Make sure you live in the moment, and work your butt off every single day.
And I hope I inspire people all around the world to just be themselves, be humble, and be grateful for all the blessings in your life.
And I'm truly honored to be your MVP this year. Thank you very much.
Several years ago, I had the great honor of working the first-ever Kobe Bryant Nike Skills Academy.
Nike invited the top 20 high school shooting guards and the top 10 college shooting guards in the country to this camp with Kobe.
And it's kinda funny now that I look back on it—how many of those players are now household names in the NBA.
However, at that time, the least recognized player there was Stephen Curry, but I knew immediately that he was the most impressive, and that thinking long term, he was going to be a future NBA superstar.
Here's how I knew that: it was all because of his work habits.
Now those skills academies—we would have two workouts a day for three straight days.
Thirty minutes before every single workout, most players were still in their flip-flops and had on their headphones, and Stephen Curry had already started doing some form shooting.
He'd already started taking game shots from game spots in game situations.
By the time the workout officially started, he had probably already made 100 to 150 shots—almost in a full sweat.
When the workout actually started, he was meticulous with everything that he did.
He made sure that he had perfect footwork, he made sure that he had perfect shooting form.
If he did anything and it wasn't perfect, he did it all over again.
And he didn't need a coach to tell him. He just did it.
And then probably the most impressive thing that he did, was as soon as every workout was over, he would not leave the court until he swished five free throws in a row.
You know how hard that is? But that's the level of excellence that he holds himself to.
And the moral of that story is that success is not an accident; success is actually a choice.
And Stephen Curry is one of the best shooters on the planet today, because he has made the choice to create great habits.
And my question to you is, Are the habits that you have today on par with the dreams that you have for tomorrow?
That's something that you need to ask yourself every single day, because whatever you do on a regular basis today will determine where you will be tomorrow.
Curry fires, for three. Just impossible to stop him. Curry, unbelievable!
Curry launches a three. He got it!
Offensive rebound. Curry again. And Curry hits a three!
We've just never seen somebody who can take threes off the dribble at this kind of volume.
You know, I've said it for years. He's a glitch, I mean, he just doesn't exist.
And he makes you change everything you do on defense.
Curry slips the defense, behind the back! Fires a three! Oh! He puts it in! For three!
He turned! He knew it was in! He turned and ran back before the ball ever got there!
When Curry gets hot, there's just nothing like it.
I've been in two arenas now where it happened...I can't even describe it.
I don't even know how to describe what I watched tonight.
I have never seen a player with this skill set.
He'll T-up the three for the record. He got it!
All-time NBA record 273 made three-point shots for the marksman Stephen Curry.
And the moral of that story is that success is not an accident; success is actually a choice.
And Stephen Curry is one of the best shooters on the planet today,because he has made the choice to create great habits.
And my question to you is, Are the habits that you have today on par with the dreams that you have for tomorrow?
Long rebound. Steph, no timeout exists. And five, Curry, for the lead. Yeah!
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