WEBVTT 00:00:20.700 --> 00:00:24.239 Steph Curry, as we all know, the best shooter 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.019 to ever grace the game of basketball. He's changed 00:00:27.019 --> 00:00:28.980 the game, but he didn't only just change the 00:00:28.980 --> 00:00:31.780 game. Right. He transformed it. And he also changed 00:00:31.780 --> 00:00:34.439 what success can look like for an athlete on 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.100 and off the court. Right. But on the court, we 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:39.140 know him as the four time NBA champion. Right. 00:00:39.219 --> 00:00:42.740 The two time MVP award winner, the all time three 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:45.520 point leader with over 4000 made threes. That's 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.359 insane. Right. I consider myself a shooter back 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:50.929 in the day, but. Obviously, Steph Curry is just 00:00:50.929 --> 00:00:54.549 an anomaly, right? But what truly inspires me 00:00:54.549 --> 00:00:59.670 about Steph is what he does off the court, beyond 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:01.630 the court, right? And I'm talking about, you 00:01:01.630 --> 00:01:04.530 know, feeding millions of kids through an organization 00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:07.670 he started with his wife, Aisha, called Eat, 00:01:07.689 --> 00:01:11.170 Learn, Play, where he builds schools, invests 00:01:11.170 --> 00:01:14.530 in literacy programs. He's launching businesses. 00:01:14.609 --> 00:01:16.650 And now, you know, he just recently partnered 00:01:16.650 --> 00:01:19.370 with Google, which is a 2 .5 trillion dollar 00:01:19.370 --> 00:01:23.150 company to bring ai insights to athletes around 00:01:23.150 --> 00:01:26.250 the world that's crazy right it's remarkable 00:01:26.250 --> 00:01:29.010 this is what this podcast is all about right 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:33.349 it's more than a game it just isn't a title it's 00:01:33.349 --> 00:01:36.349 a challenge it's a vision okay and that's that's 00:01:36.349 --> 00:01:38.030 going to be what i carry through you know these 00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:41.329 episodes if you decide to you know stick around 00:01:41.329 --> 00:01:46.439 and listen to your boy right at some point the 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.700 final buzzer will sound. And this is for you 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:51.540 young hoopers out there, right? The final buzzer 00:01:51.540 --> 00:01:53.920 will sound. You're going to have to hang up the 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.079 jersey someday. And the question is, what will 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:58.859 you do next? I don't care if you stop playing 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:01.879 today, tomorrow, or if you have a Hall of Fame 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:05.200 career in the NBA. At some point, you will have 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.620 to hang up the jersey, okay? So whether it's 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:11.319 yourself, or if you know someone chasing their 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.099 dream, please share this episode with them, okay? 00:02:14.669 --> 00:02:16.250 I don't really care about the views, right? If 00:02:16.250 --> 00:02:18.090 I have one consistent viewer, I'm going to do 00:02:18.090 --> 00:02:21.650 this every week. But I do think that there are 00:02:21.650 --> 00:02:24.210 many, many lessons to be learned through the 00:02:24.210 --> 00:02:26.270 game, right? And we're fortunate to be able to 00:02:26.270 --> 00:02:28.810 play this game that we love and go through these 00:02:28.810 --> 00:02:30.990 trials and tribulations, to go through the adversity. 00:02:31.930 --> 00:02:35.629 But we also get the opportunity to learn and 00:02:35.629 --> 00:02:38.370 grow through this game. It's a beautiful thing. 00:02:38.889 --> 00:02:42.009 It's a very beautiful thing, okay? So if you 00:02:42.009 --> 00:02:44.460 don't know my name, my name is Jalen. Man, my 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:47.460 story started like many of yours. It started 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:51.919 at a very, very young age. My mom played through 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.099 college. She coached through most of her life. 00:02:55.419 --> 00:02:57.780 My dad, while he didn't play through college, 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.979 he played a big part in my player development. 00:03:01.460 --> 00:03:04.080 He coached me for a little bit, but he played 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:06.400 a big part in my training and getting me to that 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.759 next level. Really, I was born into the game. 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:14.300 I fell in love with the game very early on. I 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:16.460 played through high school. I even started at 00:03:16.460 --> 00:03:18.840 the Division I level for a little bit until I 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:20.800 started battling some injuries and some other 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.400 stuff. But I was fortunate to go play Division 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.240 I basketball at the United States Military Academy 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:29.419 at West Point. That's another topic in itself. 00:03:29.740 --> 00:03:33.340 But I played a lot of ball. I played against 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:35.360 some amazing players. I played with some amazing 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.400 players. I've seen a lot of things. But what 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:42.319 I think the young generation of poopers forget 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:46.379 to understand is that there are injuries. There 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:49.699 are life circumstances. Eventually, you will 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:52.479 have to make a choice to keep chasing basketball 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:56.080 or accept that the game was bigger than your 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.300 playing career. And that's not a bad thing to 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:02.860 say, right? It's just always going to be more 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:05.860 than just a game. Like I said, you can have the 00:04:05.860 --> 00:04:09.080 best career. the most fulfilling career. But 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:12.479 at the end of the day, are you going to be defined 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.860 by the game or are you going to use the game 00:04:15.860 --> 00:04:18.839 to help define who you are as a person? Ultimately, 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:20.879 right, I walked away from the court. I walked 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:25.500 away from the game. And for a while I was I was 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:27.240 lost. You know, I was I got depressed. It took 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:31.839 a huge it took a lot of time to find myself again, 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:37.029 because again, right, I spent. all my days with 00:04:37.029 --> 00:04:39.209 the game, whether it was practice, whether it 00:04:39.209 --> 00:04:41.990 was training on my own, traveling, you know, 00:04:41.990 --> 00:04:44.790 expending resources, you know, thankful for my 00:04:44.790 --> 00:04:47.189 mom and dad for pouring into that, right? But 00:04:47.189 --> 00:04:50.069 basketball was my life. It was my identity, okay? 00:04:50.569 --> 00:04:52.709 And so I went through a lot, right? I tried to 00:04:52.709 --> 00:04:54.750 figure out who I was without the game, and it 00:04:54.750 --> 00:04:58.629 was a tough thing to do, okay? But through faith, 00:04:58.730 --> 00:05:03.629 through family, and a lot of reflection. and 00:05:03.629 --> 00:05:05.730 rebuilding right i found my purpose again right 00:05:05.730 --> 00:05:11.129 and now what i want is this podcast to be used 00:05:11.129 --> 00:05:13.930 by you know players parents even coaches right 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:16.350 to see the bigger picture on and off the court 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:20.810 okay um so i want to drop you know an episode 00:05:20.810 --> 00:05:23.689 every week i'm thinking about doing it tuesdays 00:05:23.689 --> 00:05:25.709 or wednesdays early in the morning so if you're 00:05:25.709 --> 00:05:27.550 commuting to work you can listen to this or you 00:05:27.550 --> 00:05:30.110 can watch it on youtube um or you can just you 00:05:30.110 --> 00:05:32.550 know watch it throughout the day whatever Whatever 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:36.089 works. Right. But as long as I have one person 00:05:36.089 --> 00:05:39.129 who finds value in what I'm saying, then I don't 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:41.889 mind doing this. You know, I think that is my 00:05:41.889 --> 00:05:44.589 purpose now. OK, so, yeah. So welcome to the 00:05:44.589 --> 00:05:47.470 podcast. It's more than a game powered by my 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:49.589 company, Elite Fit Connect. And we'll get into 00:05:49.589 --> 00:05:53.129 what is that later. But I really appreciate if 00:05:53.129 --> 00:05:54.750 you're watching this, if you're listening to 00:05:54.750 --> 00:05:58.250 this now, I really appreciate you. Believe it. 00:05:58.269 --> 00:06:01.930 That does not go without notice. OK. First thing, 00:06:01.949 --> 00:06:05.189 you know, as we get into the topic of today's 00:06:05.189 --> 00:06:08.370 discussion, I want you to understand, and mind 00:06:08.370 --> 00:06:10.370 you, I have notes, right? I have a script, but 00:06:10.370 --> 00:06:13.389 I'm going to go on tangents, right? Like right 00:06:13.389 --> 00:06:14.769 now, I'm about to go on a tangent, right? If 00:06:14.769 --> 00:06:18.170 you know me, you know I'm a very introverted 00:06:18.170 --> 00:06:23.750 dude. So just, you know, getting the confidence 00:06:23.750 --> 00:06:26.990 to do a podcast, it took a lot. But I had a really 00:06:26.990 --> 00:06:28.850 good friend of mine the other day tell me that 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.639 At least from his perspective, he thinks that 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.100 I have a lot to say and that people will listen. 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.579 OK, and I've always gone back and forth of wanting 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:40.399 to do a podcast. Right. I started a TikTok late 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.899 last year and I found a lot of value in that. 00:06:44.100 --> 00:06:47.180 I'm just seeing, you know, young kids and hoopers 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:49.120 interact like I don't have a big following at 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:52.040 all. But just, you know, the few kids and people 00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:54.699 that reach out to me, DM or comment, I feel purposeful 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:56.540 in doing that. So back to the point, right. If 00:06:56.540 --> 00:06:59.759 you know me like I am innately. a quiet person. 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:02.000 I stay to myself. I stay inside for the most 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.180 part. But if you knew me on the court, you'd 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:06.019 understand that I'm a completely different person, 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:08.579 right? On the court, I like to consider myself 00:07:08.579 --> 00:07:13.300 a dog. Like I was a dog. And while I would always 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:16.800 let my game talk for itself, as soon as someone 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:21.149 said one thing, it was over. I was talking that 00:07:21.149 --> 00:07:23.149 talk. I was talking that mess. But, you know, 00:07:23.170 --> 00:07:25.810 I had a game to back it up. But there's a time 00:07:25.810 --> 00:07:27.889 when, you know, I played on Texas Ambassadors 00:07:27.889 --> 00:07:31.230 and my team was it was full of white kids. Right. 00:07:31.790 --> 00:07:34.290 We were solid. We're good. We're great. It was 00:07:34.290 --> 00:07:37.709 a great team. But I was one of two black kids 00:07:37.709 --> 00:07:40.860 on that team. Right. All the parents thought 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:44.100 I was the sweetest kid. I was respectful and 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:47.420 I was respectful, but like I was quiet. Right. 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:51.500 And it would get to a point where in the games 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:54.339 they thought that the other team, you know, was 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:56.459 picking on me and, you know, just going after 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:58.360 me. Right. And they're like, oh, why are they 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.199 why are they so hard on Jalen? Why do they pick 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:05.290 on him? Little did they know is that. I was the 00:08:05.290 --> 00:08:06.930 one chirping. I was the one talking, getting 00:08:06.930 --> 00:08:08.730 under their skin, because as soon as they say 00:08:08.730 --> 00:08:11.589 something, like I said, it was over. Right. Man, 00:08:11.649 --> 00:08:14.670 I've had I've had, you know, players from the 00:08:14.670 --> 00:08:16.970 other team get kicked out the gym. I've had them 00:08:16.970 --> 00:08:20.269 try and swing on me, man. I have story after 00:08:20.269 --> 00:08:23.490 story. It could be a little overwhelming, honestly. 00:08:23.589 --> 00:08:27.449 But needless to say, like I'm a different person 00:08:27.449 --> 00:08:29.829 on the court than off the court. OK, another 00:08:29.829 --> 00:08:32.330 another quick story. Right. I was at a wedding 00:08:32.330 --> 00:08:36.269 the other day. Actually, a co -founder of my 00:08:36.269 --> 00:08:38.610 company, Elite Fit Connect, he just got married. 00:08:38.730 --> 00:08:43.429 And I guess someone there, right, he, I guess 00:08:43.429 --> 00:08:45.769 he peeped my TikTok, right? And so he asked about 00:08:45.769 --> 00:08:47.269 it. And, you know, we started talking about some 00:08:47.269 --> 00:08:49.590 topics. But as soon as he brought it up, man, 00:08:49.710 --> 00:08:52.649 I was yapping away because I'm just passionate 00:08:52.649 --> 00:08:54.649 about this stuff. And if it's something that 00:08:54.649 --> 00:08:57.769 I'm passionate about, I have no problem with 00:08:57.769 --> 00:09:01.059 just. diving deep into it, right? And going headfirst 00:09:01.059 --> 00:09:03.279 into it because I just love it. I love the game. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:05.600 I love leadership. I love mentorship. And if 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.299 there's anything that I can do to get back to 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:09.179 the game, I'm going to do it, right? And this 00:09:09.179 --> 00:09:11.259 is just a way for me to do it. All that to say, 00:09:11.299 --> 00:09:13.220 right, everything starts with your identity, 00:09:13.419 --> 00:09:15.940 okay? And like I mentioned, right, basketball 00:09:15.940 --> 00:09:19.259 was a huge part of my identity, okay? But the 00:09:19.259 --> 00:09:21.860 real question is, who are you when the scoreboard 00:09:21.860 --> 00:09:25.019 isn't telling you who you are, okay? When you 00:09:25.019 --> 00:09:27.659 hang up, you know, the jersey. When you throw 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:29.740 away the old sneakers, when you get off the court, 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:32.899 right? Who are you truly, okay? Steph Curry, 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:36.340 we know him, right? Came from Davidson. What, 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:40.440 he weighed about 180 pounds, small school. But 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:43.120 he played like he belonged on the biggest stage, 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:48.340 right? That's why he became so successful, okay? 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:52.159 His Elite Eight run was just remarkable back 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:56.500 in 2008. Upset after upset, right? And soon people 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:59.220 realized that this kid, yeah, he might be small, 00:09:59.259 --> 00:10:02.899 but his game is big. Best believe his game was 00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:06.120 big. And then fast forward, right? You have people 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:11.559 like LeBron James, Steve Kerr, great shooters 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:14.639 like Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, all calling 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:17.200 him the greatest shooter of all time. And it 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.580 started with his mindset, his identity, okay? 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:23.799 Long before those records that were broken, Steph 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:27.259 had to believe that he was more than anything 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:31.080 that the doubters said or anything that their 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:34.080 ranking polls, you know, ranked him at. He was 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.419 way more than any of the noise, right? And that's 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:41.179 a big, big step in really finding who you are 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:46.000 as a person, right? So for me, okay, I was fortunate 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.639 to go play at West Point, right? Basketball was 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:52.080 my whole identity. And when it ended, I felt 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:56.299 like I ended. Right. The very, very, I guess, 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.639 deep way to say it. But I was lost. Right. And 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.320 it's real. Right. Like, I'm not the only one 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.899 that goes through this. Like, you can see this 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.340 in the media with even NBA players who stop playing. 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:09.379 Right. They go through depression. They go through 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:12.960 things because their identity was just so tied 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:16.220 to the game that once it all ended, what else 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:20.000 was left? OK. So what are some things that we 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.059 can do to kind of overcome that? And I think 00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:25.139 the first thing is that you have to understand 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:29.919 that identity isn't your role. Identity is fluid. 00:11:30.019 --> 00:11:33.980 It can change over time. For me, I played basketball 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:37.620 for however long I had to figure out who I was 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:41.980 outside of the game. Fortunately, I made it through 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:45.379 the tunnel. thankful to my wife right now because 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:47.600 she was there in a very dark time in my life. 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.320 Sade, I love you very much. And probably don't 00:11:50.320 --> 00:11:53.919 tell her this, you know, enough, but she brought 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.559 me out of a ditch that I didn't even realize 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.059 I was in, right? You know, and now we have two 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:01.379 beautiful kids, you know, have a great job and 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:04.740 have the opportunity to do this, right? So understand 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:08.580 that your identity isn't your role, okay? The 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:12.259 next thing is that Character will always outlast 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:14.440 your performance. I don't care how successful 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:17.019 you are in the game, but if you're just a bad 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:19.700 person, no one's really going to care. And you 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:22.759 can see that through today's athletics, through 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:25.419 today's sports, professional sports, right? We 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:27.539 could talk about players who were great at what 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:30.480 they did on the court or on the field, but everything 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.340 off the court or off the field, all that noise 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:37.080 defined who they were as a person. And if it 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:40.820 was negative or bad, then they were going to 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:44.320 be depicted as a negative or bad person right 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:47.460 so your character means everything it means everything 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:51.039 okay the next thing is you absolutely have to 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:54.019 believe in who you are becoming and not just 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:57.639 who you are now and I get it right as a young 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.720 player as a young athlete it's it's really hard 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.440 to kind of think like that right to think about 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.940 who you're going to become but I truly believe 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:09.539 that if you start, you know, kind of game planning 00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:12.500 on where you want to be in life, whether it's 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.659 with the sport or without, you can really define 00:13:15.659 --> 00:13:19.639 your path. Yes, you know, there might be hurdles 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:21.840 that you have to jump over or you might have 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.460 to take a, you know, another route, you know, 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:27.220 to get to your ultimate goal. But at the end 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:31.039 of the day, right, you can still kind of set 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:34.460 the standards and set your expectations to getting 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:38.299 to. where you want to get to, right? And that's 00:13:38.299 --> 00:13:40.320 the great thing about, you know, sports, right? 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:43.740 You have a long journey ahead of you. There's 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.919 a process that you're going to go through. You 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:49.059 can define yourself along the way, right? But 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:51.820 at the end of the day, you know that the game 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:55.720 isn't going to define you, but you're going to 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.419 use the game to help you become the person that 00:13:58.419 --> 00:14:00.220 you want to be, right? And that's the beautiful 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:02.100 thing about the game of basketball and just sports 00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:04.299 in general. Right. So for those of you listening 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:06.440 right now, especially if you're a young athlete, 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.360 I want you to take 30 seconds today. Write down 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:12.639 what three things about yourself that have nothing 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:17.200 to do with basketball. OK, I want you to do that. 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:20.980 And if you're feeling vulnerable, if you're on 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:24.210 social media, post it. Feel free to tag me, tag 00:14:24.210 --> 00:14:26.429 EliteFitConnect, or if you follow me on TikTok, 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:29.389 you know, just tag me because I'd love to see 00:14:29.389 --> 00:14:31.669 it, right? I would love to see it and I'll respond. 00:14:31.929 --> 00:14:35.110 And I think that's just a good exercise to do 00:14:35.110 --> 00:14:39.210 as a young athlete, right? Because at the end 00:14:39.210 --> 00:14:41.309 of the day, it's more than a game, right? It 00:14:41.309 --> 00:14:44.850 is more than a game, okay? Identity, yes. Okay, 00:14:44.909 --> 00:14:46.870 we talked about identity. We understand that 00:14:46.870 --> 00:14:51.169 identity points the way, but process builds the 00:14:51.169 --> 00:14:54.970 path. which leads to your legacy, okay? And I'm 00:14:54.970 --> 00:14:57.210 a big, I vouch, or I talk about this all the 00:14:57.210 --> 00:15:00.429 time, right? You have to love the process, especially 00:15:00.429 --> 00:15:02.629 when it comes to sports. In the game of basketball, 00:15:02.730 --> 00:15:04.370 right, you're not going to see success right 00:15:04.370 --> 00:15:07.409 away, okay? I remember I used to play at a middle 00:15:07.409 --> 00:15:09.230 school, Pflugerville Middle School, seventh grade, 00:15:09.409 --> 00:15:13.190 man. And let me tell you, if we had stuck together 00:15:13.190 --> 00:15:17.470 through high school, boy, we would have been 00:15:17.470 --> 00:15:20.070 filthy. But I decided to go to another school. 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.820 my eighth grade year, and we didn't win a single 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:27.000 game that year. We didn't win a single game. 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:30.159 Let me tell you, I wanted to quit so bad. I was 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.480 like, I'm done with basketball, okay? I was in 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:34.259 band. I was a band nerd too. So I was like, I 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:36.639 can just do music for the rest of my life, right? 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:40.960 Forget basketball. This does not feel good. Losing 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:46.700 sucks. But fortunately, I loved the game enough 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:49.980 to endure that process, okay? I didn't let... 00:15:50.169 --> 00:15:52.450 that terrible season that I went through define 00:15:52.450 --> 00:15:55.769 who I was and who I was within the game of basketball. 00:15:55.970 --> 00:15:58.549 Steph Curry, right? He didn't wake up one day 00:15:58.549 --> 00:16:01.590 as the all -time three -point king. He was doubted 00:16:01.590 --> 00:16:04.990 his whole life. He was small, okay? But it was 00:16:04.990 --> 00:16:07.370 the work that he put in that made him who he 00:16:07.370 --> 00:16:09.750 is today, right? It was the daily reps. It was 00:16:09.750 --> 00:16:12.250 the early morning workouts. He set standards. 00:16:12.889 --> 00:16:15.330 OK, it wasn't about the goal. Yes, your goal 00:16:15.330 --> 00:16:17.330 is important. You need to set those benchmarks, 00:16:17.690 --> 00:16:20.309 have that goal. Right. But it's all about the 00:16:20.309 --> 00:16:22.570 standards, because without standards, your goals 00:16:22.570 --> 00:16:25.570 don't mean anything. OK, and now we can look 00:16:25.570 --> 00:16:27.929 at Steph Curry today with his partnership with 00:16:27.929 --> 00:16:30.649 Google. Again, a two point five trillion dollar 00:16:30.649 --> 00:16:34.710 company where he's using AI to analyze shot quality, 00:16:34.929 --> 00:16:38.789 track performance and teach. I'm sorry. Teach 00:16:38.789 --> 00:16:41.879 the next generation how to train smarter. That's 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:46.100 awesome. That's remarkable, right? He keeps trusting 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.799 the process. And that's something that we can 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.779 take away from that, right? Even after four rings, 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:53.980 it's all about the process. And you just have 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:57.679 to love the process. Love the process, okay? 00:16:58.179 --> 00:17:00.799 When basketball ended for me, you know, as I 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:02.600 mentioned, right, I had to build my own process, 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.400 right? Through faith, through my marriage. through 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:10.400 my kids and through my career, right? I learned 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.740 that consistency will always beat intensity, 00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:17.480 okay? Just those small daily actions are going 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:19.460 to create the biggest changes in your life, right? 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.759 And so we talk about basketball, right? You're 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.160 not going to get better if you're not in the 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:24.779 gym every day, if you're not in the lab working 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:26.759 on your craft, working on the details of your 00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:28.420 game, right? You're just not going to get better, 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:30.920 okay? You can go to the gym one day and have 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.160 the best workout of your life, but if you don't 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.059 work out those next few days, right, all that's 00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:38.210 going to be a waste. And no one's going to remember 00:17:38.210 --> 00:17:40.589 that, right? You have to be in the lab every 00:17:40.589 --> 00:17:43.049 day, whether it's on the court or whether it's 00:17:43.049 --> 00:17:45.970 in the classroom or whether it's, you know, getting 00:17:45.970 --> 00:17:49.710 that promotion or building relationships, right? 00:17:50.109 --> 00:17:53.349 It takes work. Life is not easy. And I think 00:17:53.349 --> 00:17:56.789 a lot of us athletes, you know, who have gone 00:17:56.789 --> 00:18:02.670 through it, we forget that it takes time. It's 00:18:02.670 --> 00:18:05.849 a process to get to where you want to be. We're 00:18:05.849 --> 00:18:08.230 just so used to being involved with the sport 00:18:08.230 --> 00:18:11.849 every single day for year after years after years. 00:18:12.049 --> 00:18:14.930 Right. That it just becomes a natural thing for 00:18:14.930 --> 00:18:17.390 us to play. And, you know, we work out and stuff, 00:18:17.470 --> 00:18:20.349 but we don't really think about the time and 00:18:20.349 --> 00:18:22.569 the effort that we actually put into the game 00:18:22.569 --> 00:18:26.369 to get to where we got to. OK, you have to apply 00:18:26.369 --> 00:18:29.630 that to other aspects of your life. Like I said, 00:18:29.630 --> 00:18:32.630 your relationships. Your faith, your career, 00:18:32.809 --> 00:18:35.289 everything, right? It's very translatable. And 00:18:35.289 --> 00:18:37.829 again, this is exactly why this podcast is called 00:18:37.829 --> 00:18:40.750 It's More Than a Game, okay? Consistency is going 00:18:40.750 --> 00:18:43.029 to beat intensity, all right? And then when it 00:18:43.029 --> 00:18:44.369 comes to loving your process, there are some 00:18:44.369 --> 00:18:46.109 takeaways that we can talk about, right? And 00:18:46.109 --> 00:18:49.490 first and foremost is your standards are more 00:18:49.490 --> 00:18:51.210 important than your goals. And I mentioned this, 00:18:51.289 --> 00:18:53.269 right? If you don't have the right standards, 00:18:53.349 --> 00:18:55.470 if you don't set those expectations for yourself, 00:18:55.849 --> 00:18:58.849 those goals do not matter. And you're just not 00:18:58.849 --> 00:19:00.720 going to reach those goals, right? Set those 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.140 standards, be ahead of the game, set those standards 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:05.339 and expectations. So that way your journey can 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:07.440 just be that much easier. It's not going to be 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.299 easy, but it's not going to be as difficult if 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:13.039 you're just doing it on the fly, right? The next 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:16.359 thing is consistency beats intensity. Like I 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:18.619 mentioned, right? You got to put in the work. 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:21.220 You absolutely have to put in the work. The last 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:23.720 thing is if you're into like finances or like 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.200 investing, right? You understand the concept 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.430 of compounding interest, okay? You can put it, 00:19:30.450 --> 00:19:32.390 you can put, let's say you open a brokerage account, 00:19:32.569 --> 00:19:37.170 right? You put in $50 a month in your brokerage 00:19:37.170 --> 00:19:40.509 account. And let's say you invest in like, you 00:19:40.509 --> 00:19:43.490 know, some ETFs, you know, so that you invest 00:19:43.490 --> 00:19:47.009 in the S &P, okay? We know the S &P, historically, 00:19:47.390 --> 00:19:52.329 it's always rising up, okay? You put in $50 every 00:19:52.329 --> 00:19:55.619 month, all that's going to compound, right? You're 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:57.640 going to accrue all this compounding interest. 00:19:58.119 --> 00:20:02.440 And then your gains are going to really be good. 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.759 And you're going to get most gains, you know, 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.180 years from now, right? You might not see it right 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:10.980 away. But in 10, 20 years from now, you're going 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:15.480 to see that that $50 a month, it grew a lot, 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:18.000 right? So that's what I mean when I say process 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.299 compounds over time, right? So if you put in 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:23.240 the work daily, same amount of work. Even on 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:24.700 the days you don't want to work out or get in 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.359 the gym, it's all going to be worth it in the 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:29.299 end. And it's just all going to build on itself. 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:31.519 It's going to compound and you're going to reap 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:34.420 the benefits at the end of the day. If you have 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:36.640 a teammate grinding right now, if it's you that's 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.720 grinding right now, if you have children, whoever 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:41.819 it may be, let them know that process matters 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:45.990 and help them understand that. It's okay to go 00:20:45.990 --> 00:20:47.509 through things. It's okay to go through adversity, 00:20:47.710 --> 00:20:50.150 but you just got to love the process. Process 00:20:50.150 --> 00:20:52.430 is going to build success. I promise you, right? 00:20:53.130 --> 00:20:55.690 But the next thing is purpose will build your 00:20:55.690 --> 00:20:58.730 legacy, okay? And this is where I think my story 00:20:58.730 --> 00:21:00.970 kind of comes in full circle. But first, let's 00:21:00.970 --> 00:21:03.490 talk about Steph Curry, right? I mentioned he 00:21:03.490 --> 00:21:05.970 has a foundation called Eat Learn Play, which 00:21:05.970 --> 00:21:09.390 has given 25 million meals to kids. He's built 00:21:09.390 --> 00:21:14.750 schools and has invested over $75 million doll 00:21:14.750 --> 00:21:18.009 hairs in literacy programs, okay? That's awesome, 00:21:18.190 --> 00:21:21.569 okay? That's just awesome, okay? He shows us 00:21:21.569 --> 00:21:24.509 that the game can give back, right? He's still 00:21:24.509 --> 00:21:27.049 playing. He's still one of the best players in 00:21:27.049 --> 00:21:29.269 the league right now. He's still the best shooter 00:21:29.269 --> 00:21:32.450 to ever play the game. But he's not letting the 00:21:32.450 --> 00:21:35.410 game define who he is. He's using the game to 00:21:35.410 --> 00:21:38.190 build who he is, right? Which he's done very 00:21:38.190 --> 00:21:40.680 well. But the game isn't defining who he is. 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:43.400 OK, now, when I left the game, I thought my impact 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:46.200 was over, as I mentioned. But I quickly realized 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:49.519 I can still change lives just in a different 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:52.160 way. Right. Like I'm not on the court breaking 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:54.339 ankles, shooting threes, doing whatever, talking 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:59.819 smack mess, whatever. But I can do what I want 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:02.160 to do without the game of basketball, without 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:04.940 being on the court, without playing. Right. Big 00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:07.579 reason why I built my company, Elite Fit Connect. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:11.029 OK. And what Elite Fit Connect is, it's a digital 00:22:11.029 --> 00:22:14.210 platform really to free coaches from scheduling 00:22:14.210 --> 00:22:17.490 payments and admin headaches, right? I want to 00:22:17.490 --> 00:22:19.849 help players access real development and not 00:22:19.849 --> 00:22:23.049 just politics or money grabs, right? Especially, 00:22:23.190 --> 00:22:25.650 you know, we see the chaos that NIL has brought, 00:22:25.769 --> 00:22:28.690 right? I'm all for it, you know, I stand on it. 00:22:28.730 --> 00:22:32.230 I'm all for players getting paid. But what we 00:22:32.230 --> 00:22:35.599 forget to understand is, is that... There are 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:37.440 some terrible people in this world, right? And 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.000 when we look at the game of basketball, when 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:42.240 we look at the AAU circuit, EYBL, all these, 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:45.700 you know, programs and stuff and schools, right? 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:48.000 There are a lot of coaches and trainers who are 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.420 in it for the wrong reason. And they want to 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:53.000 make a buck off these kids. They want to build 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:55.619 their own brand. And they really, at least I 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:57.779 think, they don't really care about player development, 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.019 okay? So Elite Fit Connect, what we're trying 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:02.460 to do is sit in the middle of all of that, okay? 00:23:02.910 --> 00:23:04.829 Sit in the middle of all of that, create an environment, 00:23:05.049 --> 00:23:07.789 a safe environment for kids to really grow in 00:23:07.789 --> 00:23:11.089 the game, right? And give opportunities for coaches 00:23:11.089 --> 00:23:13.309 and trainees who actually care about player development 00:23:13.309 --> 00:23:17.250 with tools to streamline their back office operations 00:23:17.250 --> 00:23:20.009 so they can spend more time on the court, okay? 00:23:20.130 --> 00:23:21.769 At the end of the day, I'm trying to restore 00:23:21.769 --> 00:23:25.289 integrity in youth sports. Youth sports is a 00:23:25.289 --> 00:23:29.089 multi -billion dollar thing now, whatever you 00:23:29.089 --> 00:23:31.089 want to call it. And that's crazy to me, right? 00:23:31.630 --> 00:23:34.349 That is crazy to me. It should be fun, right? 00:23:34.410 --> 00:23:36.549 Yes. You know, we have our goals and stuff, but 00:23:36.549 --> 00:23:39.390 now we like it's, it's turned into such a business, 00:23:39.609 --> 00:23:44.769 unfortunately, that, you know, we have to really 00:23:44.769 --> 00:23:48.950 be smart in where we put our kids, who we allow 00:23:48.950 --> 00:23:52.349 to coach and train our kids. Because like I said, 00:23:52.390 --> 00:23:54.269 there are a lot of people in this world who just 00:23:54.269 --> 00:23:56.890 want to leech off someone else's success. Okay. 00:23:57.609 --> 00:24:01.680 So I really think that the future of sports in 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:04.700 general, but more specifically, basketball training, 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:09.900 player development, is in AI tools. It's in this, 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:12.779 you know, evolving technology that I do think 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:16.559 sports is lacking, is behind, right? Now, professional 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:18.059 sports, that's a different story, right? They 00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:20.339 have the money, they have the funds, the investments, 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:24.000 right? But at the youth level, and even collegiate, 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:26.420 right? More times than that, we don't have the 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:30.009 right resources, okay? What if I could create 00:24:30.009 --> 00:24:32.670 something that could really, really help out 00:24:32.670 --> 00:24:36.809 that landscape, okay? I'm talking about AI tools 00:24:36.809 --> 00:24:39.309 for trainers that, like I said, speed up their 00:24:39.309 --> 00:24:42.710 back office operations, player analytics to help 00:24:42.710 --> 00:24:46.329 players really improve back by data, and then 00:24:46.329 --> 00:24:48.809 systems that will give time back to coaches and 00:24:48.809 --> 00:24:50.950 opportunities back to kids. That's the future 00:24:50.950 --> 00:24:53.589 in what I see. That's the legacy that I want 00:24:53.589 --> 00:24:56.450 for myself, right? To give back to the game. 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:59.880 to provide opportunities for the younger generation 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:02.819 of hoopers. I'm very big, if you've ever watched 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:05.140 my TikTok, like I'm very big on providing like 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:08.640 actionable steps, especially for the young generation 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.920 of hoopers. Like we can theorize all day. We 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:13.640 can talk about concepts. We can talk about, you 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:16.579 know, players and which I would like to, absolutely. 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:21.240 But I want this to be especially impactful for 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:25.779 people involved in the game. Okay. So with that. 00:25:26.170 --> 00:25:29.450 I want to introduce the following steps right 00:25:29.450 --> 00:25:33.210 so number one is three circles right understand 00:25:33.210 --> 00:25:37.970 who you are understand what basketball might 00:25:37.970 --> 00:25:43.150 say who you are and then understand who you are 00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:46.730 becoming right And I think that just will give 00:25:46.730 --> 00:25:50.690 you a perspective on your own personal journey 00:25:50.690 --> 00:25:52.750 through the game or whatever you're going through 00:25:52.750 --> 00:25:55.690 in life. And you can kind of get in front or 00:25:55.690 --> 00:25:59.930 get ahead of the game defining you. So you can 00:25:59.930 --> 00:26:03.049 use the game or whatever you're going through, 00:26:03.130 --> 00:26:07.269 the process to help, you know, determine who 00:26:07.269 --> 00:26:09.690 you'll be. Use the game for your benefit. That's 00:26:09.690 --> 00:26:11.529 what I'm trying to say, right? Don't let the 00:26:11.529 --> 00:26:13.970 game define you. You define yourself through 00:26:13.970 --> 00:26:18.170 your experience. OK, the next thing is setting 00:26:18.170 --> 00:26:21.650 a seven day standards. Right. And this this is 00:26:21.650 --> 00:26:23.990 in order to, you know, set those habits that 00:26:23.990 --> 00:26:26.009 we talked about. You know, I think you've got 00:26:26.009 --> 00:26:28.329 to track you've got to track your habits, you 00:26:28.329 --> 00:26:31.089 know, track your daily habits. OK, whether it's 00:26:31.089 --> 00:26:33.769 eating right, whether it's getting in the gym, 00:26:33.950 --> 00:26:36.410 whether it's doing some mindfulness, some meditation, 00:26:36.750 --> 00:26:39.269 some praying, whatever, whatever it looks like. 00:26:39.329 --> 00:26:43.490 Go read. Right. Build those habits, those winning 00:26:43.490 --> 00:26:46.069 habits that translate to not just on the court, 00:26:46.170 --> 00:26:49.710 but everything else off the court, okay? I want 00:26:49.710 --> 00:26:52.470 you to build a well -rounded life, okay? You 00:26:52.470 --> 00:26:54.349 can become the best player in the world, but 00:26:54.349 --> 00:26:58.490 if everything else in your life sucks, you're 00:26:58.490 --> 00:27:00.589 going to be a sad person when it all ends, I 00:27:00.589 --> 00:27:02.930 promise you. You're going to be a very sad person, 00:27:03.029 --> 00:27:07.130 all right? The next thing is what I call service 00:27:07.130 --> 00:27:12.359 play, right? And that's just having a serving 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.880 mind, right? So think about one thing that you 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:19.319 can do to give back this week, okay? It doesn't 00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:21.359 even have to be about basketball or sports, right? 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:25.559 What is one way that you can give back this week 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:29.539 and make an impact on someone else's life, okay? 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.220 Think if you do those three things, right? So 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:35.059 the three circles, seven -day standards, and 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:37.079 service play, I think that's going to help tremendously. 00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:42.180 And what I'm going to do is if you if you're 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:44.680 vulnerable enough and you want to post what you're 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:48.299 doing through these actionable steps, what are 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.920 the results? Right. If you post that, if you 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:51.940 tag me or if you just didn't DM me and let me 00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:54.720 know, we can highlight that in future episodes. 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:57.359 Right. This should be collaborative. I want you 00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:59.660 guys involved. I don't want to just I mean, it's 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:01.720 just me right now. So I am talking. Right. But 00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:04.559 I want to build off of your comments, off of 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.880 your thoughts. Right. So this just can be an 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:09.319 engaging experience for everyone. All right. 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:12.279 And I do plan on having guests. I don't even 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.539 want to use the word guests, but I do want to 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:17.259 have some co -hosts. Right. But I do want to 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:19.200 make sure that these people who join this podcast 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.700 are aligned with my vision and understand the 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:26.920 purpose of it's more than a game. OK, so stay 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:30.400 tuned for all that. How much time do we have? 00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:36.319 We are at I don't even know. 30 minutes. And, 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:38.460 you know, I think that's a good, for a first 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:40.680 episode, that's pretty good, right? I think it's 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:44.180 not bad. I want to aim for 45 minutes to an hour, 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:47.039 you know. But again, a lot of this is going to 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.079 be based off of your feedback, right? I have 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:51.880 a schedule. I have topics that I want to discuss. 00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:55.519 But at the end of the day, whatever you guys 00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.880 want to talk about, that's what we're going to 00:28:56.880 --> 00:29:00.059 talk about, okay? We can get into player, you 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:03.289 know. Right. We can talk about player archetypes. 00:29:03.309 --> 00:29:06.690 We can talk about the league, NBA and WNBA, because 00:29:06.690 --> 00:29:10.730 I think the WNBA is is amazing right now. Talk 00:29:10.730 --> 00:29:12.329 about college basketball. We can even talk about 00:29:12.329 --> 00:29:14.029 high school basketball. I don't care. I really 00:29:14.029 --> 00:29:16.009 don't care. Anything and everything basketball 00:29:16.009 --> 00:29:19.269 related. But it's always going to be tied back 00:29:19.269 --> 00:29:22.849 to it's more than a game. And I'm going to do 00:29:22.849 --> 00:29:25.009 my best to give you some actionable steps that 00:29:25.009 --> 00:29:27.369 you can follow if you're a young player trying 00:29:27.369 --> 00:29:29.230 to get to that next level, right? Because that's 00:29:29.230 --> 00:29:30.950 the goal, right? We want to get to that next 00:29:30.950 --> 00:29:33.970 level, right? We want to use the game to our 00:29:33.970 --> 00:29:37.670 advantage. It doesn't matter if we play for 20 00:29:37.670 --> 00:29:40.650 years, 10 years, or we stop playing right now, 00:29:40.750 --> 00:29:46.569 okay? To close it out, you're not behind, okay? 00:29:47.109 --> 00:29:48.769 Again, if you're a young basketball player, if 00:29:48.769 --> 00:29:50.150 you think you're behind, you're not behind. You're 00:29:50.150 --> 00:29:53.640 early, okay? Trust the process. It's going to 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.019 be a grind. You're going to go through failures, 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.599 right? But don't let those failures define you, 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:02.579 okay? Steph Curry has shown us that the game 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.980 can build businesses, can build families, it 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:07.430 can build communities, right? can even build 00:30:07.430 --> 00:30:09.930 futures. And that's the beautiful thing about 00:30:09.930 --> 00:30:12.450 the game of basketball that I love so much, right? 00:30:12.589 --> 00:30:14.309 If you're watching this or listening to this 00:30:14.309 --> 00:30:17.390 today, I appreciate you wholeheartedly. I appreciate 00:30:17.390 --> 00:30:20.289 you taking the time, taking 30 plus minutes out 00:30:20.289 --> 00:30:22.910 your day to tuning in. If you know me, reach 00:30:22.910 --> 00:30:25.890 out to me, give me some feedback. I'm all about 00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:28.250 debates. I'm all about healthy debates, okay? 00:30:28.329 --> 00:30:32.650 So don't come to me with some unsensible anecdotes 00:30:32.650 --> 00:30:34.950 or opinions, right? Because I'm just saying, 00:30:34.970 --> 00:30:37.940 ignore that, right? That's why I have to talk 00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:41.660 to talk to talk crazy with some of these people. 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:44.559 But this podcast, you know, again, I wanted to 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.660 be engaging. So reach out to me. Let me know 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:49.460 what your thoughts are. Tell me what things what 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.420 other things you want to talk about. OK, but 00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:53.799 thank you. Thank you for tuning in next week. 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:59.039 I want to dive deeper into loving the process, 00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:02.809 even when progress feels invisible. OK, because 00:31:02.809 --> 00:31:05.230 I think that's a big thing that, you know, the 00:31:05.230 --> 00:31:07.470 typical player goes through. Right. If you're 00:31:07.470 --> 00:31:09.950 not a five star, four star, three star recruit 00:31:09.950 --> 00:31:12.650 or if you have no stars. Right. Like it's going 00:31:12.650 --> 00:31:15.710 to be very hard for you to kind of be motivated. 00:31:15.890 --> 00:31:18.569 Right. To keep going, to keep pushing yourself 00:31:18.569 --> 00:31:21.549 when you don't get that feedback, you know, that 00:31:21.549 --> 00:31:24.210 positive feedback. Right. So what does that process 00:31:24.210 --> 00:31:26.569 look like when everything else feels invisible? 00:31:26.750 --> 00:31:28.410 So I think next week, that's what we're going 00:31:28.410 --> 00:31:32.240 to dive into. Right. And always remember. This 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:35.819 is more than a game. Basketball is more than 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:39.160 a game, but it's a great tool for life. And again, 00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:42.259 I appreciate you guys. This was It's More Than 00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.799 a Game podcast powered by Elite Fit Connect. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:47.079 Looking forward to talking with you next week. 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.640 Peace.