What It's Like to Be Great at Something with Dirk Nowitzki (2022)

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Chris is wrapping up vacation this week, so WITHpod is sharing another favorite recent episode. From the original description: Seven-foot-tall Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest NBA players in history. Throughout his illustrious and landmark career, he’s redefined the sport through his signature moves, unique mindset and approach. His extraordinary story is the subject of a book published in March of 2022, “The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and The Meaning of Life,” a culmination of seven years of writing by award-winning novelist and sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger. Basketball is Chris’ favorite sport, so it really was a special treat to have the Dallas Mavericks superstar on WITHpod. Nowitzki joins to talk about the role of mentorship, going from the German suburbs to being one of the Top 75 Greatest Players of All-time, the mental toll and expectations of stardom, staying grounded and more.

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0:00.0	Either with pod listeners, as you're listening to this during the second week of August,
0:03.9	it means I'm on vacation and we are sharing one of the most memorable conversations we've
0:07.3	had on WISE is happening.
0:08.8	This one was such a treat.
0:10.2	Got a lot of great feedback from you, so I'm really stoked to share it with you again.
0:14.2	You can only take it to the next level if you work mentally and physically on your skills
0:20.0	and your mindset.
0:23.2	What came easy to me was always, I always wanted to work hard and I always wanted to be the
0:27.1	first one in and last one out.
0:29.2	I always wanted a more lead by example than stand up and hold 45 minute speeches that
0:34.4	was just not my personality.
0:36.0	So I think I kind of over the years found my way of how I wanted to lead the team and
0:42.6	hopefully the team took everyone to go on my personality and work hard.
0:49.7	Lo and welcome to WISE is happening with me, your host, Chris Hayes.
0:58.9	If you follow my Twitter handle, which no problem if you don't, but should you follow me
1:06.6	there, Chris L. Hayes on twitter.com, you will note that I talk about basketball a lot
1:11.3	because I love basketball.
1:13.3	I truly, truly love basketball.
1:14.3	It is my favorite sport.
1:15.4	I started playing when I was a kid.
1:16.8	I played through high school.
1:18.3	I still play pickup basketball now once a week.
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