Blake Griffin

I said it to you a long time ago. At the end of the day, we're playing a game that was invented...

I said it to you a long time ago. At the end of the day, we're playing a game that was invented...

to pass the time in school for children yes it's a pe game yes it blew up yeah like at the end of the day that's what we're doing so that's also another thing too that i try to try to like like don't think you are just like god's gift to this earth and like you're like a above this or you're above that like at the end of the day like remember what we're doing we're playing a game but

to pass the time in school for children yes it's a pe game yes it blew up yeah like at the end of the day that's what we're doing so that's also another thing too that i try to try to like like don't think you are just like god's gift to this earth and like you're like a above this or you're above that like at the end of the day like remember what we're doing we're playing a game but

And like another thing, too, about coaching, like coaching in the NBA is mostly managing ego. well that's what you said one time that you wouldn't want to coach absolutely not it sounds awful i i the coach guys who can go coach i'm so impressed that they're able to like compartmentalize and and be able to do all these things like do i think i could go coach maybe But I don't think I'd enjoy it.

And like another thing, too, about coaching, like coaching in the NBA is mostly managing ego. well that's what you said one time that you wouldn't want to coach absolutely not it sounds awful i i the coach guys who can go coach i'm so impressed that they're able to like compartmentalize and and be able to do all these things like do i think i could go coach maybe But I don't think I'd enjoy it.

Yeah. And guys truly enjoy it. Why can JJ do it? I think the way his brain works is – He's got grid brain. Yeah. I got grid brain. I can see it. He's very, very analytical. And he's also – I was playing golf with him a couple years, I think, before – before he took this job, so maybe a year and a half ago now. And he was like, dude, I got that itch. I got that competitive itch.

Yeah. And guys truly enjoy it. Why can JJ do it? I think the way his brain works is – He's got grid brain. Yeah. I got grid brain. I can see it. He's very, very analytical. And he's also – I was playing golf with him a couple years, I think, before – before he took this job, so maybe a year and a half ago now. And he was like, dude, I got that itch. I got that competitive itch.

And I could tell he was like going to take a job sometime in the near future, you know, because at first I think he was putting it off. And, you know, what's crazy is JJ said to me, we were playing golf and he was like,

And I could tell he was like going to take a job sometime in the near future, you know, because at first I think he was putting it off. And, you know, what's crazy is JJ said to me, we were playing golf and he was like,

you know what's crazy is like this might sound a little crazy but um you know you might not ever like really truly experience like just like full like happiness until you retire and I was like wow that was like oh yeah and I I agreed like I I and I I agree to this day now having been retired I was still playing at the time and it's not that like we're unhappy by any means well that's just you saw Adam Silver said that most players are unhappy

you know what's crazy is like this might sound a little crazy but um you know you might not ever like really truly experience like just like full like happiness until you retire and I was like wow that was like oh yeah and I I agreed like I I and I I agree to this day now having been retired I was still playing at the time and it's not that like we're unhappy by any means well that's just you saw Adam Silver said that most players are unhappy

it's a direct result of social media a lot of players are unhappy i'm an anxious person myself he said joking a little that's interesting i mean it is so it's such a roller coaster yeah like maybe i can see that he was talking about like the isolation of it yeah i mean that's what people don't see a lot of like on the planes and the hotel rooms and the meetings you know like all that is like

it's a direct result of social media a lot of players are unhappy i'm an anxious person myself he said joking a little that's interesting i mean it is so it's such a roller coaster yeah like maybe i can see that he was talking about like the isolation of it yeah i mean that's what people don't see a lot of like on the planes and the hotel rooms and the meetings you know like all that is like

I can't complain at all, but like it's a little bit more mundane and it's less way less glamorous than you think it is because you also have to get your work in. And like I said, it was not because I wasn't happy, but like, man, like for the first time in your life, in your life, especially as an adult. I make my own schedule. I get to do things that I've never done.

I can't complain at all, but like it's a little bit more mundane and it's less way less glamorous than you think it is because you also have to get your work in. And like I said, it was not because I wasn't happy, but like, man, like for the first time in your life, in your life, especially as an adult. I make my own schedule. I get to do things that I've never done.

It was just very intriguing to me.

It was just very intriguing to me.

I'll get in the weight room and toss some things down. Do you still lift weights? I still do. Why? For a year, I was pretty lazy. And I would just kind of randomly exercise. But recently, I've gotten back on. I'm just better mentally when I do. And not for nearly as long. My body doesn't hurt anymore. It's just to get a little movement in. No more steroids. Yeah. Now I can. No.

I'll get in the weight room and toss some things down. Do you still lift weights? I still do. Why? For a year, I was pretty lazy. And I would just kind of randomly exercise. But recently, I've gotten back on. I'm just better mentally when I do. And not for nearly as long. My body doesn't hurt anymore. It's just to get a little movement in. No more steroids. Yeah. Now I can. No.