Have you ever felt self-conscious about your body? VIDEO: ESPN The Mag Body Issue 2013: Kenneth Faried From that point on, it was always about rebounding and blocks for me. When I was younger, I wanted to shoot instead of rebounding because nobody wants to do the little things, but my parents told me, “If you want to shoot the ball, go get it and rebound it.” “If you want to shoot in the park with the big kids, rebound the ball.” I took that advice and ran with it. “If you want to play this sport, don’t ever in your life let this happen to you again.” He said, “You want to play this game?” “Yes.” And he grabbed the ball and dunked on me.
KF: The first time I ever got dunked on in my life was by my father. How did your mother and father toughen you up? From Colin Kaepernick, Kenneth Faried, Swin Cash, Vernon Davis, and 71-year-old Gary Player, several athletes to bared it all for ESPN The Magazine got. For their fifth annual Body Issue “The Bodies” are back and yeah, we are in awe. Five years of butt cheeks, muscular thighs, and covered private parts - it’s safe to assume ESPN The Magazine knows how to uncover (no pun intended) naked athletes well, right? Year after year ESPN The Magazine has carefully exposed (or covered depending on your view) athletes from all over the world.
