Stephen A. Smith speaks.

In a perfect world, believe it or not, you almost would have preferred that your dad is gone, rather than be there and not be present.

Stephen A. Smith on the relationship that he had with his father growing up.

There is only one Stephen A. Smith. His book Straight Shooter is already a New York Times best seller and takes you on a journey into the person Stephen Smith, opposed to the media personality, Stephen A. Smith. From his time growing up in Queens, playing basketball on the streets of New York, to his time in junior college to receiving a basketball scholarship to HBCU Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Straight Shooter also talks about his highs and lows in the industry and how he was dismissed from ESPN to now being its biggest personality. The book is eye opening, inspirational, and in part tells why SAS is the way that he is. Despite his successes, he has had failures in life, which have led him to there he is right now.  Stephen A. Smith sat down with Donal Ware to talk about some of what was in the book, about the relationship with is father, his relationship with legendary coach and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Clarence “Big House” Gaines and the people at WSSU, tells if he was actually a good basketball player. As one who famously says that he doesn’t get into athletes personal lives, SAS shares whether it was difficult to talk about his, his relationship with Mad Dog Russo. He also talks about mentoring others along the way. This is a conversation that you don’t want to miss when one HBCU grad sits down with another. Watch the conversation  and share the conversation with a couple of other people.