For a long time, Nate Robinson did not wish to go public with his struggles with kidney failure.
He spoke of feeling embarrassed and ashamed to ask for help in a new ESPN feature on him.
“It’s a lot to ask somebody for something like that,” Robinson said. “It’s not like asking somebody, ‘Bro, can I borrow some sugar?'”
People close to him begged him to tell his story and ask for a kidney. He reluctantly agreed, and it appears the decision could end up paying off.
Tank Johnson, a former NFL player who went to college with Robinson at University of Washington, made a video that aired during the Huskies’ spring football game in May.