Jared McCain carries a faded, torn-out page of the book “The Inner Game of Tennis” in his bag and reads it before every game, per @JoelXLorenzi
The text is a passage called “the rose analogy” about blocking out doubt and trusting your potential.
Minutes before dropping a playoff career-high 24 PTS against the Spurs last night, McCain read it again.
This moment says everything about why Zohran Mamdani won.
A journalist in a wheelchair asked about accessibility and Mamdani didn’t talk down to him, didn’t deflect, didn’t politicize it. He listened.
He’s the kind of leader who respects everyone, every faith, every class, every flag.