Patrick Beverley says working out with Kawhi Leonard changed his life
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00:00 Patrick Beverly is one of the hardest working players in the NBA.
00:05 He's a player who has a chip on his shoulder unlike many others in the NBA do.
00:10 He was drafted by the Lakers in 2009, he was traded to the Heat, and he was cut literally right after.
00:17 It took him four years to get back into the NBA after being stuck in Europe.
00:21 In 2013, he had that shot again.
00:24 And even with that background, even with that history, Beverly says that Kawhi Leonard is working out with him changed his whole life.
00:35 In an interview with JJ Redick on his podcast, Beverly mentioned that he worked out with Kawhi Leonard for three weeks during quarantine.
00:42 And Beverly knows he's a hard worker, but when he worked out with Kawhi, it redefined what being a hard worker really is.
00:50 He said it changed his life, it changed the way he views hard work, and it was simply just the repetition.
00:57 And Kawhi is somebody who's borrowed largely off of players like Kobe Bryant.
01:02 And players like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are who they are because of their work ethic.
01:07 It kind of goes back to a statement Michael Jordan said where basketball wasn't a God-given gift and something he worked for every single day of his life.
01:16 The Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants, the Kawhi Leonards don't have this natural uncanny ability.
01:23 Granted, there is some natural ability, but it's the repetition.
01:27 It's the ridiculous amount of work ethic.
01:30 And Patrick Beverly got a taste of that with Kawhi Leonard, and it changed everything for him.