"Many times I've been overlooked, doubted and seen as the 'tough guy who can't box' but that never deterred me. I work harder than anyone and had no doubt that it would show one day. I proved a lot of people wrong."
"It's pretty wild," said Coates, a junior point guard at Berne-Knox-Westerlo (New York). "Just to see all of the people recreating my shot and trying to do it has been cool for sure. I mean, it must look absurd seeing it for the first time. It's an absolutely ridiculous shot. I never would've imagined this kind of attention."