Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry says he is motivated to see Tom Brady, 43, lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back to the Super Bowl.
“It’s a different sport, a different position, but it’s definitely: the little things you can do, that I’ve been doing, that I’m doing now, that I can do in the future to make sure your body is able to do recover “You are in a position to keep yourself in excellent condition, so you are given the best opportunity to be prepared season after season after season,” Curry said Monday. And then make the necessary adjustments to what your game needs to transform or things like that. … The focus and discipline he showed on what it means to be a professional athlete at this level with this longevity, is no coincidence. So there are things you can do to put yourself in a position to stretch it even further. “
On Sunday, Brady will face the Kansas City Chiefs in his 10th Super Bowl. He has won six championships, most by any NFL quarterback. Curry is a three-time NBA champion, but met Brady in 2014, before winning his first NBA title.
“We just lost to the Clippers in the first round, so I had free time,” Curry said of his meeting at the Preakness that year. “… He always seemed to be trying to pick up peppers from other guys from different leagues. That competitive fire, even in the middle of his low season, was still, you could see in his eyes. Appreciate the greatness Seven years later, he still chases the Super Bowls and is one of them [situations] every time you see him on the bright stages, you can’t help but look at him. Expect greatness to pass. This is how we will be seeing it [Sunday] and see if he succeeds “.
Brady’s longevity, and his ability to play at such a high level for a sustained time, is something that many athletes have praised Bucs quarterback during his career, but Curry’s praise for Brady came in a day. in which Curry acknowledged that he often thinks about his own title window.
“There are things that are under your control and things that are not,” Curry said. “But every little thing you do every day, all the work you do, is building to get back to that stage and understand: you’re living in reality, so you know it unless you’re playing quarterback for Tampa Bay Bucs right now , there’s a good line between when you’re at your best and when you need to get the most out of what you’ve got on the track. That’s kind of a perspective, so definitely think about it. “
Curry’s outlook on his future focused more on last season after he broke his left hand in the fourth game of the year. Between that injury, consecutive Klay Thompson injuries at the end of the season and Kevin Durant’s Achilles injury in the fifth game of the 2019 NBA Finals, and the subsequent decision to sign with the Brooklyn Nets, Curry is aware of how quickly things can change for any team. When asked how much longer he feels his own title window is open, Curry hoped it would continue to run for a while.
“You’re thinking this year and next year,” Curry said. “You’re thinking about Klay coming back, you’re thinking about all these different things, but right now who can say we can’t put pieces together? I’m in great shape and I’m thinking about all the things we’ve been through for the last four or five years to “It’s hard to say what the real number is, but I think we’re in a good place, so to speak.”
Curry, who will turn 33 in March, was asked how far he can extend his maximum as he had just said he felt he was in the prime of his prime.
“We’ll find out,” Curry replied.
Extending the peak years is something Brady knows all too well. Brady is the oldest QB to win a Super Bowl, and arrived two seasons before that championship.
After five consecutive years of going to the NBA Finals between the 2014-15 and 2018-19 seasons, Curry has seen the Warriors become the worst team in the league last season between 15 and 50 and fighting for a season up and down from 11-9 at Tuesday’s game with the Boston Celtics. With all the wear and tear his body had, Curry was asked how old he was from the basketball years.
“I was going to say [after] five years in a row, we played an extra season and a half in those playoffs, but then I got it back last year, “he said.” So, I don’t know, I feel like I’m in my mid-twenties right now. I don’t know what that means. Maybe I’m just cheating … I guess the mind has to be strong to tell the body how old you are or how young you feel. So just run it. I have no worries about falling soon. “