Ben Newman
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I mean, Kobe used to say he never got bored with the basics.
The first hour of his workouts would be doing the little things that most people were unwilling to do, layups and form shooting and things that most people just skip, and they go straight to the three-point line.
So when you have both, the confidence because God did give you talent, but then the confidence from extreme discipline, you go become the best in the world.
I'll share something with you on Brady that I think you'll find fascinating that I don't get to share this story very often.
I've worked with Levante David, and this is all public knowledge.
I'm not sharing anything private, but he's the captain of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense.
So I've worked with Levante for 12 years, and Levante's an unbelievable athlete.
He better go into the Hall of Fame first ballot.
He deserves it with the consistency of his stats.
When Brady came to Tampa Bay,
and they go and win that championship in the first year after he'd won six, year one, right?
And what were people saying?
Like, can Brady really go and win one?
So I was with the team.
I was with Levante.
They win that Super Bowl.
Before I fly out the next morning, I call Levante on the phone.
I said, man, I forgot to ask you something last night.
I said, if there was one thing that Tom Brady did when he came to this football team to help you guys win the Super Bowl, what was it?
You ready for this?