BEHIND THE SCENES

Many celebrities are seen at the top of their game, when everything is going well for them, but does anyone witness to the behind the scene headlines; the dealing with adversity, the hours of practice and the many times failure came knocking.

Below are a list of stats from former NBA star; Reggie Miller

• Miller played more games with the same team than all but two players in NBA history, John Stockton and Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz.
• Only five other players have played in more total regular season NBA games than Miller.
• Over the course of his career, Miller scored 25,279 points, with an average of 18.2 points per game. He shot .471 from the field, .395 from 3-point range and .888 from the free throw line.
• Miller was the first Indiana Pacer to start in an NBA All-Star Game, in 1995.
• He was also selected to the NBA All-Star team in 1990, 1996, 1998 and 2000.
• Miller retired as the all-time NBA leader in total 3-point field goals made 2,560 (broken February 10, 2011 by Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics).
• Miller led the league twice in three-point field goals made (1992-93, 1996-97).
• He led the league in free throw percentage five times, including his last season.
• Miller made a three-pointer in 68 consecutive games from November 15, 1996 to April 6, 1997.
• Miller led the league in free throw percentage five times (1990–91, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05)[19]

Where he came from

• He was born with hip deformities, which caused an inability to walk correctly.
• Growing up he had to continuously wearing braces on both legs until his leg strength grew enough to compensate.
• One of five siblings and he comes from an athletic family. His older sister Cheryl is a Hall of Fame women's basketball player. Cheryl was a member of the 1984 U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic basketball team.
• One of the family anecdotes Reggie liked to recall was when Cheryl used to beat him in games of 1-on-1 prior to his professional career.
• Practice to be great

He would practice everyday

• Shooting 1,000 shots per day to develop a shot that worked for him; Miller claims that his unorthodox shooting style was developed to arc his shot over his sister's constant shot blocking
• There is a reason for success, it comes down to work ethic and attitude.