Deep Dive with Steve Kerr on Humility

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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What does humility look like when you're standing at the absolute top? Kelly talks with Steve Kerr—nine-time NBA champion—about the tension between winning and perspective, the culture built on values most people wouldn't associate with dominance, and the contradiction at the heart of his best player, Steph Curry. They explore why we're drawn to watching people reach their peak, what coaches taught him that had nothing to do with basketball, and how loss shaped the way he leads. Steve also reflects on using his platform when staying quiet would be easier, what he's learning from the youngest people in the room, and why beginner's mind might be the most important practice of all. This is the first episode in a six-part series on super traits including humility curiosity and creativity, supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. To learn more visit: www.templeton.org. Special thanks to the team at the Aspen Ideas Festival where this episode was recorded. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders. I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering about
0:13.8	humility, what it looks like at the very top of your game. I'm joined by the great Steve Kerr,
0:20.0	the nine-time NBA champion as player and
0:23.4	coach, a conversation that was recorded live at the Aspen Ideas Festival. This is the first
0:28.9	episode in our new six-part series called Super Traits, supported by the John Templeton Foundation,
0:35.4	where we look at virtues like humility, creativity, and curiosity
0:39.8	with remarkably accomplished people. Steve starts with a riff about why sports captivate us,
0:46.8	why we are so glued to the idea that someone in front of our very eyes might reach the absolute
0:53.6	top of their potential.
0:55.4	He talks about growing up in a household filled with professors in cross-cultural conversations,
1:00.7	losing his father, Malcolm Kerr to assassination in Lebanon when he was a college freshman,
1:05.9	how Steph Curry actually embodies both arrogance and humility simultaneously,
1:10.5	and how values like joy,
1:12.9	mindfulness, and compassion built a championship culture. Here's my conversation with Steve Kerr.
1:24.2	Hi. Hi. How are you? I'm good. Yeah, really good.
1:28.3	Yeah.
1:29.3	So you are very good at your job.
1:31.3	You are very well paid.
1:33.3	And everyone thinks you're the biggest VIP.
1:35.3	But I don't ever get the feeling that you think you're a very important person.
1:40.3	In fact, you should know that when I was texting Steve to say, hey, they want to do this
1:45.7	thing with us. He said, no, no, I'm already on stage. And I was like, no, I think they want you
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