What would you consider to be the most important word,quote or phrase from your text,so far? Why?

I think the below quote is powerful. It sets up how Rashad feels for much of the book. He has so many expectations that he does not want to live up to:

I wasn’t a stand-in for Dad. Nobody could be that. When the IED got him in Afghanistan, he became an instant saint in Springfield. I wasn't him. I'd never be him. But I was still supposed to try. That was my role: the dutiful son, the All-American boy with an All-American fifteen-foot deadeye jump shot and an All-American 3.5 GPA.