Joakim Noah

But when you're not right, it's a tough place to be.

It's a very lonely place.

So, you know, I was just therapist and, you know, that wasn't really working.

How am I going to figure this out?

So I started doing some really unorthodox training and training underwater with Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reese and finding some new mentors.

You know, they were doing all these underwater pool exercises where you would just a lot of breath work.

And, you know, I even went to the jungle and I did everything.

I did everything.

That's right.

That's right.

Um, you know, New York is a different place because there, there's no hiding in that city.

You know, um, I felt like a fish in a fishbowl, you know, it's like you're walking in the street, something you've been doing your whole life.

And now all of a sudden it's just everybody's stopping you in the streets, wanting to talk to you, what's going on.

I, um,

But, you know, when it's going well in New York, it's the best.

But when it's shit, it's tough.

Yeah, I would probably do anything to be out there on the court.

And you know what?

I had some tough lessons during that time.

Yeah.