InstantNewYorkTimes,USAToday,PublishersWeekly,andWallStreetJournalBestseller!Apowerfulandunexpectedmemoiroffamily,faith,tragedy,andlife’smostimportantlessons.ThedayafterfutureNBAsuperstarChrisPaulsignedhisletterofintenttoplaycollegebasketballforWakeForest,hereceivedaworld-shatteringphonecall.Hisgrandfather,Nathaniel“Papa“Jones,apillaroftheWinston-SalemcommunitywhereheownedandoperatedthefirstBlack-ownedservicestationinNorthCarolina,wasmuggedandultimatelydiedfromaheartattackresultingfromtheassault.Hisfuneralfilledthelargestchurchinthecounty,whichheldoveronethousandpeople.Hewassixty-oneyearsold.Thedayafterburyinghisgrandfather,Chriswascopingthebestwayheknewhow:byplayingbasketballforhishighschoolteam.Afterpouringinshotaftershot,hislastattemptwasanairballpurposelyflungoutofboundsfromthefoullinebeforeChrisexitedthegame.Thenextday,localnewsheadlinesdeclaredthathefellsixpointsshyofthestatewidesinglegamehighschoolscoringrecord.Butheaccomplishedexactlywhathesetouttodo:scoringsixty-onepoints,oneforeachyearoflifelivedbyhisgrandfather.InSixty-One,Chrisopensupaboutlifebeyondbasketballandtherolehisgrandfatherplayedinmoldinghimintothemanandfatherheistoday.He’llspeakaboutthefoundationoffaithandfamilyhebuilthislifeupon,whatitmeanstobeapositivelightwithinyourcommunityandbeyond,andtheimportanceofsettingtheproperexampleforfuturegenerations.Mostimportantly,Chriswilltalkabouthishome,Winston-Salem,andtheclose-knitfamilyandvillagethatraisedhimtobecomeoneofthemostrespectedleadersinallofsports.
