There is a delicate difference between sacrifice and surrender. Elgin Baylor understood the difference. Elgin made many sacrifices, but he never surrendered. He was a man that understood when it was time to walk through the fire and when it was not.
The first Los Angeles Lakers legend was a military man. From 1961-1962, he served on active duty — at the same time he was competing as a professional basketball player.
At the time, the Army was looking to draft celebrities and big-name professional athletes. Elvis Presley enlisted and upheld his patriotic duty, Elgin Baylor did too.