Since his playing days ended, former UK men's basketball player Winston Bennett has gone from what he describes as a height of professional athletics, to some of the lowest points a person could experience.
Now he's a coach at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky. On a Monday morning between games, he took time to share what he said was his often-humbling life story so far.
Before his 1980s years as a Wildcat, his NBA games, or assistant-coaching stint with Rick Pitino, Bennett's saga began in Louisville with a fatherly challenge.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.