Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
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What is the main topic of this episode?
This episode of the Dan Levitard Show with Stu Gatz is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours.
Why is being tall considered both a blessing and a curse?
Many years ago, I was talking with Kevin Durant about being tall as a child. And he said that as a fifth grader, he used to pray that every evening that he could be shorter because kids, you know, want to fit in. And he was being gawked at because... He was tall, and it felt awkward for him. About a year ago, we talked about a Florida player, a player who had decided to go to Florida, Olivier Roux, who was 7'9", but wasn't one of the top 50 prospects in America, even though he was 7'9". He ended up going to Florida. Florida, obviously. is good enough to win the tournament this year, a very deep team. He's not playing for that team, but he was cutting the net the other day, and there's video of him cutting the net without having to get on the ladder, where he just reaches up there and cuts the net. There's also video of him on the team plane, a team plane filled with ostensibly other very large people, and he just looks very much bigger than... than everyone else.
And sports is a great confidence builder for a number of people, success in sports. But when I see someone of this height and think of all the things that are problematic, including just trying to take a shower in a hotel room, just any hotel room in America, that person cannot take a shower. And when, or sleep in a bed, I imagine. I imagine a normal bed is not something that a seven foot nine person could sleep in. So when you add the combination of he's seven nine and he's obviously a basketball player and anyone who talks to him or sees him is going to see him as a basketball player, but he's not a good basketball player because he can't move around very well at that height. I remember the stories about Andre the Giant and the pain that he was in. When I see someone of that height, it generally fills me with a sadness about the unknown because I imagine that person to be in a great deal of pain.
Yeah, because that's not just tall. That's freakishly tall, right? Like if you're 6'6 or 6'7, you're really tall. You stand out, but it's sort of normal tall. When I see somebody 7'9, I feel bad for them, and I thank the stars that I'm 5'9, to be honest with you. The stars you're thanking for that. Yeah. You know what I did the other day? Christopher, I think I've told you that I do this occasionally. There's a step stool in my garage. It's two steps, so it's like this tall. Occasionally, I stand on the step stool just to imagine how it would be to be seven feet tall. And it is so weird. Because your whole perspective changes. You are a different person. If you have a stepstool, stand on it.
Put yourself in a seven-footer's shoes for just a minute.
It really changes your outlook. I've never – when you say 6'7 is a normal tall – I have legitimately never met a seven-foot human being who's not a basketball player. I've never seen what one of those looks like who doesn't play basketball in the wild.
Just some guys, like I paint.
Anywhere. I remember Amici said to me one time, because he was the first player in his country to make it to basketball, and the way that he started was so primitive in that The first basket that he played on, there was a wall right behind the basket. So there was no place to land on the other side of the basket when he was playing. He said to me, there are plenty of seven foot people because I'm talking to him about, well, you had certain gifts being seven foot. And he's like, there's seven. There are plenty of seven foot people who work at Subway. And I'm like, no, there aren't.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:54–1:00
2
Why is being tall considered both a blessing and a curse?
1:00–5:42
3
What are some alternative careers for tall people besides basketball?
5:42–8:39
4
Why is there controversy around the West Virginia basketball tournament?
8:39–17:40
5
How is the streaming age affecting independent filmmakers?
17:40–19:17
6
Which actors are surprisingly tall or short?
19:17–45:47
Speakers
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