Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson is not one of the biggest players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At six feet seven inches tall and 220 pounds, Robinson is one of the smaller men working in NBA arenas. What is big about him, however, is his game. Equally dangerous inside and beyond the three-point line, Robinson has always been the best at what he does. He won both the high school and college Player of the Year awards during his career. Now the best professional basketball players in the world feel the Big Dog's bark and bite.

Growing up

Listens to mom

Glenn Allen Robinson Jr. was born January 10, 1973, in Gary, Indiana. His mother, Christine Bridgeman, was unmarried and only a teenager when her son was born. Despite being so young, Bridgeman worked to see that her son grew up right. Once, when his grades were not up to her...