Joakim Noah
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But it was like my mentality.
I got to fight through.
And that was the way I was able to, you know, inspire my teammates to play harder as well as just you have to go out there and go through the fire yourself first.
And when my body wouldn't let me, there was a lot of lessons to be learned for me, for sure.
Yeah.
But I think that, like I said, this, that was, it's like that pain that I had to carry throughout my New York experience.
It made me better.
It made me realize that it's not all about what people think about you.
Like,
Fuck that.
You know, you have to move on from that eventually.
You know, like the persona that I had in Chicago was a different one in New York.
Like, absolutely.
Did I want that back at all costs?
Absolutely.
But it taught me a lot as well.
Just like, OK, this is this is actually not making me happy anymore.
You know, this chase for, you know, for the glory.
Um, that's not what it was anymore.
So I had to dig deep.