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I’d like to thank Justin Johnson for sharing advice for young basketball players with me. He played for the Concordia University Irvine Eagles in Irvine, California who were in the GSAC at that time and are now in the PacWest Conference. I was the team manager of fellow GSAC member The Master’s University Mustangs in Santa Clarita, California during that time. Justin held career averages of 15.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.1 blocks while shooting 52.7% from the field, 36.7% from deep and 87.2% from the free throw line per game. He scored 1,088 points, grabbed 264 rebounds, dished out 175 assists, had 87 steals, blocked 9 shots and made 40 threes as a member of the Eagles. During his junior season for the Eagles, Justin was named GSAC Player of the Year, made the NAIA All-American First Team and was 4th in GSAC play by averaging 15.9 points per game. He was one of the best players I have seen come through the GSAC since I managed the Mustangs from 2010-14. In sharing advice with me, Justin wrote, “~Stay Hungry, Stay Humble~ Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out that make a difference in the long run. Your consistent pregame routines, being coachable through mistakes, and off-day self-management will make you a great player. It does not matter how good you become, you can always improve and learn more. Don’t let achievements get to your head and halt your focus of pushing yourself more. The key to success is to have an even-kill approach. This means never getting too high or too low that it affects your mental and physical performance. The hard work that you put in behind the scenes will give you an inner confidence, not in an arrogant way, to attack your opponent at all cost.”