'In figuring out where we can make the biggest impact, we kept going back to those teenage years.” kevinlove shares why he launched a mental health curriculum for high school students in 37 states nationwide
“My team and I, we always say that mental illness is one of the greatest thieves of human potential, but it certainly doesn’t have to be,” Love says. “Just all of us putting our heads together and understanding the outpouring of support that I got after that public panic attack, we had a chance to do something really special and in figuring out where we can make the biggest impact, we kept going back to those teenage years.
Working on mental health, for Love, is an ongoing process, one he’s carrying into 2022–23. “Always leading up to the beginning of the season, it’s pretty stressful,” he says. “It always feels like cramming for an exam before you head back to your respective city and where you play.”