00:25:46.120You know, I tell the story about early down in the MJ days of how I won and how I wanted to separate myself.
00:25:54.420When I first started with MJ, there was no Fitbit.
00:25:57.160There was none of this information available.
00:26:00.880So how could I do something that I knew was right that would bring me closer to winning, that would bring me closer to him to say, hey, I'm paying attention to the details.
00:27:13.420When people go work out and they think about training, they're like, okay, I'm going to do 10 reps on one side and 10 reps on the other side.
00:30:19.180There's a recipe to the madness, specifically to the madness, not all the other stuff.
00:30:24.320If you were to take the recipe of a guy like a tiger or a Kobe or a Jordan, I'm specifically talking about those who are not one of the best.
00:30:35.380I'm talking about the goatly we're talking about.
00:30:38.780Is there a weird family member that psychologically messed with you a little bit to challenge you?
00:30:48.120Is there a massive setback in life with a ton of pain?
00:30:52.200Is it someone you love so much that you want to make proud?
00:30:56.340Is it a massive public humiliation, you know, where somebody embarrassed you?
00:31:00.440Is it the DNA of the individual because the same four kids could be from the same family, but only one of them ends up becoming?
00:31:06.780You have the same pretty much structure.
00:31:08.880How do you not come out of it in all four?
00:31:10.740What would you say from your experience?
00:31:12.580And I don't even know if you have the answer to this, but what would you say from experiences, the 1% of the 1% that people read about, people write about, people watch documentaries about, what separates those guys?
00:31:23.140Everything that you mentioned, everything that you mentioned.
00:31:25.600Obviously, listen, you're not going to be a great, if you don't have the genetics to be a great athlete, no matter how much training you do, you're just never going to be, you're never going to be able to reach that level.
00:31:41.700That, that, that pays an important, that pays an important role, picking the, picking the rights, picking the right sport.
00:31:47.960You have to, there's always been an individual that's held you accountable when you're young.
00:31:53.480It could be a parent, it could be somebody that's like, really, doesn't let you, doesn't let you get away with things that, that put, that pushes you, that forces you to do things.
00:32:03.000You look at the Williams sisters from tennis, they're, you know.
00:32:06.860There's, there's all, all, there's always that, there's always that individual.
00:32:11.180Yes, you've gone through some adversity.
00:32:13.380There's something there that you just, that you, that you, that you remember and you just like, that becomes your, that's, that's your fuel.
00:32:21.460That's like something that you don't need anybody else to light that fire.
00:32:26.120That's, that's what, that's what you're, that's what you're made of.
00:32:29.020And how you handle that, because a lot of individuals, when they go through that, when they go through that challenge, they go through that disappointment, other people make it too easy for them.
00:32:41.440You know, because our job as parents, our job as individuals, it is the comfort.
00:32:46.360It, it, it, it is the comfort, all right?
00:32:50.580In order to see winning in all its glory, it wants to see you suffer.
00:33:12.940I know individuals that have won championships 12 years ago that are still celebrating those championships.
00:33:18.460All right, you look at your value attainment numbers, or you look at your followers, you look at this, you know, I remember when, you know, you hit your, how many years ago was it when you hit the million?
00:40:31.260But I had to be selfish during that time.
00:40:37.700And the only reason I had to be selfish during that time is because I had a path and a goal that I wanted her to be able to achieve and her to be able to see.
00:40:48.060And knowing that I had to make this sacrifice now for the benefit of what was going to deliver down the line.
00:40:59.460And if I couldn't deliver what I wanted to deliver down the line, it would actually be more detrimental to myself and to the family and to my growth and to her growth if I didn't complete what I was set out to complete.
00:59:30.020And that, you know, with Kobe, when I got him to do less, when I actually got him to do less, which was a challenge, which was a huge challenge, to get him to do less.
00:59:40.160And that's when things really changed for that.
00:59:45.340That thing's when really is the longevity of being able to play 20, being able to play 20 years.
01:09:47.140When we go back, I remember this, for our first interview, I was in a suit that didn't fit, and you were in a leather jacket, sitting on two lounge chairs.