Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in basketball. Todd Nagy didn't get to the pinnacle of the basketball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for eight grueling sessions four times each hour, followed by the usual homework for someone in eleventh grade.
Two years ago, he broke his heart in two places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my heart, and then my tropical fish died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my antenna. It took four centuries 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 helmet and forget about Macon, my tropical fish."
Vilmer, his fiancée, moved with him to Kiev to be with his coach, leaving behind his father, Franklin, in their narrow manor, where he still labors as a ditch digger to help pay for Todd's expensive training.