Hey, this is John Gordon, this is a special edition of Positive You with the Positive

Summit talking to Damien Lillard, Damien, how you doing?

I'm good, man, how you doing?

I'm doing great.

So you've been traveling a lot.

I'm so glad we could do this for the summit.

I know you've been so busy, but I know myself and everyone I really appreciate you making

time for this.

Yep.

Absolutely, man.

Anytime I can, you know, participate in something like this and being able to share, like,

from a true experience, you know, I'm always down for it.

We talk about positivity, but when we talk about positivity, it's not like polyanna positive.

It's not about seeing the world through rose-colored glasses.

I think of it as mental toughness, resilience, grit, you embody all these things.

I think about you and how mentally tough you are.

I got to ask you, like, where do you think this came from?

Did it come from your background where you grew up, like, take us back and what were you

like as a kid?

I think that a lot of it does come from the way that I was raised.

You grew up with just a certain standard.

And I think that comes from the kind of family that I come from, you know, mom, dad, grandparents,

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