Stephen Curry is going down memory lane, though still has eyes on what’s next.
Curry’s book 鈥淪hot Ready鈥 was released this week and the immediate reviews are overwhelmingly positive; Amazon quickly had it ranked among its top 10 current best-sellers and atop its sports book charts.
Over more than 400 pages and with more than 100 photographs, many of them of the behind-the-scenes variety, the Golden State Warriors star guard 鈥 a four-time NBA champion, an Olympic gold medalist and the league’s career 3-point leader 鈥 said he’s simply trying to give fans a new look inside his mind and at his process.
鈥淲e wanted to have something tangible, not just from a sports perspective but from a life perspective and show all the different highs and lows that I鈥檝e been through and what people have instilled in me,鈥 Curry said. 鈥淚t just made sense, especially while I鈥檓 still under the bright lights on the court playing. It鈥檚 a moment of reflection but also for me, it’s a moment to motivate me to keep going and get everything else I can out of this game.鈥
The book is the latest part of Curry’s burgeoning empire. He has his Curry Brand with Under Armour, has a multimedia company, is now in the bourbon business, recently announced plans for a restaurant, is trying to grow the game of golf by making it more accessible 鈥 and has a nonprofit with his wife Ayesha Curry dedicated largely to providing meals and educational opportunities to children in need.
He also plays basketball 鈥 which, obviously, remains the main thing as he enters his 17th NBA season and still at the top of his game.
鈥淚 think I鈥檓 just going deeper into the things that are exciting and I鈥檓 passionate about,鈥 Curry said. 鈥淪ometimes, it does feel like it鈥檚 a lot. But when you get to a project like this or my Underrated golf tour or the bourbon that鈥檚 part of just how I get to celebrate life, I鈥檓 passionate about sharing all of that with anybody who’ll listen. I feel like it鈥檚 going deeper and it鈥檚 a part of just being able to extend the platform and the opportunity to things that matter to me.鈥
Curry said he selected all the photos that went into the book as well and said this week that he still finds himself often just picking one and looking at it for a couple minutes to go back to whatever moment was captured 鈥 trying to remember exactly what he was thinking and doing at the time.
鈥淪uccess may not always look the way you expect, but it鈥檚 attainable for all of us when the rigor of our preparation and the depth of our belief meet the urgency of the moment,鈥 Curry wrote. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what it means to be shot ready.鈥
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