Growing up in Clay, Alabama, right in the heart of the Iron Bowl country, had its perks for Brent Key. From being always surrounded by a sporting culture to collecting baseball cards as a kid since age 7, it won’t be a stretch to say that Brent Key was always destined to go big in the sporting world. “I was always wrapped up in sports, playing basketball and baseball,” reflected Key. The sporting culture did help, but the major influence, according to Key, was his mother.

It’s never easy to raise kids as a single mother, and it comes with its challenges and responsibilities. But for Key, being raised by his mother meant he never felt a void or a need for a father figure. Key’s mother was both a strict disciplinarian and loving when she needed to. Key recalled in an earlier interview how

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