From most mother’s perspectives, their children can do no wrong. With Brandon Knight, that statement may be close to factual.
“To be totally honest, we have never had one moment’s trouble with him,” said Turgenia Knight about her super star son Brandon. “When I would go to the high school campus, everyone would tell me what a great young man he was and how well prepared he always was.”
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Brandon is not your run of the mill super star. The two time Gatorade National Player of the Year also held a GPA that exceed 4.0 through his High School years.
“My husband never does anything halfway. It’s always 100 percent. So that is just encoded in Brandon’s DNA,” said Mrs. Knight.
Turgenia admits that she is not typical basketball parent, admitting she’s more “artsy” than athletic.
“Trust me, he doesn’t get his athletic genes from me. He has pictures he has drawn. He has done poetry. He may get those things from me. But his hard work comes from his dad”
When asked about Big Blue Madness and her expectations, she had the following to say, “I can’t tell you what to expect. I have never been to one,” said Turgenia Knight. “Brandon never went to any on his recruiting visits. I think he had mid-terms or something and didn’t take any visits. He was home last weekend and didn’t say a lot, either, but nothing really gets him excited. What you see is what you get with him.”
Turgenia, her husband, Brandon’s older brother and some family friends will travel to Lexington from Florida to watch the event.
Turgenia Knight says she is a “basketball fan” and grew accustomed to her son being a “sports star” from an early age.
“That is just something that has always been true. When he was younger he played football and he was very good playing football. Then he played basketball and I just don’t know what it was. Call him a present. Just stick a bow on him, open him up and something good is always inside. I try to downplay that and not brag, but it is the truth,” she said.
Knight will suit it up for his first, of what we hope to be three or four, Big blue Madness this Friday. Sitting in the stands will be a very proud parent, one that, like most parents, bubble with joy inside when their children achieve.
Go Cats!!
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