- Dennis Rodman got extremely emotional during his Hall Of Fame enshrinement speech
- He spoke about his troubled relationship with his mother and how he resented her when he was younger
- Dennis Rodman shared the story of how she kicked him out of the house when he was a teenager
Dennis Rodman became a 5-time NBA champion and arguably the best rebounder ever, but his journey to the top was far from easy. Rodman’s father left him as a child, and while his mother did what she could to raise him and his siblings, Rodman was homeless as a teenager. And he candidly spoke about it in his Hall Of Fame speech.
“Last but not least, my mother, Shirley Rodman,” he said. “I would love to set the record straight and I’m sorry it has to be on this main stage here. Me and my mother have never got along and I was a very good kid when I was young. Once I became the age of 16, 18, 19, and 20, I could care less what I did to my mother.
“And my mother worked three jobs. And she kicked me out of the house and said, ‘You gonna have to leave her because I can’t take you anymore.’ And I resented her for a long time. And it’s hard for me to even say it.
“Because my mother rarely ever hugged me or hugged my siblings. She didn’t know how. But she managed. She worked her a** off.”
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Dennis Rodman’s childhood was troubled to say the least. His father, Philander Rodman, had 29 children with 16 different women across continents and left him when he was just five years old. Rodman struggled with homelessness and abject poverty among other things, but managed to make it out. His story is truly inspirational.
Dennis Rodman Revealed He Has Been To Jail Over 100 Times In His Life
It is easy to judge Dennis Rodman for the various ways in which he acted out during his time as an NBA superstar and after. But it would have been impossible for him to be normal, considering how much he suffered as a child and a teenager. Dennis Rodman once admitted that he has been in prison over 100 times in his life.
He also spoke in his speech about regretting what he was like as a father, with his daughter Trinity revealing he was never around much when she was younger either. His story is a testament to how poor parenting can affect generations, and it highlights his immense success even more, despite all the other problems he has faced.
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