WEBVTT - NBA Star Stephen Curry Is Betting Big on Himself — Again 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:05.040 I'm Emily Chang and this is the circuit. So it's 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.240 been a busy summer for NBA superstar Stephen Curry. 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:12.040 Throwing the double the Raptors carry, always on the move, 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:13.360 throw the double game. 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:21.880 He finally added Olympic gold to his trophy cabinet, staking 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:23.920 his claim to basketball's Mount Rushmore. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.080 The last three minutes of the gold medal game, what 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:29.160 was happening was just living. 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:29.680 Up to the moment. 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.120 Those last three minutes, it was just how do you 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.680 get to the finish line playing France in France, And 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:38.080 you know he understood it was the gold medal game. 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:42.400 First time experiencing that at that stage, storybook stuff for sure. 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:45.839 Throughout his career he's made a habit of betting on 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.640 himself and winning big. When he was drafted by the 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:50.959 Golden State Warriors in two thousand and nine, there were 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.800 no signs he'd propelled the club to an NBA dynasty. 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.160 Now he's one of the greatest shooters of all time, 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.920 and sixteen seasons in, he's showing no sign of slowing down. 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.280 Off the court, He's been building thirty inc. His collection 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:08.800 of businesses that's span partnerships, media, investments, and philanthropy, and 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.560 Curry is betting on himself once again to take his 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.880 standalone Curry Brand that he launched with under armour quote 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:18.160 to the move and maybe even take on the undisputed 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.279 king of sneakers, Nike, and it's Jordan Brand. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.080 I think we can have some success at a high 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.920 level when it comes to what is ten twenty years 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.000 looked like that mirrors Jordan Brand, but does it in 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.480 the way that's authentic to work. I stand for what 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:35.840 Curry Brand wants to stand for, and that's not just 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:37.520 here in the US, that's internationally too. 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.479 Joining me now, NBA star Steph Curry, We're. 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.560 Going to start on the business. You've been wearing the 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.280 number thirty since college, all under your thirty inc umbrella 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:51.360 or the sneakers, your production company, VC Fund, the Foundation, 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.080 chase it all with a little bit of bourbon. Was 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.120 there a moment where you decided you wanted to be 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:57.760 more than a basketball player? 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.120 I think I always had that perspective, you just didn't 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:07.040 know what opportunities would be there. I think obviously from 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:12.200 shooting apparel perspective, Like you know, that's always a part 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:15.840 of a basketball player's expression of what are you rocking, 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.720 what brand are you repping, and how can you build 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.640 that presence off court? So that's been a kind of 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.280 steady through line. But then all the other stuff has 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:31.280 been curiosities that turned into substantial business opportunities. And I 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:34.640 think that probably was around the year four of my 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:39.000 NBA career, where you realize doors that are opening based 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.160 off of you know, what you're doing on the basketball court, 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.239 people that you meet along the way, and just trying 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:48.040 to find a sound approach to managing it all because 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.480 it matters who you go into business with. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.840 Let's talk about that. Because you know, a good point 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.440 guard needs to know how to run the offense, when 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:59.040 to pass, when to shoot. How did being a basketball 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.240 player prepared to run so many different businesses? 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.920 Well, first, going to Davison, it allowed me to have 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:09.040 a perspective of it wasn't just about basketball, Like there 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:16.200 was a nice time management, you know, intellectual journey at 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.160 Davidson that kind of gave me a balance as well, 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:20.799 So it wasn't just one hundred percent I'm just going 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.920 to the gym and hooping. That's the only thing I 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.800 can offer this world. That helped Basketball is not an 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:31.679 individual sport. It requires five people working in Unison. You 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.440 got to have different roles that everybody buys into, and 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.000 I think maybe a little bit of imagination as well. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:39.880 From a point guard position, like you got to have 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.040 a little creativity and a little flair the way I 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.520 play at least, so that's helped off the court too. 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.600 You launched the Curry brand with under Armour now nearly 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:52.280 four years ago. A former Nike executive said that if 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.320 you had stayed with Nike, your business would have been 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.400 a monster. How do you respond to that? 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.640 There's a reason I'm not there. I've always been an 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:04.000 underdo It's kind of my mentality. And when I joined 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.880 under omer back in twenty thirteen, had a couple of 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:12.160 signature athletes, Brandon Jennings was the first, but the basketball 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:16.200 roster was pretty slim and basically starting the category from scratch. 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.960 So to be a signature athlete for the seven eight 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:21.719 years that I was there, and to then turning it 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:25.160 into Curry Brand and the success that we've had, I'm 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.719 super proud of that, to be honest. But the fact 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.160 that I took a chance and wanted to create something 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.599 on my own and sitting where I am right now 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.920 that speaks way more than saying, you know, what could 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:38.480 have been with Nike is. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:39.600 The ambition to be as big as. 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.400 Aara Jordan my version of that in the sense of 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.159 he set the standard and I know everybody's in the 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.960 comparison game of his career on the court and obviously 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.360 what Air Jordan means, you know culturally on court as well. 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.679 But launching it four years ago and what we've learned 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.400 over the last four years doing what we do great 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:02.240 and understanding this is a merit. It is a true 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.760 labor of love and a journey of a lot of 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.599 ups and downs. Like there's market conditions that affect the business. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.120 There's wins and losses with the product you put on 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.840 the court. And I think for us, as we build 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:16.240 out the roster, continue to expand you know what we're 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:21.400 offering consumers across from me basketball, obviously golf, and eventually 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:26.040 you know, slowly introducing that athletuer's lifestyle kind of presence 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.479 to Curry brand. I think we can have some success 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:31.159 at a high level when it comes to what is 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:35.120 ten twenty years looked like that mirrors Jordan brand, but 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.240 does it in the way that's authentic to work. I 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.000 stand for what Curry Brand wants to stand for. And 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.240 that's not just here in the US, that's internationally too. 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.360 Yeah, how do you get sneaker heads? 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:45.159 For us? 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.000 We have to focus on what we do great, and 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.880 what I know we do great is from a performance standpoint. 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.200 I truly feel like our shoes or my shoes are 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:55.760 the best in the bids when it comes to making 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.920 athletes better, putting me in a position to continue to 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.000 play at this high level in year sixteen. And the 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:06.040 innovation process that comes with that, the design process that 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.200 we worked tirelessly on to get right, to continue to 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.560 elevate an expectation what it you know you're getting with 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.440 Curry Brand product, and also keep perspective like we've been 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:19.279 doing this for not ten years now, eleven was eleven, 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.280 but with Curry Brand for four years, and it's going 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.880 to continue to take time to develop that expectation. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.800 They went crazy for you in China, so crazy that 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.719 the government had to cut the trip short. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:30.120 What was it like. 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.600 Seeing that kind of Curry mania abroad? 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:34.680 I think it was shocking to everybody that was on 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:38.600 the tour. I've done that the Asia tour seven or 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:43.120 eight times. Coming off the Olympic Gold Medal experience. We 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.200 had an amazing itinerary setup where we're going to experience 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:50.719 four great cities, have some activations, meet the fans. You know, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:53.240 we're doing a Curry brand launch that was specific to 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:57.400 the Chinese fans and that went well. But you said 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.600 we had to skip a city because there was some 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:05.080 security concerns. I was on hotel arrest for two days 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.000 because crowd control problems. 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:08.680 I'm sure Glad drove you crazy. 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.120 It did, but it was also flattering, obviously because the 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:16.320 demand was crazy and I appreciate that love. So we 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.560 want to be able to obviously do those trips in 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.000 the future and figure out a creative way to still 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:25.080 have a presence. There great problems to have and stories 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:25.400 to tell. 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.080 For sure, you've been based in Silicon Valley a long time. 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.160 Tech is a huge part of your fandom. Tech folks 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.760 vcs now fill up the court side seats, mostly at 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:37.960 the Chase Center. Oakland legend Mista fab said the vibe 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:42.120 is now all about rich techies. How is being tight 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:45.280 with Silicon Valley influenced the club for better and for worse? 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:46.160 I don't know. 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:50.160 It's interesting because everybody compares like what Oracle was to 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.840 what Chase Center is now. It has changed the demographic 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.560 of you know, who's coming to our games. But it's 0:07:56.600 --> 0:08:00.520 a give and take of continuing to elevate the brand 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.800 of what, you know, being what Warriors basketball is about, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.760 and obviously championships and all that, but also honoring, you know, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.040 the history of where we've been. That's something for me 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:14.600 that's extremely important. Why you know, our foundation is based 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:16.800 in Oakland, It's where I still have a flag there 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.560 and want to continue to represent the community that supported 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:21.400 us for so long. 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:22.840 And you know. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.880 Business is business is tough, it's there's definitely some hard 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.760 parts about it as things evolve, but for us, you know, 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:31.720 I always want to make sure I keep that perspective. 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.040 A lot of teams have left the East Bay. The 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.640 Warriors left, which is a little different, the Raiders, the 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:37.840 Oakland A's Now. 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:39.319 I have four kids. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.040 They love basketball, they love baseball. People are gutted. Like 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:45.760 sports are so important to the economic fabric and cultural 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.680 fabric of a community, How does it feel to you 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:50.280 to see these teams leaving? 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:51.960 It absolutely sucks. 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:56.440 I think you mentioned the economic impact of you know, 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.480 sports franchises is huge and especially for me on that 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:04.080 like jobs that it creates, it gives a community something 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.320 to look forward to, and for me, like that hope 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:11.160 of season starting is a real thing, like it's it's 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:15.600 galvanizes a spirit around a community, and especially a community 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:20.400 is as rich in culture as Oakland is, from the 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:25.680 Raiders to the the A's and the Warriors. So it's 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:29.080 tough to kind of realize we're in that era where 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.199 when I was in two thousand and nine when I 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.400 got drafted and I pulled up to Oakland Coliseum, there 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.559 was something just intoxicating about that. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.000 You could feel the history there. 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.960 And now when you go back for a concert or something, 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:42.720 it feels different. 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.360 And so hopefully you know. 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.640 The Valkyries will be practicing in Oakland, which is something 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.599 but the obviously playing the chase, but you wish it 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.840 didn't go down like that because Oakland deserves teams. 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.120 But you know, it's the reality right now. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:01.560 I was hoping Joe Lake would by the as me too. 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.120 You did a deal with FTX and did some commercials. 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:09.280 Tom Brady did it too, lots of celebs did what 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.319 did you learn from that? Obviously that went super sideways? 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.120 Well FTX thing, I shouldn't. 0:10:15.160 --> 0:10:18.360 I mean, it went crazy sideways, and you make decisions 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.000 based on the facts that you have in front of 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.959 you and take some chances. Like obviously nobody wanted to 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.560 see it play out that way, and it's obviously way 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.400 bigger than just me being an endorser for the company 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.240 and some of the names that you mentioned. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:31.720 But yeah, it's one. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:35.120 Of those shots that you took that didn't pan out. 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:39.800 And obviously the legal process is selling itself, and you know, 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:41.560 it's unfortunate the way that it went. 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:44.760 But for me, again, you you. 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.360 Have to acknowledge the losses and obviously understand the learning 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.640 lessons of you know, what you went through when it 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.160 came to Like I said, I made all decisions based 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:53.840 on the facts that I had in front of me, 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:55.280 and I think it was a shock to a lot 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.520 of people, not just me, the way that it turned out. 0:10:57.760 --> 0:10:59.360 We take that one in the chain and keep moving. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.840 You've said you want to own an NBA or a 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.400 w NBA team one day, how will you make your mark? 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.680 Like with your unique perspective, what would you do differently? 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.400 Every fan base is different. 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.479 Hopefully that comes to fruition and whatever team, whatever opportunity 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:15.839 it is. 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:17.000 You'll be able to. 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:21.160 Bring a player and business mindset of the things that 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.679 I saw that impacted, you know, the athletes experience on 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:28.360 a day to day basis. I think how you authentically 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.000 connect with the community is a big part of any 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.240 successful franchise. It's not just about the wins as losses. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.200 It's about how you make your fan base feel on 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:39.160 a day to day basis, and then also being a 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.720 mentor to players to understand, no matter where you are 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.240 in your career, to get the most out of this 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.280 game and to handle it like a professional. And I'm 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:48.920 going to be very patient with it because you want 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:51.679 to make sure it's the right situation for me. And 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.959 hopefully again that comes that comes to life, you know, 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.079 when my basketball. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:57.360 Career is over with. 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.440 But I think i'd have a very solid respect that 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:01.400 I could add. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.400 To an ownership group that would hopefully make a difference. 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.959 Since Michael Jordan sold his stake in the Charlotte Hornets, 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.760 there are no black majority owners in the NBA, despite 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:15.240 the league being over seventy percent African American. Why, like, 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:16.400 why are we still here? 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:21.240 I don't necessarily know the history of who's been knocking 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.760 at the door and hadn't got across the threshold. But 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:26.640 I do know from Bob Johnson you still own the 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:30.120 bobcast to pass it off to Michael Jordan, and the 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.880 way that Adam Silver conversations I've had with him understands 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.920 that's a priority for representation in the Board of Governor's 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:42.200 room and solving that problem. I think it's something that 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.480 will be addressed, something that, to your point, is unacceptable, 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.360 and I feel like the more you talk about it, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.800 the more pressure you apply. And I think there are 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.080 a lot of different ways now, especially with the evaluations 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:58.240 of teams going through the roof, that creative ways for 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.560 more participation from the black and brown community. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:02.640 At the ownership level. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.000 It's not like you're going to have a single the 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.800 pool of people that can afford a five plus billion 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:11.079 dollar price tag for a franchise. It's price pretty slim. 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.240 But you know, those creative ways to get more representation 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.760 in the Board of governors or ownership groups has to 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:20.800 be addressed. And I think every company, not just an 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.240 NBA or for sports franchises, but every company needs that representation. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.840 You endorsed Kamala Harris, but Trump won by a landslide 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.199 what's your take on the state of America right now? 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.560 You want to make sure that our country stands for 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:38.960 one affair election which we all have to accept and 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:43.840 agree to that piece of transfer of power and allowing 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.959 the country to speak on who they want to represent 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.600 the country. Obviously I was, like you said, a supporter 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.120 of Vice President Kamala Harrison didn't work out that way. 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.680 But like I said, I don't hold it any ill 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.360 will or resentment towards the process. I feel like send 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:04.400 our best interest to rally around the leadership to have 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:09.960 a collaborative effort where everything is driven in the spirit 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:14.080 of representing all people fairly and equitably. And that's on 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.960 President Donald Trump to do that and who he puts 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:20.000 around him and the accountability towards that leadership. 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.920 That's where the focus is now. 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:24.480 So you know, these next four years are going to 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.200 be interesting for a lot of different reasons, But I 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:32.280 maintain hope and positivity optimism that hopefully will be better 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:32.600 for it. 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:36.760 You've got olympical You just ex sended your contract a 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.840 few years. How will you know when it's time to 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:41.280 hang up your basketball shoes? 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:41.480 Like? 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.040 How much longer do you want to play? 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:47.400 I have no idea how I'll know, except I've talked 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.000 to plenty of people who've been in that situation where 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:51.800 there's two. 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:52.640 Ways to really go out. 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.400 Either you're forced out, meaning you just can't play at 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:56.840 this level and you know it. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:58.520 You go out on your own terms. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.400 But I hope to be in a situation where you 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.280 kind of consider how your body feels, what it takes 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.000 to get ready for games, you know, the off season 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.440 training that goes into preparing yourself for an eighty two 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.920 game season. There will be a clear sign that it's 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:15.400 time to hang it up. I don't want to be 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.640 the one that's limping up and down the court trying. 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.040 To keep up with the young bucks. 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:22.400 But I don't think I'm anywhere close to that yet, 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:24.200 So I don't see the time. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.040 You know, running out ain't something soon. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.360 You've been called the greatest shooter of all time, You're 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.840 compared to Lebron, you're compared to Jordan. You know you 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.840 were considered the underdog for so long or you felt 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.960 underrated for so long. Do you ever still feel the 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:39.320 pressure of those labels? 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.240 Performance anxiety is real. 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:47.040 I've experienced it every day part of doing or playing 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.800 at this level for so long. Is the mental stress 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.880 I'll call it of understanding again, what goes into me 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.960 getting ready for a Sunday game in Oklahoma City. It 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:59.320 gets a lot, but I still love it. I still 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.800 enjoy it, still love the grind of it. It is 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.680 a different experience than it was ten years ago because 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:08.600 everything matters in order to get ready for a game. 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.920 But other than that, it's all because of the performance anxiety. 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.320 And I call it the healthy insecurity of at any point, like, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.440 if I don't live up to my own standards, then 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.400 That'll be a kind of an out of body experience, 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.680 and I don't ever want to experience that. So you 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.040 got to keep trusting the process, if you will, of 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:25.560 what I do. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.320 How has the regiment You talked about performance anxiety, But 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.200 how has the regiment or the routine change as you've 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.040 gotten older and more seasoned. 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:36.520 I think for the last three or four years, I 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.200 still feel like I'm in my problem. The body does 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:43.440 feel different after games. You got to accept it. And again, 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:46.440 the routine is you do a little bit less but 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.840 more often so it's not a day that I'm not 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.520 doing something. When it comes to either strength and additioning 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:55.640 or recovery or some mindfulness to demand something from your body. 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.000 The amount of hours you put in are probably the same, 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.400 but it's the not so glamorous stuff that people don't 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.160 get to see of me in a nce bath or 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.480 doing like a forty five minute stretch routine, or getting 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:13.520 soft tissue work ors like doing breathing exercises. Like it's 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:15.320 all over the place, but it's a routine that I 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.439 still enjoy because I know it gets me to a 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.000 place where I can go out and still hoop at 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:19.879 a high level. 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.159 There's a video of you as a young rookie in 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:26.440 twenty ten talking about where you'll be in ten years time. 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.800 What would twenty one year old's stuff think of where 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:30.600 you are today. 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.400 I received be super proud and a lot of it's 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:38.679 not just because of the accomplishments, which are beyond my 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:42.680 own imaginations when I was twenty one, but the fact 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.280 that not only have I experienced greatness on the court, 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:49.159 but things we've talked about off the court. From a 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.480 business perspective, my family just you know, me and I 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:56.000 ushould have been able to do with our foundation, you know, 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:58.919 hopefully provide an example for our four kids and what 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:03.240 it means to leverage your blessings and resources for meaningful 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:05.120 impact in the community that matters. 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.480 And the fact that now in. 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:09.679 Year sixteen, which is a big year for me and 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.240 my family, my dad played sixteen years in the NBA, 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.000 and that was always a goal for me to hit 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:15.800 that milestone. 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.439 And now I'm right in the middle of it. 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.199 And I remember vividly his sixteenth year, which was his 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.399 last year, and playing in Toronto, and I remember a 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.920 lot of those games, and those memories are flooding back, 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.919 and so to have that as something that me and 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:31.160 him can share now is pretty special. So it all 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:34.240 is again behind my wildest dreams, is something that I 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.560 think twenty one year old me would be super proud. 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.480 Okay, last question, what else do you want to achieve? 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.640 Where do you see yourself now in ten years time? 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.119 Well, basketball will be done by that. I can pretty 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.000 much say that for sure. I don't think I'll be 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:50.800 playing anymore. 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:51.840 Are you sure? 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:52.240 You're sure? 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:55.880 I'm pretty sure on ten years. But I think between 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:00.520 all the off court entities and just going deep into 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.760 everything that I have right now, I don't think I 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.480 need more. It just needs to continue to invest in, 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.360 you know, He learned play at what we're doing in Oakland. 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.719 Hopefully Curry brand is through the moon and the business 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:16.080 that we're doing, you know in domestically internationally who knows 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:19.040 what team ownership looks like, but just everything that I 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:23.720 have going on now to kind of be rocked setting 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.879 stone of like stables that when you think of me, 0:19:26.160 --> 0:19:29.920 you know, the underrated brand, underrated golf tour and create 0:19:30.000 --> 0:19:30.960 an opportunity there. 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:32.040 Like everything that I'm. 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:33.840 Doing, I love, I'm passionate about, and I want to 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:36.760 continue to go deeper. So I've dreamed big before and 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:41.280 out kicked my coverage on that tremendously. So hopefully that 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:42.520