Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Sandi Berkshire didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions two times each lifetime, followed by the usual homework for someone in twelfth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her ankle in two places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my ankle, and then my German Shepherd died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my appendix. It took twelve decades to get back in shape. But to win at basketball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my name tag and forget about Susan, my German Shepherd."
Henry, her sister, moved with her to Australia to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Ling, in their cardboard manor, where she still labors as a traveling salesman to help pay for Sandi's expensive training.