It has been two years since Blake Griffin formally retired from the NBA, however the mentality he had constructed fueled his achievements over 13 seasons.
Griffin mentioned that he was by no means scared to take the largest shot due to the positivity that he would make it, relatively than pondering what if he missed.
“By no means. I cherished it. That’s the factor I miss essentially the most, the massive, high-pressure second. You may’t actually replicate that. The second is so massive, and also you don’t know what’s going to occur,’ Griffin mentioned, per Josh Chambers.
The six-time All-Star shared a message of positivity that might relate to many younger athletes on how he began his profession if strain was excessive.
“You type of have your play, however issues exit the window, and you need to improvise. It by no means went by my thoughts, ‘What if I miss?’ It was at all times, ‘What if I make it?’”
Regardless of the 6-foo-9 bigman earned the Rookie of the 12 months Award in 2011, doubts and struggles nonetheless got here his means into the offseason.
“Even after my rookie yr, I bear in mind the offseason I had this lingering insecurity of, ‘What if I can’t try this once more?’ What if I can’t have yr? What if I’m not ok? Even after kind of proving your self. And I didn’t thoughts it in any respect. It made you hungry,” he added.
