<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Basketball began as an activity for Bulls forward Viktor Khryapa but later became a means for survival. Khryapa grew up in Kiev, the capital city of what is now the Ukraine. He took up the sport to tag along with his older brother Nikoli. ?He had something to do after school every time,? Khryapa said. ?I asked my mom, ?I want to go, too. I want to go, too.? So they put me in a basketball school. I started when I was 7.? That also was when Khryapa?s father died, leaving his mother, Galina, to look after two boys on her own. While the kids were at school and basketball class, she worked. ?She worked three jobs at a time, so we didn?t see her either,? Khryapa said. ?It was a hard time for us.?</div> Source
