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    I Know This to Be True: Stephen Curry
    I Know This to Be True: Stephen Curry
    I Know This to Be True: Stephen Curry
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    I Know This to Be True: Stephen Curry

    By Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday

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    The I Know This to Be True series is a collection of extraordinary figures from diverse backgrounds answering the same questions, as well as sharing their compelling stories, guiding ideals, and insightful wisdom.

    Stephen Curry is a champion basketball player celebrated for both his incredible athletics and his humble and optimistic attitude off the court.

    Reflecting on his childhood, family life, and unlikely career, Curry shares the principles that motivate his work, including empowerment, breaking down boundaries, and unity.

    • One of today's most accomplished and decorated professional athletes, Stephen Curry proves what is possible when passion meets determination
    • For every sports fan or burgeoning athlete, Curry offers a shining model for how to be a team player, a compassionate advocate, and an involved citizen of the world
    • The landmark book series brims with messages of leadership, courage, compassion, and hope

    Inspired by Nelson Mandela's legacy and created in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, I Know This to Be True is a global series of books created to spark a new generation of leaders.

    This series offers encouragement and guidance to graduates, future leaders, and anyone hoping to make a positive impact on the world.

    • Royalties from sales of the series support the free distribution of material from the series to the world's developing economy countries
    • Great for those who loved Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela, and Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry by Marcus Thompson
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateMar 24, 2020
    ISBN9781797203386
    I Know This to Be True: Stephen Curry
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    Geoff Blackwell

    Ruth Hobday and Geoff Blackwell are the creative team behind such bestselling projects as Nelson Mandela's Conversations with Myself. Worldwide travelers, they are based in New Zealand.

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      I Know This to Be True - Geoff Blackwell

      Introduction

      When Stephen Curry was a kid, he was introduced to a basketball hoop in Grottoes, Virginia, USA. It wasn’t fancy – just a worn utility pole, rough fibreglass backboard and sturdy rim – but his grandpa had built it, and it was where his father, NBA (National Basketball Association) veteran Dell Curry,i had honed his craft. Family visits to see his grandmaii were dominated by time spent behind the house, taking shots with his younger brother Seth.iii

      The difficult positioning of the hoop and uneven ground made it the perfect place to test his abilities, but it was thanks to his father that he learned the fundamentals of basketball. When he was young, Dell would take his sons along to his games with the Charlotte Hornets and let them warm up with the team. At home they played for hours on their backyard court, persisting into the night. Only when their mother decided it had been long enough would they retire for the day.

      The practice paid off; after playing for Charlotte Christian School as a teenager, Stephen was recruited by Davidson College in North Carolina. It wasn’t his first choice – wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps, he had hoped to play for the Virginia Tech Hokies,iv but was overlooked in part due to his slight frame (at the time he was only about six-foot-one and weighed one hundred and sixty pounds). Things worked out favourably in the end, however. Under Davidson Wildcats coach Bob McKillop, Curry polished his skills and found his calling. In his first year he broke the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) freshman season record for three-point field goals, and was named SoCon (Southern Conference) Tournament MVP (Most Valuable Player) and SoCon Freshman of the Year. The following year he took Davidson on to win their first NCAA Tournament game in over thirty-five years. ‘Going to Davidson, and playing – and winning – at that level of hoops . . . it made me who I am, in a way. It made me understand what it means to build something. Like, truly build something. Something that no one can ever take away from you. Something that’s all your own.’¹

      In 2009 he skipped his senior year to enter the NBA draft, marking the end of his time with the Wildcats. By now he was six-foot-three and had filled out somewhat. With experience behind him, he was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the seventh pick, becoming the team’s starting point guard. Three NBA championships and more than a decade later, he remains with the Warriors.

      Now regarded as one of the greatest basketball shooters of all time – Sports Illustrated said that ‘the NBA has never seen

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