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Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want Jan 20, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:46 Morgan Housel And I use this analogy a lot of like, what percentage of college athletes make it to the NBA?

How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear Jan 1, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:34 James Clear I, the San Antonio Spurs have a quote hanging in their locker room where it says, you know, they've won five NBA championships.

7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy Nov 25, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:32 Jim Murphy I, I wanted to be a superstar Major League Baseball player or NFL player or NBA, and I thought that was the best possible life, was to make millions of dollars and be rich and famous and have every guy want to be me and every girl want to…

Best of 2024: The Blueprint for a Transformative New Year Dec 24, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 58:19 Dr. Becky Kennedy That would be, like, someone who has never taken a foul shot, taking a foul shot game seven of the NBA Finals when time has run out and the game is tied.

Ryan Holiday: How to Win the War with Yourself Nov 26, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 51:24 Ryan Holiday Anyways, that advice is very helpful in clarifying in more predictive linear professions, but that would be bad advice to give to a rookie in the NBA.

Brian Halligan: Building HubSpot into a Multi-Billion Dollar Company Aug 6, 2024 · 2 mentions

Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich May 28, 2024 · 1 mention

Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything Feb 6, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:25 Dr. Becky Kennedy That would be like someone who has never taken a foul shot, taking a foul shot game seven of the NBA finals when time has run out and the game is tied.

Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears Dec 12, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:12 Shane Parrish And so practicing, I was actually talking to an NBA coach a couple weeks ago, and he said something similar.

Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity Nov 28, 2023 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 1:21:14 Todd Herman Because a lot of my clients over the years, whether it's NBA or, you know, NFL or other sports are black.
  • ▶ 1:27:53 Todd Herman He didn't tell the world about it until 2009 when he won the world championship, when they, or when they won the NBA championship, even Beyonce with Sasha fierce, Sasha fierce, wasn't revealed to the world really until 2008 when she was…
  • ▶ 1:33:24 Shane Parrish Or you make the NBA, you make the NHL, and then, oh, I've made it. 6 times in the scene

Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success Nov 14, 2023 · 2 mentions

Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress Sep 19, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:39 Shane Parrish Joe is the youngest coach in the NBA, and he's an advocate of Dr.
  • ▶ 34:05 Joe Mazzulla And that's kind of the, the, my passion, you know, uh, being in, you know, in the NBA and in professional sports, it's like, can we open our mind to different things that are having an impact on our performance and the ability to make it…
  • ▶ 45:14 Dr. Leah Lagos But, I mean, you take an NBA game of three hours, and, and, and, you know, there are, there are oscillations in that time, and being really clear on when the oscillations are occurring, and being able to catch it sooner to intervene.

Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm Jan 10, 2023 · 1 mention

Les Snead: Building a Super Bowl Champion Aug 23, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:13 Les Snead Different in the NBA, probably we got a little bit easier, but when we picked Aaron Donald, we had drafted Michael Brockers a couple of years earlier with a first round pick.

#127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year Dec 21, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 8:22 Shane Parrish Bosch is a two-time NBA champion and was inducted to the NBA Hall of Fame earlier this year. 3 times in the scene

#125 Paul Rabil: Confidence and Competition Nov 30, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:25 Paul Rabil And I kept running into almost at every turn obstacles and questions as to why major league lacrosse at the time was not doing what the UFC was doing or MLS was doing or MLB was doing or NBA was doing.
  • ▶ 33:31 Paul Rabil So you can just put the ball in the hoop from close range, which you're tend to be really good at if you're at the NBA level.

#120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness Sep 21, 2021 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 0:00 Chris Bosh Yeah, when you put that NBA on your chest, it's different.
  • ▶ 1:15 Shane Parrish He's an eleven-time NBA All-Star, a two-time world champion, NBA Hall of Famer, and Olympic gold medalist. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 9:33 Chris Bosh I tell people like, yo, the NBA was my fourth job.
  • ▶ 14:47 Chris Bosh Um, to me, that was the best league, uh, short of the NBA. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 20:04 Chris Bosh yeah, when you put that NBA on your chest, it's different.
  • ▶ 26:55 Chris Bosh You know, it wasn't about the adoration from fans, because I, I've had guys in the NBA come and visit me in Toronto, and when they see the fan reaction, they'd look at me and be like, what the hell is going on here, bro? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 53:46 Chris Bosh But to play on that team that is on the balance beam of the NBA.

#112 Adam Grant: Rethinking Your Position Jun 1, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:16 Shane Parrish Help the likes of Google, Pixar, and the MBA re-examine how they can design meaningful jobs, build creative teams, and shape collaborative cultures.
  • ▶ 20:21 Shane Parrish Was this in the NBA?

#100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key Jan 5, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:14:31 Shane Parrish Like you get, if you're an NBA general manager, you could trade somebody away, but you could always trade back for them.

#98 Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present Dec 8, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 17:34 Sahil Lavingia That's, it's kind of like when you look at the music industry, you know, or the NBA or anything,

#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk Apr 14, 2020 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 40:01 Jason Calacanis This is one of the things I'm really excited about is very similar to what the NBA did. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 50:41 Jason Calacanis So all of these tools now, like, you know, sort of the NBA getting more people to play basketball, the no-code tools get more people to build MVPs.

#47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1) Dec 11, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 1:42:56 Adam Robinson Playing pickup basketball, and I, I stop, and I ask them, are you gonna make the NBA? 2 times in the scene

#28 Michael Mauboussin: A Decision Making Jedi Jan 23, 2018 · 3 mentions

#2 Michael Lombardi: Leadership on the Field May 29, 2015 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:25 Michael Lombardi And that's really what happens to most good teams, good teams that win in advance, whether it's in, in secondary basketball, it's in the NBA, is they can play different styles and still effectively win the game.
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