Stephen Curry: Not specifically about that short list of guys who played for one team. But I talked to Kobe years back, like the year after he retired. And it was more about the transition into exerting that creative energy into something else. Talked to Dirk, who still lives in Dallas, represents the organization, gets to come back. That connection as a player and now like the ambassador, whatever role he’s playing in the organization, how much he’s fulfilled by that. I’ve talked to Tom Brady just about longevity and playing. But I think the biggest thing is that there’s a mutual respect of all of us of knowing what it takes to carry the torch at that stage and that level for as long as we’ve been able to do it. And I feel that every single day.
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