Ashton Farmer, later Tyler’s AAU teammate
with the St. Louis Eagles. “With his handicap. He didn’t want anybody to feel sorry
for him, ever. He wouldn’t want people to
even recognize it.”
Tyler displayed a passion for sports, a
realm in which the shy middle child found
a comfortable mode of expression, independent of Greg’s travails. Their father, All-America as a high jumper at the University
of Missouri, recalled that even during a
preschool soccer match, Tyler “would go so
hard, he’d be so determined to score, that
I’d have to take him out and put him by a
tree and cool him off a little bit.”
JANUARY 2009
18 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis
24 Monsters and Prodigies: The
History of the Castrati: Teatro De
Ciertos Habitantes
28 Orchestra of St. Luke’s with
Alan Pierson, conductor
Devotee of discipline
Once Hansbrough embraced basketball,
he pursued improvement and success with
singular dedication and intelligence.
He not only practiced shots and plays
but became a devotee of strength and conditioning. His family heard of a personal
trainer in St. Louis who took the aspiring
young athlete under his wing. “He is one
of the rare young men, a natural, whose
heart and head are in the same place,” his
trainer recalled.
Hansbrough soon learned proper habits
of sleep and recovery, exercises to improve
strength and flexibility. He adopted a strict
eating regimen that enabled him to quickly
add muscle rather than fat; he is surprisingly lean despite his size.
“I don’t look at it like I’m missing out
on other things,” Hansbrough said. “If anything, I’m doing things that a lot of people
don’t get to experience.”
Farmer, now a tight end on the Southeast Missouri State football team, recalled
asking Hansbrough to stop at a McDonald’s while driving home from an AAU
game. His friend chose an Applebee’s
instead. There, Farmer got his burger and
fries. Hansbrough stuck to his personal
script, ordering grilled chicken, rice and
broccoli, just what his mother brought him
for lunch in high school.
To this day, Hansbrough retains the discipline he adopted in his formative years.
Even his schoolwork is done with precision.
“He starts to write papers like three days
before they’re due, which I think is ridiculous,” Marcus Ginyard said, a touch facetiously. “Personally, I could never do that.”
Hansbrough remains avid about weight
training. He still eats six times per day, vary-
FEBRUARY 2009
14 Hilary Hahn, violin
20/21 Continuous City: The Builders
Association
24 The Neville Brothers with Dr. John
27 Branford Marsalis Trio
For a full season listing, visit
www.carolinaperformingarts.org
Monsters
and Prodigies:
The History of the
Castrati: Teatro De
Ciertos Habitantes
January 24, 2009
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
with Alan Pierson, conductor
January 28, 2009
Continuous City: The Builders Association
February 20/21, 2009
Branford Marsalis Trio
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
