Ben Lai

Sports, culture, and quotes I come across.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Michael Jordan reveals the decision framework his father taught him before his murder that he still uses every day:

"The thing that I remember the most about my father, and I had him for 32 years, and I never look at it from a negative sense. Obviously he was murdered, and rarely do I get the chance to talk about him."

"The thing that I do remember all the time, I think about him practically every day, is for a person like myself who lives in the spotlight and so critical from people all the time in terms of what I do, what I say, where I go."

"The thing he always said is, take a pause before you make a decision and say what if. The purpose for saying what if is that whatever decision you make is always either going to have consequences, pros and cons."

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

“Every jersey tells a story. Behind each one are surgeries, wins, losses, late nights, losing streaks, winning streaks, sneakers, trades, teammates, coaches, friends, and entire cities. When I look back at the jerseys I wore, I think to myself: ‘What a ride it has been.’”

[TheTruth @TheTruth8240]

Lebron fans response to Dennis Rodman saying Lebron is the easiest guy hed ever guard and would make him go left all day long:

"Making Lebron go left is possibly the worst thing you can do lmao"

Kobe literally LOCKED him up and embarrassed him by making him go left 😭😭😭

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

Watch Jordan go completely unguardable in the post for three minutes.

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

HBD Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway

SHAQ: "Penny was Kobe before Kobe. These kids on social media act like they don't understand what I'm telling them."

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

This is why Jude Bellingham smacked that red headed player on Argentina.

Also how is this even allowed?! No other sport allows a bench player to jump on a field and do nonsense like this 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Bimppooo @bimppooo2]

@Cool_Ustaz What a retard

[Jaydee @Jaydee_Eth1]

@Cool_Ustaz The picture you posted is AI generated but keep your agenda going …plus why was Spence limping on his left foot instead of the one you claimed Messi stepped on 🤡 ??? Hope you can see how Messi stepped on the leg below🌚

[Dion Apollo @DionApollo]

USA Olympic Committee plans to retire Kobe's Olympic jersey number 🇺🇸 🐍

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

Jayson Tatum on Jaylen Brown getting traded:

"To be transparent, it's weird.... You understand throughout the course of your career that the NBA is a business and people change teams... but it doesn't make it any easier. It's still a human element of it.. But it's also a side you have to welcome our new teammates"

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Tom Brady reveals the brutally honest talk he had with a Michigan sports psychologist that turned him from a benchwarmer into the GOAT.

Brady's transformation started with one change: the way he thought.

"I sit on the bench my first year, and I really had—I would call it—a lot of self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. I always had an excuse. 'Coach doesn't want me in there.'"

"I had a sports psychologist. His name was Greg Harden. I would go into his office every Tuesday, and he would say, 'Tom, I like you. You work hard, but you have a shitty attitude.'"

"'How about you start worrying about what you can control and stop talking about the other quarterbacks, stop talking about the coaches not putting you in.'"

"If they give you three reps, you do the best with the three you get. Quit bitching about you only getting three or you going in there with the backup receivers. No one cares.'"

"'You treat practice like it's a game. If you throw a touchdown in the two-minute in practice, you celebrate like it's the game.'"

Brady never approached it that way before. Then "sure enough" everything changed.

"Mmy energy started getting way better. I was bringing juice; I had the right attitude."

"Then all of a sudden, I'm bringing the juice, man. Every day, boom."

"That [mindshift] really helped me get better."

The road to 7 Super Bowl rings didn't start on the practice field; it started in that very office…

[CulturedUpdates @CulturedUpdatez]

Interviewer asks Kobe Bryant: "Since you had Michael Jordan as a mentor, who do you mentor?"

Kobe: "Kyrie Irving, certainly."

Kobe & Kyrie recall the FaceTime call where Kyrie immediately called Kobe right after winning his Championship in the locker room as he was popping champagne bottles. Cavs just completed a historic comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to beat GSW in Oakland in Game 7 🤯

Kobe answers the call & Kyrie LOSES IT in amazement!

Kyrie on FaceTime video with Kobe:

“Your advice worked! It worked! You told me not to give a f*ck bout what nobody says! You told me not to listen to anybody that’s isnt giving you positive energy, your advice worked, it worked! We really did it!”

Kobe: “He was completely freaking out, I was with Gigi (his daughter), Kyrie said AYYEE Gigi! Gigi then said congratulations to Kyrie!” 🥹

Rest Easy Kobe & Gigi 🕊️

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

Fears of World Cup favouritism towards Argentina have been heightened after FIFA confirmed Lionel Messi's 'favourite referee' will officiate England's highly-anticipated semi-final. On Tuesday, it was confirmed that Ismail Elfath will referee the game in what will be the most

[Alex @Alexzachary305]

Celtics were the first real casualty of the second apron and new cba for building a team the right way, and NOW when it affects anyone else they want to change it LOL

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

🚨 MASSIVE SCANDAL

Every Single Team in this World Cup has had at least one VAR intervention against them, expect for Argentina

They face England in the Semi Final, which have had the most VAR interventions against them 🤯

[dank @cptdankkk]

Jaylen Brown says 60% of NBA players lose most of their wealth because the agency model broken

“I hope I ruffle all the motherfucking feathers. The agency model isn't working. It's a bunch of players going broke when they retire. It's like 60% of players within the first 10 years are losing majority of their wealth after making millions of dollars. Living check to check. You can blame the athlete, maybe they living expenses, but they was 18 or 19 when they came into wealth and the people that represented them didn't help them handle that in no capacity or care to. After they get you and they get in your pocket, they just go get the next one and get in his pocket”

“This is what I'mma stand on. And this could be controversial, but I don't care. If you can't help me at 18 or 19 to maintain my wealth, build a legacy, and keep what I'm earning and be able to influence me on my decision making, you shouldn't be representing me in the first place. Shouldn't even be allowed to walk into my house. But we allow this agency model. They keep coming in and they keep stripping everything and we giving it right back to the same people that was giving it to us in the first place. Giving it right back”

“Something got to change. There's been people taking advantage of these 18, 19 young kids, and nobody says nothing. I think that's a part of the problem where we don't say that and we just allow that to be normalized. No, that shit ain't normal. You get millions of dollars and now you broke. And the people that's representing you can't even pick up the phone now. These people have continued to do that and they're gonna continue to do it because they see it as business and economic opportunity”

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

An all-time Kobe moment 🐍

[BGN Hoops @BGNHoops]

Kobe in 3 straight seasons averaged:

2005-2006: 35.4 PPG
2006-2007: 31.6 PPG
2007-2008: 28.3 PPG

Should’ve won MVP all 3 years but the media had an agenda against him.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. Always believe in yourself.”

Tom Brady on the importance of believing in yourself when no one else does

[MattyFC @MattyFC__]

I'm not saying it's rigged, but there's a bias...