' “…[it dates] back to my mother who is a single parent, raising a young man in the inner city of Oakland, Calif. during the ‘80s and ‘90s when the gang and drug violence was at perhaps its highest,” said Alexander. “Building that great foundation, sacrificing for me, showing me what it meant to work hard and provide. Providing me with my uncle, Steven Moore, who showed me what it looked like to raise a family, [to be] a great husband [and to] give back by coaching…”'