“I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids. I tell them you have to be dedicated, have to decide if you want to be a serious basketball player or not. They always ask, 'What if you get discouraged?' You have to remember what your goal was in the first place.”

Nigerian-American basketball player, born 1995

Jahlil Okafor is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. He was born in 1995 and is known for his college and professional career in the United States and Japan. He played his freshman season at Duke and was part of the 2014 to 2015 national championship team. In 2015, he was selected third overall in the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He later played for Levanga Hokkaido of Japan's B.League.