Jalen Brunson spoke on his relationship with his mother and how it helped him become a better person, athlete and student.
In a Zoom interview conducted by the Dallas-based non-profit company Trey Athletes, the Mavericks guard said one of the reasons he was able to graduate from Villanova in just three years was due to his mom drilling the importance of academic into him.
As a nod to his mother Sandra, on Mother’s Day Jalen thanked her for instilling in him the value of education.
“I want to thank my mom, because my dad didn’t give me my smarts. My mom definitely did,” Brunson said, per Mavs.com. “School came very easy to me because of her. She always made sure I did my homework, she always made sure I did that, so I got A’s.”
Furthermore, Dallas point guard opened up on his memorable high-school career and his teammates, via Mavs.com:
“We grew up and there were so many things that we did together, so those moments are great. But the on the court stuff, it was very, very difficult because of how much I expected out of myself and how hard my dad pushed me and how hard school was because school, at the time, (Stevenson) was the No. 2 public school academically in the country, so it was hard for me. But I wouldn’t trade any of my experiences for the world because they made me who I am today.”
