On Tuesday, eight-year NBA veteran Trevor Booker opted to officially retire from professional basketball. Anyone who closely followed the league already knows that Booker was someone who built his career through toughness and continuous hard work…but how exactly did we get here' Well, being born in Newberry, South Carolina within a family of athletes was the first step towards what would unfold into Booker defying the odds for years to come. He was one of four boys from Gerald and Tracey Booker, and explained that competition quickly became an enormous part of his everyday life,