#28 - Marcus Alipate

SBL Champ, SBL All-Star, Professional Basketball Player and True You Founder Marcus Alipate hopped on the show with us! Marcus is a very inspirational person and through his unique journey he’s been able to affect many lives all over the world due to your ability of putting a ball through a hoop, how crazy is that?! Marcus discusses what it was like coming from a big family, his father playing in the NFL, growing up around professional athletes his whole life, which in turn helped him with his work ethic. How all of his siblings are great athletes. Marcus discusses how he passed up D1 offers to play at a D3 school (University of St. Thomas) and what that recruiting process was like. Marcus discusses the uphill battle from playing D3 hoops to finally getting his chance to play professionally and running with it. Going on to represent his native land Tongan on the Tongan National team, and winning their first bronze in the FIBA Polynesian Cup. Marcus also, talked about his entrepreneurial aspirations which led him to start his own clothing line True You. A must listen!