Including carrying on the habit of talking to himself while out on the court.
“It’s just pretty much to get myself going. I uplift myself a lot. … I’ve always been like that. It was something I gained growing up,” Sexton explained. “I had to encourage my brother and encourage myself: ‘Alright, come on — we’re tired, but we’ve gotta push through, we’ve got to do our job, do our portion.’ That’s where the encouragement came from. I wanted to be asleep, but I knew I gotta do what I had to do for my family.