"My name is Greg Oden."
"On January 22nd, 1988, I was born in a very run-down house in Buffalo City, New York. It was really run-down, because there was a big hole in the wall of my room that I had to cover with a poster."
"Later, my father left, leaving my mother and my younger brother. We had no choice but to follow my mother back to her hometown, Terre Haute, Indiana. That's when I first started playing basketball."
"To be honest, I really didn't like basketball at first. I wanted to be a dentist, because they told me dentists make a lot of money. When I was a kid, the people I envied most were the rich, because they could always eat their fill."
"You probably know the rest of the story. They called me 'King' because on the court, I could do anything. No one was my opponent."
Facing the camera, Oden made a fierce expression, then broke into a giggle, amused by himself. He chuckled and told the executive director they needed to do that part over.
