Andre Iguodala
I've had a lot of help... from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, venture capitalists. They've helped me out a ton.
NBA players, we're directly involved in the tech world whether we know it or not. Media content and wearables directly influence us every day.
In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.
If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can get. So, the more rounds of golf, the better I play.
I don't think I can coach.
The tech titans and the tech guys who I most admire are the ones behind the scenes.
I try to let the people I do business with off the court know that I'm serious about my business off the court. So I try not to mix the two.
I don't want to be a basketball player that's a businessman. I want to be a businessman that's a business.
I came to the Bay Area not just to play basketball but to explore business interests.
I'm wearing a blazer, like, all the time. That's my go-to - a blazer - and I can just figure out if I want to wear jeans or slacks. Turn it into a suit.
We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.
In the Finals, you want to set a statement like, 'This is me. This is who I am.' You know everyone's watching.
I play videogames all the time on the plane.
I'm a huge tennis fan, so the game I play the most is 'Top Spin.' You really have to know how to play tennis to get good at this game - whether you want to hit a forehand or a backhand, when's the best time to hit a slice - it's so real.
I have a drive to get more steals and improve my game and stats overall every year.
One move nobody knows about, when I catch the ball on the wing and I'm driving, I'm looking at the defender's legs, and I'm yanking their legs back as I run by.
In golf, you're more competing with yourself.
Draymond's always talking trash, and he's really good at getting you off your game. He's one of the guys that he'll talk trash, even when you're playing golf. He will knock you off your game... But when you see his swing, you're like, 'How do you talk trash so well, and your swing's this bad?'
I wasn't highly touted coming out of high school, so it wasn't like I was expecting to get a lot of minutes. For me, I didn't know how good a player I was, even though I think I did decent as a freshman.
You always wonder how a coach's demeanor will be going from assistant to head coach. They can kind of change, the personality, and you don't know how that will affect the team or how they see him.
I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.
Ben Horowitz, he's the guy. He's really big into hip-hop, and he's a brainiac.
Tech stuff, I will always do. They've been good to me.
I can play until I'm 40. But I won't.
I'm just a golf enthusiast where I enjoy the game so much, and I'm excited.
At the end of the day, everybody wants to win.
Yoga, meditation, and unplugging the phone at night to make sure I get enough hours of sleep. That's huge for athletes.
When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.
Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.
Even if you shoot 60, now you're aiming for 59. Golf is something you can never master.
I've been blessed to be in the NBA.
Math was my favorite subject, so numbers were always running through my mind.
The biggest thing is to give it back. You want to leave the game in a better situation than you came in with it. That's really important to me, especially being an avid reader and just learning about how to build businesses, learning how to make the most of the business you're in, the ins and outs of the relationships that you build as well.
When you first come in the NBA, you have a lot of conversations about saving your money, financially educating yourself, not just trusting whoever it is handling your money, not just having those meetings once a year, and not really putting the effort into learning the same way you learn your craft on the court.
When you go out there, you're not just representing your country or the NBA: you're representing your beliefs. You want to play hard for Someone who died for you.
When I'm out there playing basketball, it's just, 'Let me do me,' and everybody is going to benefit. I feel confident that whoever I'm out there with is going to win.
It doesn't matter to me who I'm playing with. I think I'm going to make anybody better.
I think I'm a smart guy who knows the game.
I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.
I like stick deodorant. I'm not a huge fan of spritz.
I try to get through a book every two weeks.
I got a yoga mat, I do yoga twice a week. I do both regular and hot yoga. Lululemon has an extra large yoga mat, longer and wider, so it fits me.
I'm a collector of designer backpacks.
I don't really shop too much. I shop a few times a year.
I always wanted to present myself well and express my style with my clothes, as well as who I was as a basketball player.
I do a little bit of everything... kind of like being a chef on the court.
I'm a tennis fan, so I like Roger Federer. He's always two or three steps ahead, so he's hitting a shot, but he's also thinking about the next two shots. So I try to be in that frame of mind - to always be ahead.
The same way you train yourself to be physically gifted player - whether you do weights, or running to get in shape or swimming - the mental side is the same way. You've got to train yourself to be ready for whatever.
I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself.Collection: Levels