How Failure Fuels Kyrie's Basketball Ambitions & Growth

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Let's get Kyrie in here very quickly.

00:07 You know, once again with Kyrie,

00:10 failure has inspired him.

00:11 Here we go.

00:12 - Yeah, I think failure will inspire you

00:16 more than you can imagine.

00:17 And not being able to make the playoffs last year

00:20 definitely hurt, stung, brought a lot of pain.

00:23 And the only way I, you know, felt

00:27 other than doing my prayer and meditation,

00:30 but being able to express those emotions

00:31 was the only way I was right down the street at LA Tech.

00:35 And some of my friends just, you know,

00:37 being consistent with me throughout those days.

00:40 I'm grateful for all those times and pushing me.

00:41 - Very grateful.

00:42 - I was watching playoff games

00:43 and then going to the gym the next day and be like,

00:45 man, we should have been in the fricking playoffs.

00:47 So just imagining myself in different situations

00:49 and pushing myself.

00:51 - I'm just surprised he has friends.

00:54 - He has friends.

00:55 He just told you.

00:55 He might've been lying,

00:57 but he probably wasn't.

00:58 I'm sure he's got a couple of them.

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