“I feel like my earliest encounters with mascots, they were never too receptive of me. I was a taller child. I always looked a little older than I was. I don't think I ever got proper attention from those mascots.”

American former professional basketball player, NBA

Robin Lopez is an American former professional basketball player, active in the NBA after being selected in the 2008 draft. He is known for a long career that included stops with several teams, as well as playing college basketball at Stanford. Chosen 15th overall by the Phoenix Suns in 2008, Lopez was later traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2012 and to Portland in 2013. He played for nine NBA teams in all, including three seasons with the Chicago Bulls and two separate periods with the Milwaukee Bucks. At Stanford, he played alongside his twin brother, Brook Lopez.