you adapt at such a young age to move and uproot your whole life? Obviously, you weren't moving over to the States just yet, but um, you know, still 15 years old and moving away from home, trying to pursue a dream.
11:55
Yeah.
11:56
Um, you know, a big thing that my dad had always, you know, hopped on me and said to me growing up was just sacrifice.
12:02
And it got to a point where COVID had hit and it was sort of three little options that I could have done.
12:07
One being the AIS, another going over to America, um, to a high school over there or, or staying in Sydney.
12:15
So, um, we had sort of a map out.
12:19
And then once I had got, it was a normal school morning, went down, dad's ironing my clothes.

12 MINS LATER

24:40
When you were drafted, where were you? Do you remember who you were with? What was the scenario that you were sitting in? Who gave you the phone call? What was it like?

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