<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EL SEGUNDO AND HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- He's bowed his head, eyes toward the artwork in my hand, speaking in a hushed tone. "Yeah," says Lamar Odom, a bead of sweat trickling down his chin after an October practice. "It's a little extreme." Yeah, just a tad. I wouldn't want to get in a street fight with the dude whose image is emblazed on Lamar Odom's soon to be unveiled T-shirt line. And that's partly because it's the image of The Dude, himself. Jesus, with "white like wool" hair, eyes of "blazing fire" and feet -- or, in this case, face -- of "burnished bronze." So, is it extreme? According to Odom's interpretation of Revelation, Chapter 1, Verses 14 and 15, it's accurate. But you'll have to forgive Odom of any extreme behavior, for these are intense days for the Lakers forward. They come on the heels of an offseason that saw him bury his infant son Jayden in June, the same East Coast swing that saw him bury his aunt, followed by a robbery at gunpoint in his Queens stomping grounds. You might have heard these stories, or seen it on his battle-worn face this preseason, but what you might not know is how Odom is channeling his energy to turn his tragedy into a message of hope.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=alipour/061102 Real nice article. Lamar strikes me as a player that doesn't want to define himself strictly by the game of basketball. Reminds me a bit of Ricky Williams, minus the weed.
I read the whole article and it's really good, deep too. I hope he succeeds with what he is doing off the court.
