Scott Van Pelt dedicated a portion of his SportsCenter episode on Thursday to his six-year-old daughter Lila, who just celebrated her birthday. In a powerful segment, Van Pelt admitted that he was hoping his first child would be a boy, but found that having a daughter completely changed his worldview.
“I would just say this – to any man out there who is about to become a dad for the first time… Maybe you grew up in sports, like me. Maybe you’re thinking you want a boy. And I get it, I do. That was me. And my sons are a joy to me.
But let me tell you a secret, fellas. Root for them to tell you it’s a girl. There’s no greater love you’ll ever know, and nothing that will change your worldview more than holding a little girl and imagining the world through her eyes. Wanting to be for her the very best version of yourself, in the hopes that you might be worthy of the way she looks at you. Being worth being adored by her.”
