00:05Stephan curry welcome to the GSB thank
00:08you very much it's nice to be here
00:10have you ever played in front of a house
00:12this packed from time to time
00:1682 nights a year plus 60 okay okay so
00:20before we get started we have a few
00:22special guests Dean Levin call it out I
00:25usually a beautiful wife open the front
00:27room yes she is right here also heard
00:34your your mother will be joining us as
00:35well she might be here right now or in
00:39five minutes we were always late to
00:40church - so somebody here eventually
00:46walking in like so she might come in
00:49during this video she's gonna be on the
00:51screen because I'm actually gonna play a
00:52video we got a video
00:54it's a my favorite Steph Curry interview
00:56okay yeah that's cute
01:05how much do you guys play baseball we
01:07played baseball a lot we were in
01:08Charlotte um played for about four or
01:11five years and never got in the pitching
01:15but played everything else and I liked
01:18it but I was more interested in
01:19basketball at the time so I um it was
01:22more my sport kind of um I had more kind
01:27of better and it wasn't restful and I
01:29wanted to thank some more on it
01:31you know try to make sure for the final
01:34chance we see that shot in action from
01:42early days it's you made a pretty bold
01:45prediction up there I'm curious like can
01:47you can you tell me what I'm gonna be
01:48when I grew up oh man what you what
01:50you're gonna be successful whatever that
01:52is I would take this cherry obviously
01:55doing something race you don't need me
01:56to validate it but not ice crazy my
01:59voice has changed a lot more facial hair
02:03but it's pretty cool I see one Toronto
02:05Raptors Jersey right here in the crowd
02:07which is kind of crazy I saw it when I
02:08came in and back in early 2000s but yeah
02:15bold prediction that it came true yeah
02:18I'm glad I came to you - it's been
02:19wandering watching you but one of my
02:21favorite things about that video is who
02:22you went in that video right it's your
02:24family which has been a constant thing
02:27in your life the entire time so I'm
02:29actually curious like what does family
02:31mean to you and why I mean family is
02:34there's an example from you know the
02:38time I can remember obviously growing up
02:41with the dad that played in the NBA mom
02:44who was an educator who started a
02:46Montessori School they were too busy or
02:49too busy you know individuals that were
02:53trying to raise a family and have
02:55successful careers and the biggest thing
02:58that they taught us was that we always
03:00support each other we always show up
03:02like they are here today and you like
03:06that much thank you thank you and a part
03:11of that was just you know it was about
03:14shared experiences and having each
03:16other's back and and it gives you a
03:18sense of foundation no matter what life
03:20throws at you not everything's you know
03:23winning championships and riding on
03:24parade buses there's obviously ups and
03:27downs to life that we all go through and
03:29without that foundation I don't know
03:31where I would be and even for you know
03:36the 11 years that I've been out here on
03:39you know my family has been
03:41you know a unit and we've we've always
03:44you know support each other and you know
03:46that's that's that's the biggest thing
03:47to to who we are as a family and and
03:50I've tried to you know me nyesha are now
03:52trying to establish that with our three
03:53kids and an understanding that that
03:56work-life balance that it's tough at
03:58times but it always gives us the sense
04:01of purpose and foundation that that we
04:02need sure earlier you mentioned that
04:05your favorite job has been a father so
04:08I'm actually curious has fatherhood
04:09taught you anything about yourself that
04:10you didn't previously know oh
04:14I mean patience and really that I don't
04:19take myself ever too seriously in my in
04:22my in my job because it doesn't matter
04:24how I mean points out school or if we
04:27win or lose when I come home I'm dead
04:28and and that's the best thing about
04:30about you know life you walk in the door
04:34and they're running up to you
04:36hugs and kisses and just that energy
04:37that you got a match every day and so
04:41it's it is the best job is the most
04:43rewarding job it's obviously difficult
04:45you know at times were getting
04:47everything that you're balancing but
04:49it's a I'll ever take those moments for
04:53granted and knowing what that experience
04:57and that interaction with my parents
04:58growing up how that shaped and formed my
05:00life me and my wife had the opportunity
05:02with our village around us to do that
05:04three beautiful young minds that
05:06hopefully can grow up into their own so
05:09it's a beautiful thing for sure I have
05:12no doubt they're gonna grow up to do
05:13amazing things you also you said that
05:16y'all walked into church late every
05:17night which brings me to another topic
05:20that I think it's pretty core to who you
05:23are as a person and it's a religion and
05:25in a world where religion can be a hot
05:27topic button you lean into it right so
05:30you know what is faith mean to you and
05:32you know why do you choose to make that
05:33a part of your brand I feel like well
05:38first and foremost is it is Who I am
05:42you say religion it's it's kind of funny
05:45I think in terms of how I've grown up
05:46it's about my relationship you know with
05:48God and and what that means to me and
05:50how that evolves or has evolved over the
05:54course of my life from the time I was in
05:56third grade when I made that decision
05:59for myself to follow Jesus to know where
06:02I had the ability to be on a stage and a
06:05platform every single day to let that
06:07shine through me with how I you know
06:09conduct myself and and where I shine you
06:12know the glory every chance that I get
06:15and so it's always been a part of who I
06:20am I never knew that I'd had the
06:21opportunity to impact you know people
06:23with the skill and the god-given skill
06:25that I've been given you know on the
06:28basketball court and the opportunities
06:30and just right up you know Bible verse
06:32on my shoe and and people be able to
06:34connect with that or you know find that
06:36for themselves that's big and you know
06:39I'm not a guy that's gonna bash people
06:41over head with the Bible but you you
06:43know who I am you know by the way that
06:46playing and where that that inspiration
06:48and that that foundation comes from and
06:52it's just I don't ever consider it a
06:54part of my brand in a sense it's just a
06:56part of me just being Who I am and
06:58letting that live through me it's
07:00amazing so so faith and family are core
07:03to your support system and I imagine it
07:05was pretty critical growing up given
07:07that there was so there's constant
07:08criticism you know major d1 colleges
07:13overlooked you you landed a spot at
07:15Davidson College so I'm curious for to
07:18everyone in the crowd who and some point
07:21in their life will battle rejection
07:22right like what what advice you have I
07:25mean don't ever lose your confidence
07:27it's obviously easier said than done
07:30we all have have dealt with that in some
07:32way shape or form where you set a goal
07:34for yourself and for whatever reason
07:37there are roadblocks you know along the
07:40way the biggest thing that I learned
07:43through my recruiting process and ended
07:46up at Davidson where people were like
07:48where the heck is Davidson College
07:50like they even have a basketball team
07:52why are you going there you're the son
07:54of an NBA player you should be going to
07:56the ACC to this and that and trying to
07:58tell you what your life was supposed to
07:59be like there are no accidents in life
08:02to me and the fact that I got rejected
08:04landed me right where I was supposed to
08:07be and I wouldn't change that for
08:09anything and even though I didn't see it
08:12at the time I walked into that
08:15opportunity and you know kind of the
08:18rest is history with you know the
08:20college turning into the NBA it was a
08:23small liberal arts 1,800 student college
08:28that was 30 minutes from my house and
08:31felt like I was still in high school and
08:35part of it was I got to be around one of
08:38the greatest coaches that is in college
08:42basketball and Bob McKillip who really
08:46in a sense leaned into the person way
08:51more than the basketball player and
08:52created that connection in terms of
08:55building what it you know what a man is
08:57supposed to be on off the court and I've
08:59carried so many lessons from him through
09:02my journey that I'm forever grateful for
09:06for what he saw in me when I didn't even
09:08see it for myself and giving me that
09:10opportunity to kind of just play
09:13basketball and learn on a daily and he
09:16challenged me every single day and so
09:18when I was in high school so yeah can I
09:21play at Virginia Tech can i play it do
09:22kind of play North Carolina wasn't my
09:26journey it wasn't where I supposed to be
09:27and I I was alright with that it's
09:30amazing well I'm glad you went to
09:32Davidson College oh you went there you
09:36blew expectations out of the water your
09:37sophomore year you led Davidson on that
09:39magical run through the NCAA tournament
09:41and in that tournament Stefan curry
09:43became a household name right so I'm
09:46curious how was that transition into the
09:51it was weird right so you grew up in
09:53Charlotte and my dad again is played in
09:55the NBA for he played there for ten
09:58years we're 16 year MBA
10:00so everywhere we went in Charlotte he
10:02was a celebrity and it was all about him
10:06right so he was you know there one of
10:09the original Hornets we go to dinner
10:10fans would be running up to him
10:11everywhere and I got to see how gracious
10:15he was with everybody that came up to
10:18him you know talking to the kids that
10:21looked up to him and you know spending a
10:23moment with him understanding how
10:24valuable that interaction was and he was
10:29so consistent look there my mama right
10:31there in church look my mama hold it up
10:33mama hold it up yeah it is he hold it up
10:43so we never made it in the sanctuary we
10:45always in the satellite so growing up I
10:53got to see an example of you know what
10:57it was like to D up true professional in
10:59the spotlight and never knew that I
11:03would be at that level or that would be
11:06an experience that I would have for
11:07myself but those lessons really got
11:09ingrained subliminally and so the people
11:13who talk to me every once in while just
11:14out of courtesy but it was never
11:16anything you know about me first and
11:18foremost so when I like you said going
11:19to Davidson playing in the tournament
11:21going to the Elite Eight
11:24again a small mid major school going
11:26that far all-american and all that type
11:30of stuff like it was pretty much
11:31overnight type of sensation and my
11:36favorite I had back when Facebook was
11:39with a sophomore in high school or my
11:41sophomore in college came back after the
11:43Elite Eight run and had my messenger
11:45situation going on and literally I came
11:48back to over like 2000 messages and my
11:51computer crashed so like I guess what I
11:55came back to a little dorm room at
11:57Davidson I'm like I don't even know how
11:59to handle this like what does that mean
12:01like going and living my daily life now
12:04you know doing interviews doing all this
12:06other type of stuff and my foundation
12:08was set because of what I got to see and
12:10again that's something I told my dad all
12:12the time like it could have gone all the
12:15way the other way if he had had been a
12:17different type of person or said a
12:18different example for me and my brother
12:20and my sister in terms of you know how
12:22he handled himself how he carried
12:23himself but I had to find what that
12:25meant for me so I define you that that
12:27patience and that graciousness and that
12:30sense of again not taking myself too
12:32seriously in the midst of success which
12:34you have to make that commitment every
12:36single day because if people are telling
12:37you how great you are all the time and
12:39telling you that you know you can do no
12:41wrong and that you're perfect and all
12:43that but you know you can buy into it if
12:46you want to rest it's going to be a
12:49if you don't really check yourself and
12:51understand that one and I tried to
12:55deflect as much as possible to exactly
12:57you know my team because I knew that I
12:59had power because of who I got to roll
13:01with every single day on the court and
13:03and that was that was big for me and
13:06that's something that's a pretty
13:07constant theme and everything that I've
13:08been able to do in my career so let's
13:11actually talk about that team that you I
13:13just mentioned in 2009 you were drafted
13:16by the Golden State Warriors in the
13:18first round apparently that was not the
13:21time to be a Warriors fan the wikipedia
13:24refers to it as the wilderness years
13:26wilderness years the wilderness years
13:28where from I have never heard it we
13:30believe to the wilderness years so there
13:32was a period of 12 years in a row where
13:34the Golden State didn't make the
13:35playoffs yeah and that's what they refer
13:37to with the world so lo and behold you
13:41come in with your second Bowl prediction
13:42and so you tweeted this I'm not gonna
13:44read your Twitter promised to all the
13:46Warriors fans we will figure this thing
13:48out if it's the last thing we do we will
13:51figure it out if I'm glad that's the
14:02so if this MBA thing doesn't work out
14:08there's a lot of VC firms around here
14:10looking for somebody existing sure I'm
14:12trying to compete now true we'll talk
14:14about that a little later so but back to
14:17what were the key cultural difference
14:19between those early Warriors and the
14:21Warriors of today how long do you have I
14:30think we were I mean like you said it
14:32was a it was a season of transition I
14:36talked about the we believe team where
14:38they had you know a set identity of kind
14:41of just us there them or us against the
14:46world and and that was you know what
14:48works for them the nature of NBA took
14:51over then you kind of go through a
14:53period where you know from from
14:55ownership all the way down he talked
14:57about you know corporate culture and
15:00just the environment you get to go to
15:01work in a day it was all bad and so that
15:03filter do everything that we did you
15:05know and so from there you know that's
15:08what I'm welcome to into as a
15:09bright-eyed 21 year old rookie coming
15:11from an 1800 you know student campus to
15:14you know the west coast to the Bay Area
15:18really just trying to play basketball
15:22and learn and I think for me like I
15:26didn't know it at the time but those
15:29first three years was an opportunity for
15:31me to kind of leave I didn't really have
15:33a voice but I could lead by example
15:34because I knew every day that I was
15:38showing up to work and get better and
15:39whether it was in front of people or my
15:42teammates or management's or whatever
15:45like I would try to be as consistent as
15:46possible with that that would set me up
15:49for when we figured out who I would our
15:51identity was and got you know a solid
15:53roster around that that was already in
15:56place so that people could kind of just
15:57fall in line and follow that that lead
15:59and and and then great things would
16:01happen so it's actually you know my
16:05rookie year I played against you know
16:06LeBron for the first time and
16:08and he pulled me aside after we played
16:11after the game was over and he knew he
16:14had been in the league for about six
16:15years so he kind of known a little bit
16:18about trying to build an identity in the
16:19league and he told me like literally all
16:22you have to worry about right now is
16:23kind of looking through a keyhole and
16:25worrying about you know what are you
16:26doing on a daily basis what habits are
16:28you building that are going to set you
16:31up for success down the road when things
16:32line up because this industry is hard
16:34this business like winning is hard I
16:36learned that lesson every single night
16:38but are you going to keep this time
16:41productive because you're building the
16:43right habits and you're understanding
16:45exactly what type of player you want to
16:46be so that when you know management
16:50starts to get the roster in place and
16:52the identity of ownership that for us
16:54having that next year with Joe alaikum
16:57and Peter Gulla Peter Guber buying the
16:58team and really having a big perspective
17:01about what it meant to be a warrior and
17:03what it meant to represent the Bay Area
17:04in the NBA that I would be ready to lead
17:08at that point and so valuable obviously
17:13advice from him too to kind of set it up
17:17and then you know what six years later
17:20or playing in the final so pretty crazy
17:23pretty crazy journey coming from humble
17:26beginnings you know winning 20 games a
17:27year to to where we ended up yeah so you
17:31mentioned LeBron earlier you missed you
17:33mentioned your coach from Davidson as
17:35two people who mentored you so I'm
17:38curious if you were to flip that who are
17:40the people that you've mentored or how
17:42do you view mentorship from your your
17:45lens that's a great question because I
17:49feel like that's the best opportunity
17:55for me that's ever ever developing in
17:58terms of me realizing how powerful my
18:00voice is in terms of you know how this
18:03next generation you know sees me as a
18:05basketball player you know the the you
18:07call it I using this term but they call
18:10it the the curry generation where kids
18:12are trying to shoot from 40 feet you
18:14know right right when they write when
18:17they walk in the gym
18:19and me trying to kind of level with them
18:23like there's a process to this you have
18:25to work our way in we're gonna work on
18:28our mechanics and then eventually you
18:29can get out to that to that range but in
18:31terms of like just how the joy that I
18:34try to bring and I think some of the the
18:38wisdom that I have to you know these
18:39eleven years that I've been playing that
18:41I can pass on I'm an open books of you
18:44know people reach out and they have I
18:46love to kind of you know hopefully lead
18:49them in the right direction I've had
18:51some really great teammates and some
18:52young guys that have been you know
18:54through our through our our team that
18:57have carried our culture to other you
19:00know teams around the league and they
19:02talk about how much it meant to play you
19:04know during this era with with with me
19:06and clay and Raymond and Andre and Sean
19:09and Katie and and and those type of
19:12opportunities so now it's I'm actually
19:15taking you know a page out of Kobe's
19:16book in terms of just you know he
19:20through this tragedy so many different
19:23people have kind of spoken about what he
19:24meant to them and then just a little
19:26like a simple text that he was saying
19:28how much confidence that gave them and
19:31you know I'm example that too one game
19:35we were playing the Lakers and my rookie
19:37year and I did a little spin move
19:41situation headed off the glass and they
19:44panned to him on the bench and he
19:46mouthed off to one of his teammates it
19:48next time like yo he's nice alright so
19:52somebody sent me that clip right after
19:53you don't know how much confidence that
19:55gave me in that moment like I can I'm
19:57the best player in the world now I just
20:00for him saying that and almost
20:02validating you know my skill level and
20:04things like that so those moments are
20:07just unbelievable to kind of be on the
20:09other side of it now and I have an
20:11opportunity to see you see guys you know
20:13have similar type gains trade young like
20:15that who's coming in with a whole nother
20:18level of confidence because you got to
20:19watch what I did you know coming up
20:21through the through the ranks oh yeah
20:24I'm available though but those hopefully
20:26opportunities will keep coming I can
20:28continue to give back to the game like
20:32you should lean into tray on you know
20:34I'm from the Atlanta area so I'll do it
20:36too much trying to stay on top you know
20:44so you know let's go to 2011 in that
20:48year the Warriors drafted klay Thompson
20:50to earned the moniker the splash
20:53brothers becoming the best duo to play
20:54the game Wow you're always in a
20:57spotlight looking around clay so I mean
20:59clay sometimes will actively dodge the
21:01spotlight so I'm curious when you take
21:03two people who have such different
21:05personalities what how would y'all build
21:07that chemistry I think we had similar
21:11similar beginnings in the league
21:15mine was a more of a kind of I got
21:19talked about lack of identity or dealing
21:22with the lack of identity from an
21:23organization and so much kind of
21:25transition on the roster I really had to
21:28focus on myself and I called the homo
21:30beginnings of learning how it takes to
21:32win for clay it was a position battle
21:35like we had a guy on a Monta Ellis or
21:37all the warrior fans know and clay was
21:41his rookie year he was behind Monta and
21:43had to fight to try to just get minutes
21:46and so it's all about an appreciation
21:48for just being on the floor plan and
21:50then be able both come from NBA families
21:52and there's a connection point with that
21:55but understanding how we how we could
22:00compete and practice to to make each
22:02other better like we both love to shoot
22:04the ball we should you know pretty well
22:06and we always try to one-up each other
22:08so there's a healthy competition when it
22:10comes to that too and we're not afraid
22:11to kind of lean into it and challenge
22:13each other from time to time but you
22:14know to your point around difference in
22:16personalities I think we embrace it
22:18because clay is the ultimate teammate
22:20he's you know the most selfless guy
22:24that's on our on our team that knows you
22:27know whether he gets the shine or not or
22:29whether people are talking about him or
22:30not he knows how important he is to what
22:33we do and to our winning culture and and
22:35I try to do my best job every time I
22:38have an opportunity to to let people
22:41know like how important you know he is
22:44to what we do and having each other's
22:47back in that front you know it's it's a
22:50mutual respect that will never ever go
22:52away in terms of what we've been able to
22:53Congress together and
22:55it's weird talking about it now because
22:57I know we still have you know a long
22:59runway with this thing together so yeah
23:02he's clay is one of the funniest dudes
23:05you've ever met - so it's he's always a
23:07great guy to be around he shows his
23:10personality from time to time my
23:12favorite you know I saw him drinking a
23:13beer during an interview he's just he's
23:16just in the moment all the time and I
23:18love I love him as a teammate and it's
23:23amazing and so you talked about him
23:25being selfless but you yourself are also
23:27selfless in 2000 after the 2016 you all
23:33reached out to recruit Katie to join
23:35your team it's not often you see someone
23:37of your caliber who's willing to share
23:40the spotlight with someone like Katie
23:41right so I'm curious what what motivated
23:45that humility in that moment to say you
23:47know it's better for him to be on the
23:48team and to share the spotlight rather
23:50than you without him I mean it started
23:55with him being interested Warren got it
23:59you got to know that our friend age is
24:00going cold knocking on Katie's door they
24:02go nice weather out in the bay like you
24:09know but once once you kind of get an
24:13understanding that he wants to you know
24:15he can see himself in a word uniform to
24:19your to your question like I'd be an
24:22idiot not not to you know follow kind of
24:27you know my nature in terms of you know
24:29understanding the value of and value of
24:33the team but also not being afraid to be
24:35around other talented people that can
24:36push you because I some people might
24:38think that's threatening and kind of
24:42raining on my parade but a lot of it was
24:45that I knew that we could together you
24:48know push each other to ice that I don't
24:51think either one of us imagined and
24:52that's what we did every single day was
24:55whether it was spoken about or not and
24:57practice like I watched what he was
24:59doing he watched what I was doing
25:01and there's just a healthy just daily
25:05motivation when it comes to that and you
25:08know I wasn't afraid of it and I knew I
25:12knew there would be some change
25:13I personally going into it we all you
25:16always have the strategy of like how
25:17you're gonna deal with change and kind
25:19of trying to get ahead of it so that you
25:20prepared I thought that honestly the
25:23dream on would have the biggest or the
25:26heart had the hardest time dealing with
25:28the the amount of talent that we had on
25:30a team because we knew meekly and Katie
25:32wouldn't get a bunch of shots and lo and
25:35behold three months into the season it
25:37was it was me that had the hardest time
25:39kind of figuring it out because of just
25:42the different roles that kind of formed
25:44and and and how the game was being
25:47played that you know I had to kind of
25:50reset a little bit and understand like
25:53where everybody wasn't a court in my
25:55leadership style and being responsible
25:57for you know how everybody was playing
26:00that you know it was okay for everybody
26:04to bring our ego our healthy egos and
26:07being the best sell our best selves to
26:08the to the floor every night and in that
26:12it would work and so I think I
26:14overcomplicated it at the beginning and
26:16and that was that was something I had to
26:18kind of work through and and eventually
26:21to you know a lot of different tough
26:23conversations and figuring it out you
26:24know two championships and almost three
26:27two rest is history so it was an amazing
26:29journey amazing run that I'll never that
26:34could be one of the greatest teams that
26:36it was ever assembling yeah I remember
26:39that for a long time
26:40yeah it's eerily my favorite team ever
26:41assembled so thank you all for going out
26:43there and doing your thing so to switch
26:47and talk about a different team we also
26:49have your former Davidson teammate your
26:52former Davidson roommate and the GS B's
27:02so to launch SC 30 Inc and it so it
27:09contains your brand endorsements
27:11it contains your venture investing arm
27:14it contains eat learn play and it also
27:17contains unanimous media did I forget
27:20anything it's pretty this late right
27:22there it's a pretty good site that's
27:24good so you know what exactly is the
27:29mission of SC 38 it's to inspire I mean
27:33bringing everything that I I'm about and
27:38what I believe in to inspire and enhance
27:42opportunities for the next generation so
27:45I got to a point and he talked about you
27:48know I was being friends from 2005 to
27:53meeting in 2005 to now playing Davidson
27:58together following his professional
28:02career after you left Davidson to end up
28:04here at the GSB and then you know after
28:06that becoming business partners you know
28:09we we try to stay patient and understand
28:12that you know we were on a two totally
28:15different journeys that eventually kind
28:17of came together to make sense in terms
28:18of his is a perspective on the
28:23opportunities that I had off the court
28:24that I might not have you know taken
28:29advantage of otherwise and so when you
28:30talk about those four verticals were
28:32able to do so much I had the opportunity
28:34to impact so many people inspire through
28:38you know faith family through obviously
28:42sports and through the ability to kind
28:45of leverage what this is this game is
28:47and the doors that it's open for me so a
28:50lot of it's been a learning experience
28:51and a huge learning curve in terms of
28:55for seven years you know I had an agent
29:00that kind of was it was amazing for that
29:03part of my career but I got to a point
29:05where I could take more ownership over
29:06how I showed up in every
29:09brant partnership and the opportunity to
29:13reach the into Silicon Valley and
29:15network and understand opportunities in
29:18the venture space and me and my wife now
29:21with the opportunity the Bay Area being
29:23our home for the last 11 years when it's
29:25where we raise our kids there's a huge
29:27need and an opportunity to impact kids
29:30in Oakland especially throughout and
29:32throughout the Bay Area through those
29:34three pillars of Veet learn and play and
29:38then in the media space storytelling and
29:41creating content that can impact you
29:45know the world now and for years to come
29:47trying to understand how I show up in
29:49all those different verticals in a very
29:51authentic way that I can own my voice
29:53through all of that and and you know I
29:56don't know you know this the impact now
30:01but just in terms of you know thinking
30:03long-term what people how people see me
30:05on the basketball court there's way more
30:07way more to it than that and so it's
30:09been an exciting journey to be a part of
30:11that and so to a crowd that you know
30:15some people are considering starting a
30:16company with their best friend or not
30:20oh man I mean you just have to you just
30:26have to communicate first and foremost I
30:28think that was the the thing that was
30:31most advantageous for us for two years
30:33we had so many different conversations
30:35about what it could look like and and
30:38what that partnership would look like
30:40and and how I think at a time you know
30:43first two months it was tough because I
30:45felt like for two years all we had was
30:46business conversations and we forgot the
30:48friendship part of it which was made us
30:50who we are and then we kind of had to
30:52kind of reset and say you know we're
30:55doing amazing stuff if we lost that
30:56personal you know part of it and that's
30:59like that's a constant challenge and you
31:01have to remind yourself without you know
31:04crazy I mean decisions you have to make
31:05on a daily basis all the things that
31:07you're trying to manage and balance and
31:09communication is everything and so I
31:11come in Bryant for having that
31:14perspective because he's not afraid to
31:15challenge me on things where I'm
31:17slipping up and and I hope I do the same
31:19vice versa so you know that part of it
31:23is is tough but it's the most rewarding
31:27when you get to you know do amazing
31:30things and enter amazing opportunities
31:34with somebody as you know as it's very
31:35similar mindset that you have you know
31:37sweat equity with for years and years
31:39and years you know what they're about
31:40there's a confidence that comes with
31:42that too so you take the good with the
31:45with the decent with it yeah so thinking
31:50back on a few things we've touched on
31:52it's obvious that you don't let the
31:53excellence of an organization define
31:55your own excellence you went to Davison
31:57underrated and left the household name
31:59you went to a shaky Warriors team and
32:01turn them into a dynasty to remember you
32:04are ruining a game by redefining
32:06excellence and everything you touch so I
32:08want to let you know you know black man
32:09a black man I appreciate everything you
32:10do I appreciate all the positivity enjoy
32:12what you bring into the world it's been
32:14a pleasure chatting with you we're gonna
32:15open it up to the audience for a few
32:28I said thanks for coming I'm robbers and
32:32first-gen ba so you just mentioned
32:35you're putting this you know venture
32:36we're doing with your friend so I'm just
32:39wondering what's your you know overall
32:41retirement plan who do you vision
32:46yourself to be coming you know
32:4823 years that I'm done around thank you
32:51thank you I guess I'm at that point
32:55where I start thinking about it a little
32:56bit you know in terms of like where I'm
33:03at my career I've always had a hard time
33:06kind of articulating the big picture and
33:12the strategy around what we're doing
33:13with su-30 Inc and kind of what we
33:15talked about those four verticals in the
33:17media space of our foundation you learn
33:19play which I truly believe will be a
33:22game-changer in the Bay Area and
33:24especially Oakland and changing kids
33:25lives and that's something me and my
33:27wife err extremely motivated and
33:31dedicated to our brand partnerships and
33:37in our venture investing so I think
33:41establishing our processes and the team
33:45that you know I'm trying to build now
33:47that will hopefully set up successful
33:49later just having a perspective and
33:51around what that might look like you
33:55know when the ball stops bouncing
33:56obviously right now I have to balance
33:59that perspective with continuing to be
34:02the best basketball player that I can be
34:03and keeping the main thing the main
34:05thing for for me because that's what you
34:07know keeps the car moving but I have had
34:13the opportunity in this last year to
34:14really again just adapt to the learnings
34:21of what you know we have taken on and be
34:23okay with saying you know we didn't get
34:25that right the first time let's let's go
34:26back to the drawing board
34:29let's get you know the right getting the
34:32right team in place and the right
34:33process and I I'm only as good as the
34:35people around me and so that's the
34:37that's the best thing that we've been
34:39able to try to figure out and I'm really
34:41excited about where we're at right now
34:42which continues to or allows me to have
34:45the excitement about you know
34:47reinvesting my time and the resources
34:50behind everything that we're doing
34:52that's my best answer to that because in
34:55the next three or four years I want to
34:56win like three more championships and
34:57then play for like eight eight ten more
35:01years and then you know I keep adding I
35:05keep adding a year for my wife because
35:07sounds just like the mess with her like
35:09that but that's that's the perspective
35:13right now continue be the best
35:14basketball player I can be for as long
35:15as I can be but in the meantime form the
35:18best team around me that will help set
35:23us up for success in the future in terms
35:24of you know being truly game changers in
35:28those four spaces I step my name is Mary
35:33Grace Reeves I'm a fourth year in the
35:35dual MD MBA program here at Stanford and
35:37as a golfer I really appreciate your
35:40show holy moly season two is coming soon
35:44looking forward to you're always welcome
35:46to join us here at the Stanford Golf
35:47Course thank you for that anyway so my
35:51question for you is now being on the
35:52west coast what do you continue to take
35:54from your Southern heritage and how does
35:56that translate into your leadership
35:57style on off the court with impact
36:00investing in with the Animus media
36:02that's a great question I get my joke
36:07out the way like coming from the East
36:09Coast my momma if I if I wasn't a yes
36:12man no ma'am that type of thing just do
36:15the the gracious isn't know my manners
36:17she hit me upside my head so I've always
36:21catches people off guard out here on the
36:22west coast but beyond that I think just
36:26a sense of a sense of appreciation for
36:30the the place that I get to live I
36:32really like the speed of life here the
36:34opportunities the the thought leaders
36:36and and game changes that right in this
36:40area that I have you know access to and
36:43you not being from here and kind of
36:47understanding what that's like you know
36:48in this last ten years has been
36:50extremely rewarding I don't take that
36:53that the the people that I get to call
36:57up and just have a conversation with her
36:59he eventually hopefully go to go into
37:02business with it just even get advice
37:03from like that's that's that's amazing
37:05to me just the power of intellect out
37:09here just all you all you guys included
37:13so that's that's pretty pretty special
37:16to meet in this area and something that
37:19gets me excited other than that that's
37:27so I think in terms of like again the
37:30family aspect of what I bring in and
37:33that kind of permeated itself through
37:35you talk about unanimous and the content
37:37that we create we want to create content
37:40that the whole family can kind of get
37:42behind and you want to make them laugh
37:43make them cry make them smile all the
37:45different emotions we bring that bond
37:47together through it that's that's
37:49important too yeah I think the last
37:52student that actually a golfing question
37:54ended up and getting Howard golf team
37:57sponsors right yeah yeah that's right so
38:00I did a screener for documentary called
38:05Emmanuel last spring and part of that
38:10was there's a guy that came up to the
38:13front afterwards and he mentioned that
38:17he was on the gull of the Howard Golf
38:19Club team and he was trying to figure
38:22out a way to start or bring Division one
38:25golf back to Howard University obviously
38:28being HBCU and so we had a conversation
38:32found out a way to bring resources bring
38:37some financial and kind of backing and
38:39align all the forces to make that a
38:41reality and you know what five six
38:43months later it happened so crazy just
38:47the the rooms that you're in and how
38:50those type of ideas can kind of come and
38:52then being able to execute it and make
38:54you know make it into a reality it's
38:56pretty dope so sponsoring the Howard the
39:00the the return of Howard's the Division
39:03team next fall is pretty pretty pretty
39:06cool it's amazing I think we have time
39:07for one more question from the crowd and
39:10then we'll come back here
39:15hi stuff thank you for being here
39:18I was curious what the thought process
39:22and conversation was around you and your
39:25team's decision to not go to the White
39:26House it personally meant a lot to me to
39:29see I'm such prominent figures in the
39:32public discourse make a stand like that
39:34and I'm curious with that what that
39:36process was like for you guys it was
39:42kind of talking about that earlier and a
39:45breakout group there is it's amazing the
39:50conversations that I've been thrown into
39:52and I say that in a positive way in
39:54terms of how powerful your voice can be
39:57and speaking for those that can't speak
39:59for themselves and developing a point of
40:04view that you're okay to stand behind no
40:06matter if you're going to be praised for
40:08it or her or be criticized for it and
40:10that was probably the prime example of
40:14of that happening in terms of how
40:16basketball and the power of sports and
40:19how it unifies people think better than
40:22any other industry in this world can
40:26lead to kind of standing against the way
40:32that the presidential offices was being
40:35represented and to be honest still is so
40:38I think it was a powerful moment for our
40:41whole team to kind of collectively come
40:44together have that conversation amongst
40:48ourselves of who was comfortable going
40:49who was not obviously was on the side of
40:51not going being put into a tweet but for
40:56president Trump and and and dealing with
40:59that backlash of of just that act that
41:04at the end of the day I just didn't
41:07agree with anything that he was saying
41:08or what he stood for how he you know
41:11talked about you know inclusivity and
41:15the just the hatefulness I was coming
41:19out of that office and so from there I
41:21said I'm not going to the White House
41:23and our team kind of came to that
41:26collective decision we didn't go instead
41:28we went to the National african-american
41:31history or history museum and then DC
41:34and and created our own experience that
41:37was more true and authentic to what we
41:38wanted to kind of understand and learn
41:41about and share with the world and some
41:43students from from where Katie's from
41:46and Maryland came out and we got to go
41:48tour the museum with them and it was an
41:50amazing experience that was way better
41:52than the alternative so just to your
41:58point like athletes have an amazing
42:00opportunity to speak and people want to
42:03want to listen I just try to be the one
42:07educated on what I'm talking about and
42:09and to again okay with knowing I'm not
42:11gonna please everybody with with what
42:13you say but you got to stand for it
42:27yeah so we had we had a breakout room
42:29for you we also had a breakout room for
42:31Aisha who is accomplished on our own we
42:34have New York's Times best-selling book
42:37the seasons life we have our own cooking
42:40show Aisha is homemade and a cameo on
42:42Hannah Montana that's good that's good
42:52so we normally had to do my research man
42:57so we normally in these with a lightning
43:00round and I have one for you and so what
43:02I'm gonna do is give you a series of
43:06there's many two options in each one and
43:07you tell me which one you pick you can't
43:09you can't think about it too long all
43:11right we're that's just about I'm
43:13passing the ball just shoot the three
43:16all right so favorite acting moment
43:20denzel washington and training day or
43:22Viola Davis and how to get away with
43:24oh a training day okay favorite snack I
43:28use just chicken parmesan or Sour Patch
43:38that's fair favorite it's an unfair
43:41question yeah to two totally different
43:43categories I mean I'm married up and I'm
43:46gonna make sure you know happy wife
43:48happy life so I'm brought to you I
43:55brought you a little gift
43:55yeah that's my reward for answering the
43:58question right so your favorite nickname
44:03baby-faced assassin or splash bro
44:06baby-faced assassin even though I'm
44:09trying to run away from it obviously
44:11alright so your favorite basketball role
44:14model Steve Nash or Reggie Miller Steve
44:18Nash Steve Nash which is crazy because
44:20he's not one of our consultants for for
44:23the team so I get to ask my idol
44:26questions about how to run a
44:27pick-and-roll and he gets the answer I'm
44:29like right there and show me the way so
44:30that's pretty pretty crazy that's pretty
44:33well actually I think I read that he was
44:35saying he wish he could play in the game
44:37after you changed it unbelievable
44:42compliment but I was also counter with I
44:44play the way that I play because of what
44:46he showed me so he's kind of done with
44:48dumbing it down a little bit what he was
44:49able to do in terms of reimagine or
44:51reinventing creativity in a way that
44:54inspired me to kind of own that for
44:58myself so I appreciate his compliment
45:00but yeah I learned it from him that
45:03Phoenix Sun squad he was always crazy
45:05last question this is this is a pretty
45:08tough one there's actually three options
45:09for this one favorite Chow Reilly okay
45:15no kid will in on that one
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