Mental health awareness is essential for everyone, even if you’re considered the best shooter in NBA history, a millionaire, and a solid family man with Ayesha Curry by your side.
Steph Curry is revealing that he, too, gets caught up in his own thoughts sometimes, just like everyone else.
The Golden State Warrior sat with CNBC, admitting, “I’m human like everybody. You have doubts about yourself, or you have impostor syndrome at times.”
While the four-time champion says basketball can still be a source of worry, it’s often the business opportunities that come with it and supporting those around him.
“It’s an idea of, ‘Are you doing everything you can to take care of people that are relying on you?’” he said. “Are you fulfilling your full potential in all the different areas that I’ve set out to do? Those are daily commitments, daily thoughts that you have to weave through.”
Still with all that on his mind, he manages his gigs as president of Under Armour’s Curry Brand, his own bourbon, the assistant GM of Basketball at his alma mater Davidson, all his business efforts folded under his post as CEO at Thirty Ink, while also leading the Warriors to playoff contention for over a decade.
But he sees his time on the court as a way to get everything else off his mind, saying, “Matching the God-given abilities and the work ethic and just being able to lose myself in the game, I think is a good formula.”
Some of those ventures also veer off into philanthropy, like his nonprofit Eat. Learn. Play, which has raised nearly $100 million for Oakland schools, as well as his Underrated Golf Tour, which helps minorities get into golf.
“From a national perspective, a lot of the narrative is trying to peel back programs and opportunities that are allowing people to have just a fair shot and a fair chance,” he adds. “Everything that we do and what I can control is about true equity.”
Still, he’s ready to fill up his plate more as his NBA career winds down, and he wouldn’t mind having some ownership role in an NBA team.
Curry will break down all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into his brand tonight at 9 p.m. on CNBC Sports’ Curry Inc.: The Business of Stephen Curry.
