Blake Griffin

now i can actually i might start yeah fuck um yeah i don't know it's uh it's a weird thing to say it's it's i understand it's probably like a hard thing to grasp like you're not happy like no we were we are happy but it's just like a whole new world that has just been opened up and it's like it's been really exciting and and yeah to control your schedule is huge

now i can actually i might start yeah fuck um yeah i don't know it's uh it's a weird thing to say it's it's i understand it's probably like a hard thing to grasp like you're not happy like no we were we are happy but it's just like a whole new world that has just been opened up and it's like it's been really exciting and and yeah to control your schedule is huge

Well, maybe. No, no, no. I'm saying in front of hundreds of thousands of people, you're just going to get embarrassed because you didn't work out. I remember I had this thought, like I was maybe two months in, and I woke up and I was like, I'd still kind of been working out, and I woke up and I was like,

Well, maybe. No, no, no. I'm saying in front of hundreds of thousands of people, you're just going to get embarrassed because you didn't work out. I remember I had this thought, like I was maybe two months in, and I woke up and I was like, I'd still kind of been working out, and I woke up and I was like,

planning on working out and I was like I just don't feel like working out to myself and I was like oh I don't I don't have to like I can just go about my day yeah and like that too is just like a because there's moments like especially when you're an athlete like you you don't you wake up and you don't want to work out you don't feel like it just like everybody else yeah and you just have to

planning on working out and I was like I just don't feel like working out to myself and I was like oh I don't I don't have to like I can just go about my day yeah and like that too is just like a because there's moments like especially when you're an athlete like you you don't you wake up and you don't want to work out you don't feel like it just like everybody else yeah and you just have to

You have to find a way to do it. And the best ones are the ones that find ways to do it. And not only just do it, but like push yourself and get better that day. Those are big days, right? Those are big mental days. Like where you finish a workout when you didn't want to and you pushed yourself really hard and you walk away and you're like, yeah. I just took a step.

You have to find a way to do it. And the best ones are the ones that find ways to do it. And not only just do it, but like push yourself and get better that day. Those are big days, right? Those are big mental days. Like where you finish a workout when you didn't want to and you pushed yourself really hard and you walk away and you're like, yeah. I just took a step.

were there times where you weren't real coachable that you wish you like looking back you like yeah yeah there's yeah there's definitely i mean there's there's this is regrets like anybody else right like there's there's times where i probably maybe didn't especially in the heat of the moment like i maybe didn't react the right way or i said the wrong thing um that

were there times where you weren't real coachable that you wish you like looking back you like yeah yeah there's yeah there's definitely i mean there's there's this is regrets like anybody else right like there's there's times where i probably maybe didn't especially in the heat of the moment like i maybe didn't react the right way or i said the wrong thing um that

I'm not even gonna touch that story. But yeah, for sure. Especially when I was younger, I sometimes though do wish that coaches, or some of the coaches maybe that I had, they just took the time to understand guys' different ways they tick and the way they work. That was sort of the disconnect for me sometimes. But then 100%, some of that was my fault. What was your fault?

I'm not even gonna touch that story. But yeah, for sure. Especially when I was younger, I sometimes though do wish that coaches, or some of the coaches maybe that I had, they just took the time to understand guys' different ways they tick and the way they work. That was sort of the disconnect for me sometimes. But then 100%, some of that was my fault. What was your fault?

The way I would react to something, just my competitiveness wouldn't allow me to concede something. That's one of his blocks, by the way, competitiveness.

The way I would react to something, just my competitiveness wouldn't allow me to concede something. That's one of his blocks, by the way, competitiveness.

Yeah, for sure. And I don't it's not something I really like dwell on. I'm not like, God ruined everything. I just wish, you know, there's there's I'm sure every single person can look toward a situation and be like, I could have handled that better. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Like that's that's what it is. Is there such a thing as being too competitive as a player in a game? Yeah.

Yeah, for sure. And I don't it's not something I really like dwell on. I'm not like, God ruined everything. I just wish, you know, there's there's I'm sure every single person can look toward a situation and be like, I could have handled that better. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Like that's that's what it is. Is there such a thing as being too competitive as a player in a game? Yeah.

I think you can sort of get into this competitive matchup with your matchup where you're just like, I got to beat this guy. And sometimes that's to the detriment of the team. You always have to keep the team or the main goal, which is obviously winning, in mind. And sometimes I would get into that. You sort of get lost in it.

I think you can sort of get into this competitive matchup with your matchup where you're just like, I got to beat this guy. And sometimes that's to the detriment of the team. You always have to keep the team or the main goal, which is obviously winning, in mind. And sometimes I would get into that. You sort of get lost in it.

You're not consciously making this decision like, screw this win, I'm trying to go... You're just like, it's a thing. And especially when somebody starts talking shit to you, you're like, oh, I got to go at him. I got to be tough. And that can be obviously detrimental. The competitiveness, like...

You're not consciously making this decision like, screw this win, I'm trying to go... You're just like, it's a thing. And especially when somebody starts talking shit to you, you're like, oh, I got to go at him. I got to be tough. And that can be obviously detrimental. The competitiveness, like...