For those who follow basketball, Andre Miller needs no introduction. The Los Angeles sporting star ranks ninth all-time in NBA career assists, having missed only three games due to injury in his 17-year-long career. "Most people, when they get a job, they choose a job. But, the NBA chooses you," said the now-retired Miller, who was in Mumbai on Friday for an out-reach programme for the NBA. He says it was a mix of luck and hard work that made him the player he is today. "My mom would always tell me to get out of the house and go play. So, I was always taking the bus from one court to another to play ball with the kids. At one such game, one of the coaches who was there in the stands, came up to me and asked if I wanted to play college ball. I wasn't even thinking about going to college then. Basketball gave me a chance to get a degree."

Miller had an illustrious career spanning 17 years. Pic/Bipin Kokate