I agree with the quote because Ewing came from Jamaica, a very poor country. Going from a place where there is no food, now clean water, or no sufficient amount of housing, to a place where there are skyscrapers, food stores around every corner, and apartment complexes 10 stories high, would be a major change in any persons life, almost as big as going to the moon. .
Ewing, who came from Jamaica, lived with his family in a little house with barely enough room for all of them to sleep. When he came to America in 1975, he faced a lot of new challenges and hardships. He had to deal with the new language, school, and of course, the racial discrimination. But in school, he towered over the rest of his class, standing at 7 feet and tall. When he lived in Jamaica, he played sports such as cricket, and football, but when he entered his high school years, the road to his professional basketball career began.
Patrick Ewing's family background had a bigger effect because they made him independent and they believed in him. His parents knew that Patrick would be very successful if he would move to America. They worked hard for Patrick to move. In 1975, Ewing moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he first played basketball. At Ringe and Latin High School, Patrick played on the basketball team. Ewing was 7 feet tall and played center.
The basketball coach to the school's team in Cambridge Massachusetts, noticed Ewing the second he walked into school. He asked him if he wanted to play on the team , and Ewing said yes without a problem. He scored more points than any other person on the team that year, and continued to do so for the rest of his basketball career at the school, up until his graduation. If anyone wanted to call what happened to Patrick Ewing luck, they could, because it could have been by the grace of God that he was able to be that tall, but, he also seemed to just have the natural ability to play the sport ever since he started.