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1. missed this first time around, but great read for any athlete nearing the end of their career by @Bruce_arthur that captures a few very common themes.
“It’s been five years since I retired, but I’m still transitioning to … what is it that I really want to do?” @SteveNash https://twitter.com/bruce_arthur/status/1301518227932155914
“It’s been five years since I retired, but I’m still transitioning to … what is it that I really want to do?” @SteveNash https://twitter.com/bruce_arthur/status/1301518227932155914
2. “He says it took him two years to fully mourn the end of his own career: late in his career he realized he had been suppressing his emotions for a long time to keep from getting distracted, so the mourning was a part of learning how to feel properly again.”
3. And this: “I do know what I like, but it’s almost like I’m in my infancy now, and figuring out who I am.”
I think people are surprised to hear this from people who seem to have everything sorted out, but its almost universal IMO. And not necessary a bad thing.
I think people are surprised to hear this from people who seem to have everything sorted out, but its almost universal IMO. And not necessary a bad thing.
4. e.g. some of the confusion is IMO tied to the desire to be doing something meaningful that loads of athletes have— “My motive isn’t necessarily that I’m going to end capitalism in youth sports. But can we make this better?” Nash says.
5. Interviews with athletes, including Olympic champs and those on the edge of the national team, that @DeloitteCanada did for @gameplandematch a few months ago to help plan programs, found that legacy was huge concern. Athletes wanted to do something meaningful and give back.
6. so doesn’t matter if you’re a star in the NBA, on @TeamCanada @CDNParalympics, or have just devoted a significant chunk of your life to sport, this process Nash describes, is pretty universal, tho with differing degrees of intensity due to all sorts of factors.
7. And tho an individual process, the time it takes and confusion it causes can be mitigated/normalized with things like @gameplandematch’s YouToi2.0 workshop, and programs from @Athlete365 and other NOCs around the world who are doing good work is this space.
8. and IMO athletes who want to do something meaningful often do. It’s about figuring out what they can offer that others can’t. i think that is the best thing about sport. for whatever reason, athletes genuinely want to make things (the world, their country, their team) better.
9. A non-cyclical ‘let’s make things better’ attitude is, regardless of performance on the field, a pretty great outcome.
