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P&T Interview: DerMarr Johnson, Part 1

Andrew Polaniecki , a Long Island native, has been a devoted Knicks fan since the early 1990s, with a particular fondness for the team's rosters from 1993 to 1997. Andrew is an accomplished writer with a unique style. He contributes to LEGENDS, the magazine of the National Basketball Retired Players Association, and has been published in Slam and Sports Collectors Digest. Andrew is passionate about amplifying the voices of retired athletes, helping them share their career stories, and promoting their post-career ventures.

Look up the word perseverance in the dictionary, and this is the definition you’ll find: per·se·ver·ance / noun: “Continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition”.