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LeBron James says one reason he lost the finals in 2011 was because he was playing the ‘villian’ role after joining Miami: “It was real bad. I took the Villian role. I let the media, I was young. I was 25 and a lot of people don’t understand that...

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LeBron says going to Miami shifted his mindset: “My first 25 years of existence were basically at home. Even when I was with the Cavs, I was still living in Akron. I knew every street, every road, every restaurant. That was comforting. It took me getting uncomfortable, going to Miami and experiencing something new, to tap into something I didn’t even know I had. I knew I wanted to win a championship, but it took me going to Miami to learn myself.” Bron said he would not recommend anyone going to Miami at 25 😂 (via Mind the Game)
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LeBron says going to Miami shifted his mindset: “My first 25 years of existence were basically at home. Even when I was with the Cavs, I was still living in Akron. I knew every street, every road, every restaurant. That was comforting. It took me getting uncomfortable, going to Miami and experiencing something new, to tap into something I didn’t even know I had. I knew I wanted to win a championship, but it took me going to Miami to learn myself.” Bron said he would not recommend anyone going to Miami at 25 😂 (via Mind the Game)

Heat Diehards

389,231 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

LeBron James says he left Cleveland for Miami because he squeezed all the juice out of that lemon and it was the best choice for him "before I even got to the NBA I've always won and and it doesn't matter which level you win on...My first year ever playing organized sports I won a little league football championship that year and then backed it up with a basketball championship" "I was league MVP in basketball and football...I knew I was supposed to be done and I was just always born winner...I was able to to take the team to the NBA finals" "I got to that that final season and I've maximized this potential and I've squeezed all the juice out of this damn lemon here and I and I know it...going forward Miami was the best choice at that moment I felt like it was the best choice for me"
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LeBron James says he left Cleveland for Miami because he squeezed all the juice out of that lemon and it was the best choice for him "before I even got to the NBA I've always won and and it doesn't matter which level you win on...My first year ever playing organized sports I won a little league football championship that year and then backed it up with a basketball championship" "I was league MVP in basketball and football...I knew I was supposed to be done and I was just always born winner...I was able to to take the team to the NBA finals" "I got to that that final season and I've maximized this potential and I've squeezed all the juice out of this damn lemon here and I and I know it...going forward Miami was the best choice at that moment I felt like it was the best choice for me"

CreativeDude

318,357 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад

Bobby Portis says he was in Miami when he found out he got traded to the Heat: “Some guys get drafted to their favorite team or guys sign with their favorite team. I haven’t played with my favorite team yet. So getting a chance to get traded to my favorite team was like surreal to me. I was in Miami too when I got traded to Miami. That was fire. — We was outside chillin for like 10-15 minutes. I walk into the house and the GM is calling me. Right when I picked the phone up the whole house start screaming. It was crazy. That whole day I had fans telling me it was going to happen”
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Bobby Portis says he was in Miami when he found out he got traded to the Heat: “Some guys get drafted to their favorite team or guys sign with their favorite team. I haven’t played with my favorite team yet. So getting a chance to get traded to my favorite team was like surreal to me. I was in Miami too when I got traded to Miami. That was fire. — We was outside chillin for like 10-15 minutes. I walk into the house and the GM is calling me. Right when I picked the phone up the whole house start screaming. It was crazy. That whole day I had fans telling me it was going to happen”

Heat Central

55,123 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Raven was asked when he was in ECW, was the goal to get back to WWE or WCW? “I was really happy at ECW but yes, I wanted to go back to WWE. I wanted to be the top guy in the top promotion. I got to be the top guy in the number three promotion. And for a long time, I felt like my career was a failure because of that. I think I talked about it in the movie, in the documentary, but it took a lot of time on a therapist couch to let myself off the hook. Because you hold yourself to such a high standard that I can’t see the forest for the trees. If anybody would have came up to me and told me what my career was, and it was theirs. I said, Man, you got a really successful career. But I couldn’t count it as with that for me, because I didn’t get to be a World Champion of the WWE. (Chris Van Vliet)
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Raven was asked when he was in ECW, was the goal to get back to WWE or WCW? “I was really happy at ECW but yes, I wanted to go back to WWE. I wanted to be the top guy in the top promotion. I got to be the top guy in the number three promotion. And for a long time, I felt like my career was a failure because of that. I think I talked about it in the movie, in the documentary, but it took a lot of time on a therapist couch to let myself off the hook. Because you hold yourself to such a high standard that I can’t see the forest for the trees. If anybody would have came up to me and told me what my career was, and it was theirs. I said, Man, you got a really successful career. But I couldn’t count it as with that for me, because I didn’t get to be a World Champion of the WWE. (Chris Van Vliet)

J O H N

26,404 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

Derrick Henry explains how when he got his starting job, he didn’t prepare like a starter, got benched, and thought he was going to be cut “That whole offseason my approach wasn’t what it needed to be. I was thinking everything was just going to fall in my hands.” “I didn't do what I need to do to prepare like a starter and take my job serious like I need to. When that season came, it showed. I was struggling. I wasn’t running hard. I wasn’t really having no impact. Then I ended up getting benched.” “I was like, ‘Shit, they going to cut me.’ I ain’t even playing. When the writing on the wall, the writing on the wall... It was a good reminder that I need to learn the lesson. Football gonna be there but get the lesson. It opened my eyes to realize I'm tripping, I gotta get to it.” “When I got benched, I got quiet but I was still working, and I was just thinking, If I get another opportunity, no matter if I’m second, third string, I’m going to go in there and go run it, just stop thinking and go play like myself. If I get the opportunity… I’m going to go crazy.” “After that... Something changed. Something just clicked. I would probably say that was the pivot moment for me. Without that happening in my life, ain’t no telling where my career would have went.”
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Derrick Henry explains how when he got his starting job, he didn’t prepare like a starter, got benched, and thought he was going to be cut “That whole offseason my approach wasn’t what it needed to be. I was thinking everything was just going to fall in my hands.” “I didn't do what I need to do to prepare like a starter and take my job serious like I need to. When that season came, it showed. I was struggling. I wasn’t running hard. I wasn’t really having no impact. Then I ended up getting benched.” “I was like, ‘Shit, they going to cut me.’ I ain’t even playing. When the writing on the wall, the writing on the wall... It was a good reminder that I need to learn the lesson. Football gonna be there but get the lesson. It opened my eyes to realize I'm tripping, I gotta get to it.” “When I got benched, I got quiet but I was still working, and I was just thinking, If I get another opportunity, no matter if I’m second, third string, I’m going to go in there and go run it, just stop thinking and go play like myself. If I get the opportunity… I’m going to go crazy.” “After that... Something changed. Something just clicked. I would probably say that was the pivot moment for me. Without that happening in my life, ain’t no telling where my career would have went.”

Josh Chambers

155,371 просмотров • 27 дней назад

This man was criticized for expecting a “thank you” for a good deed. He always saw the same man walking when he drove to work. He assumed the man was walking because he did not have any other means of transportation. He used his own money and bought the man an electric scooter, the man took the scooter and just silently walked away, no thank you or anything else at all. I don’t think that was too much to ask, a thank you goes a long way, otherwise it makes people look ungrateful. Back in college, I had a classmate that I always saw walking home after class. It didn’t matter whether it was raining or snowing, or hot out. Whenever I drove past him he always looked miserable and I could tell he didn’t like to walk all the time. In class I had asked him where he lived, and I found out it was on my way home so I offered to drop him off because it was really cold out and had snowed about a foot. He agreed and we chatted on the way home, nothing serious just pleasant conversation. I dropped him off and went on my way home. For me this was a one time thing, I only offered because how bad it was snowing. After class the next day, he walked with me and when I got to my car he got in. I didn’t agree or offer him a ride that day but he assumed that since I was ok with giving him a ride the day prior that I would be ok with it this day too. I didn’t say anything about it because at this point I didn’t care really. So the next day came and went, once again he walked with me to the car but that day was different. I wouldn’t be going his way because I had to work after class. So before I got to the car I said “I’ll see you tomorrow.” He looked dumbfounded and said aren’t you taking me home? I said no, I have to get to work. He then asked me how he would get home, and I told him the same way you always have. He then gave me excuses for why I was being a jerk because I was making him walk in the cold. I didn’t argue I just told him I helped him out when I could, but I wasn’t about to go out of my way because he didn’t have a car and besides I didn’t want to be late for work. He didn’t speak to me for the rest of the semester because of it, something tells me I was better off not offering to help in the first place.
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This man was criticized for expecting a “thank you” for a good deed. He always saw the same man walking when he drove to work. He assumed the man was walking because he did not have any other means of transportation. He used his own money and bought the man an electric scooter, the man took the scooter and just silently walked away, no thank you or anything else at all. I don’t think that was too much to ask, a thank you goes a long way, otherwise it makes people look ungrateful. Back in college, I had a classmate that I always saw walking home after class. It didn’t matter whether it was raining or snowing, or hot out. Whenever I drove past him he always looked miserable and I could tell he didn’t like to walk all the time. In class I had asked him where he lived, and I found out it was on my way home so I offered to drop him off because it was really cold out and had snowed about a foot. He agreed and we chatted on the way home, nothing serious just pleasant conversation. I dropped him off and went on my way home. For me this was a one time thing, I only offered because how bad it was snowing. After class the next day, he walked with me and when I got to my car he got in. I didn’t agree or offer him a ride that day but he assumed that since I was ok with giving him a ride the day prior that I would be ok with it this day too. I didn’t say anything about it because at this point I didn’t care really. So the next day came and went, once again he walked with me to the car but that day was different. I wouldn’t be going his way because I had to work after class. So before I got to the car I said “I’ll see you tomorrow.” He looked dumbfounded and said aren’t you taking me home? I said no, I have to get to work. He then asked me how he would get home, and I told him the same way you always have. He then gave me excuses for why I was being a jerk because I was making him walk in the cold. I didn’t argue I just told him I helped him out when I could, but I wasn’t about to go out of my way because he didn’t have a car and besides I didn’t want to be late for work. He didn’t speak to me for the rest of the semester because of it, something tells me I was better off not offering to help in the first place.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

37,380 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Selena Gomez reveals how Benny Blanco proposed to her. “I thought we had a shoot that day, so I had hair and makeup done, and I was just going about my regular day. I got into the car, and I was thinking to myself, ‘Where are we going?’ Because at that point, I felt like I knew all the studios I usually go to” “It was just me and my security guard, and he was laughing because he was just like, ‘I don’t know. It’s a new space’” “We got out. I walked in, and all of a sudden, I saw no one in the room. I looked at my assistant, and she just shut the door. And I was like, ‘Uhhh…’” “I think you envision all the things you would do and say when someone proposes to you. But it is actually the craziest feeling. It was really special” “He said the sweetest things, but I was so shocked that it just felt unreal for a long time. I’ve always dreamed of that moment, and he couldn’t have made it more perfect. It was one of the best days of my life, for sure”
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Selena Gomez reveals how Benny Blanco proposed to her. “I thought we had a shoot that day, so I had hair and makeup done, and I was just going about my regular day. I got into the car, and I was thinking to myself, ‘Where are we going?’ Because at that point, I felt like I knew all the studios I usually go to” “It was just me and my security guard, and he was laughing because he was just like, ‘I don’t know. It’s a new space’” “We got out. I walked in, and all of a sudden, I saw no one in the room. I looked at my assistant, and she just shut the door. And I was like, ‘Uhhh…’” “I think you envision all the things you would do and say when someone proposes to you. But it is actually the craziest feeling. It was really special” “He said the sweetest things, but I was so shocked that it just felt unreal for a long time. I’ve always dreamed of that moment, and he couldn’t have made it more perfect. It was one of the best days of my life, for sure”

Buggy

289,329 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Shaq says Michael Jordan is the GOAT because he never lost in the Finals 🐐 ​"Mike is the greatest of all time because of how he played, how he dominated, and he never lost in the finals. So, I know a lot of people going to see this like you said and 'oh, he doing this and he do that.' I played with Kobe, I know what a killer he was, but to me as a kid and going against him, then being the only guy to beat him in the playoffs for him to retire after three and then come back and get three, yeah, he was a different animal." (Via The Big Podcast )
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Shaq says Michael Jordan is the GOAT because he never lost in the Finals 🐐 ​"Mike is the greatest of all time because of how he played, how he dominated, and he never lost in the finals. So, I know a lot of people going to see this like you said and 'oh, he doing this and he do that.' I played with Kobe, I know what a killer he was, but to me as a kid and going against him, then being the only guy to beat him in the playoffs for him to retire after three and then come back and get three, yeah, he was a different animal." (Via The Big Podcast )

NBABase

129,768 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

Hassan Whiteside went from training at the YMCA to signing a $98,000,000 deal with the Miami Heat “I was going to the YMCA to stay in shape. I'm over there lifting, running, playing pickup on the side. That was my training facility. The YMCA was my training facility” “I had a workout with the Grizzlies. I was in training camp with them, and I think me and Earl Clark were two of the last guys to get let go. And I remember going to Miami to work out, and Pat Riley personally came out on the court and worked me out. Hardest workout of my life” “I left the workout and went down to the G League. The Grizzlies' G League team sent me down there. I had a really good game. I think I had like 30 and 20 or something. My agent called me playing ‘Welcome to Miami.’ He was like, Miami wants to sign you to a four-year, non-guaranteed deal” “I ended up signing a one year, and then I signed a two year non-guaranteed deal. A lot of people don't know I wasn’t even on a guaranteed contract for a lot of the time I was with the Heat”
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Hassan Whiteside went from training at the YMCA to signing a $98,000,000 deal with the Miami Heat “I was going to the YMCA to stay in shape. I'm over there lifting, running, playing pickup on the side. That was my training facility. The YMCA was my training facility” “I had a workout with the Grizzlies. I was in training camp with them, and I think me and Earl Clark were two of the last guys to get let go. And I remember going to Miami to work out, and Pat Riley personally came out on the court and worked me out. Hardest workout of my life” “I left the workout and went down to the G League. The Grizzlies' G League team sent me down there. I had a really good game. I think I had like 30 and 20 or something. My agent called me playing ‘Welcome to Miami.’ He was like, Miami wants to sign you to a four-year, non-guaranteed deal” “I ended up signing a one year, and then I signed a two year non-guaranteed deal. A lot of people don't know I wasn’t even on a guaranteed contract for a lot of the time I was with the Heat”

dank

79,384 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Tyrese Maxey says Joel Embiid believed in him even before he played his first NBA game: “He was the first person NBA like player-wise to believe in me. Like, because I played against them in like practice a couple times, I was on like the penny group like the third group and I was like, we won a couple games like a little pick and roll games and he was like okay he is kind of good. Then I got to the second unit we won a couple games he was like, okay put him on the first unit let’s see what he does. I was so nervous playing with him the first time. Like I don’t know what to do. But first time I got on a plane he is like sit right here. Sit by me. And I’m like, Okay, all right. I guess I knew I didn’t have a choice. I was a rookie. But he told me like, you’re going to be a star in this league, bro. You’re going to be really good. You’re going to be this. You’re going to be that, I’m like, bro, I haven’t even played a game. I played zero basketball games.” (Via NBA on NBC and Peacock)
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Tyrese Maxey says Joel Embiid believed in him even before he played his first NBA game: “He was the first person NBA like player-wise to believe in me. Like, because I played against them in like practice a couple times, I was on like the penny group like the third group and I was like, we won a couple games like a little pick and roll games and he was like okay he is kind of good. Then I got to the second unit we won a couple games he was like, okay put him on the first unit let’s see what he does. I was so nervous playing with him the first time. Like I don’t know what to do. But first time I got on a plane he is like sit right here. Sit by me. And I’m like, Okay, all right. I guess I knew I didn’t have a choice. I was a rookie. But he told me like, you’re going to be a star in this league, bro. You’re going to be really good. You’re going to be this. You’re going to be that, I’m like, bro, I haven’t even played a game. I played zero basketball games.” (Via NBA on NBC and Peacock)

NBA Courtside

56,593 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад

Dwyane Wade on his “I ain't going out like this” moment in Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals and winning Finals MVP in his 3rd year: “We need some points going — can nobody guard me in my mind…now I’ve figured it out…I’m talking to myself — I ain’t going out like this — not me, it ain’t got nothing to do with the team…I wasn’t talking to nobody, I was talking to myself…I remember us last year, we were crying in the locker room…I see just the rim, I blackout out…I did not understand what I really accomplished until we were standing up on that podium and we were all giddy and happy that we won, when they got to the Finals MVP trophy, I was in the back, I wasn’t thinking about It. When Shaq grabbed the trophy and handed it to me I was like ‘oh sh*t. You a bad boy.’ (via Miami Heat YT)
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Dwyane Wade on his “I ain't going out like this” moment in Game 3 of the 2006 NBA Finals and winning Finals MVP in his 3rd year: “We need some points going — can nobody guard me in my mind…now I’ve figured it out…I’m talking to myself — I ain’t going out like this — not me, it ain’t got nothing to do with the team…I wasn’t talking to nobody, I was talking to myself…I remember us last year, we were crying in the locker room…I see just the rim, I blackout out…I did not understand what I really accomplished until we were standing up on that podium and we were all giddy and happy that we won, when they got to the Finals MVP trophy, I was in the back, I wasn’t thinking about It. When Shaq grabbed the trophy and handed it to me I was like ‘oh sh*t. You a bad boy.’ (via Miami Heat YT)

The HEAT Realm

32,884 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

I really, really, really wanted to drop this song last year. When I first put out the snippet, I was so excited - but it was hard to finish it on time because everything was a blur. I was sick and weak and nauseous and tired and my body just wouldn't do what I wanted it to. Even in the snippet video, I wasn't feeling great. I was just trying my best. I adore Chike's voice and I knew it was him that had to be on the song with me. When I asked him to give me a verse, he was so ready to go, but he was out of town. As soon as he came back, he came over to my studio the next day 🥹. I got a lotta respect for him. He didn't know I was pregnant and suffering 😅 Watching this video back now, I can't even understand where the energy came from. When the song was done, I struggled to mix it. Even so, I decided to master it myself. I hate mastering, so I don't know what I thinking. I was so disappointed that I couldn't meet the deadline. Everyone had fallen in love with the song and was asking me to put it out. I didn't have the energy to make content. I don't even remember them recording this video. Given how much I love this song, I'm a little bummed I couldn't give it energy it deserves. But please, know that a lot of love and resilience went into this song. I hope that you can let less be more for this one. I hope you can give it the energy that I couldn't. That I can't. PS: This is a chance for those of you that say I gave up my career for marriage to fight(?) for my uhm...rights? That or stfu. WHERE YOU DEY > Simi ft Chiké out everywhere now 🩵🩵 produced by Niphkeys mixed/mastered by Simi
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I really, really, really wanted to drop this song last year. When I first put out the snippet, I was so excited - but it was hard to finish it on time because everything was a blur. I was sick and weak and nauseous and tired and my body just wouldn't do what I wanted it to. Even in the snippet video, I wasn't feeling great. I was just trying my best. I adore Chike's voice and I knew it was him that had to be on the song with me. When I asked him to give me a verse, he was so ready to go, but he was out of town. As soon as he came back, he came over to my studio the next day 🥹. I got a lotta respect for him. He didn't know I was pregnant and suffering 😅 Watching this video back now, I can't even understand where the energy came from. When the song was done, I struggled to mix it. Even so, I decided to master it myself. I hate mastering, so I don't know what I thinking. I was so disappointed that I couldn't meet the deadline. Everyone had fallen in love with the song and was asking me to put it out. I didn't have the energy to make content. I don't even remember them recording this video. Given how much I love this song, I'm a little bummed I couldn't give it energy it deserves. But please, know that a lot of love and resilience went into this song. I hope that you can let less be more for this one. I hope you can give it the energy that I couldn't. That I can't. PS: This is a chance for those of you that say I gave up my career for marriage to fight(?) for my uhm...rights? That or stfu. WHERE YOU DEY > Simi ft Chiké out everywhere now 🩵🩵 produced by Niphkeys mixed/mastered by Simi

Simi

394,231 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Michael Beasley says LeBron told him he was playing so good it was costing the starters their stats, then out of nowhere, he never got off the bench again UD: “Me and D-Wade were the ones that went to Spo. We was a little light on the depth, and we was like, we need Beas. We need a guy that could come off the bench, get buckets on the nights where Bron and D-Wade might be out or we just need somebody to take some of the load off them.” Beas: “One thing that made me feel good, it was like two, three games in a row. One I remember ‘cause I crossed somebody up and Bron asked me how I did it, we was in Charlotte.” “They put the second unit in, I get to barbecuing so good that they don’t even got to come back in the game. Bron made a comment on the plane like, ‘Beas, you keep playing like this, we ain’t even gonna get our stats for the season.’ I was young, I was just ready. Then just out of nowhere, I just stopped playing.” “And I was optimistic every day, and that whooped my ass because every night I didn’t play. At the same time, I was around my favorite players, my favorite people. So I couldn’t be upset about that. But then the dog in me just made me hate Spo.”
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Michael Beasley says LeBron told him he was playing so good it was costing the starters their stats, then out of nowhere, he never got off the bench again UD: “Me and D-Wade were the ones that went to Spo. We was a little light on the depth, and we was like, we need Beas. We need a guy that could come off the bench, get buckets on the nights where Bron and D-Wade might be out or we just need somebody to take some of the load off them.” Beas: “One thing that made me feel good, it was like two, three games in a row. One I remember ‘cause I crossed somebody up and Bron asked me how I did it, we was in Charlotte.” “They put the second unit in, I get to barbecuing so good that they don’t even got to come back in the game. Bron made a comment on the plane like, ‘Beas, you keep playing like this, we ain’t even gonna get our stats for the season.’ I was young, I was just ready. Then just out of nowhere, I just stopped playing.” “And I was optimistic every day, and that whooped my ass because every night I didn’t play. At the same time, I was around my favorite players, my favorite people. So I couldn’t be upset about that. But then the dog in me just made me hate Spo.”

katsu

217,735 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)
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George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)

DepressedBergman

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Damian Lillard says he bought a $100,000 Porsche 911 after getting an advance from the Blazers before playing his first NBA game “I bought a Porsche off the rip. I bought it so fast. I bought it so fast that I was still living in Oakland when I bought it. The first check I got from the Blazers, I hadn't even played a game yet. It was like an advance. I came to Portland in the summer and they handed me the check” “I was with my brother and my older cousin. And we looking at it like, ‘Damn.’ We couldn't believe it. I was ready to go spend it all right there. I came back home, got back to Oakland, went to that Porsche dealership. It was charcoal gray. I still got it. It was $100,000”
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Damian Lillard says he bought a $100,000 Porsche 911 after getting an advance from the Blazers before playing his first NBA game “I bought a Porsche off the rip. I bought it so fast. I bought it so fast that I was still living in Oakland when I bought it. The first check I got from the Blazers, I hadn't even played a game yet. It was like an advance. I came to Portland in the summer and they handed me the check” “I was with my brother and my older cousin. And we looking at it like, ‘Damn.’ We couldn't believe it. I was ready to go spend it all right there. I came back home, got back to Oakland, went to that Porsche dealership. It was charcoal gray. I still got it. It was $100,000”

dank

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Justin Gaethje says he’ll never back down from a chance to stand and bang - just like he did with Max Holloway. “I fought a bad fight, and I was in a position where I was going to lose. And once he granted me that opportunity to go out and knock him out to win the competition, I was never going to turn that opportunity down. That’s the sole reason I showed up - for the chance to win. I understood I was losing, and with that opportunity, I had no choice. I’d do it a hundred times over.” (Via ESPN MMA )
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Justin Gaethje says he’ll never back down from a chance to stand and bang - just like he did with Max Holloway. “I fought a bad fight, and I was in a position where I was going to lose. And once he granted me that opportunity to go out and knock him out to win the competition, I was never going to turn that opportunity down. That’s the sole reason I showed up - for the chance to win. I understood I was losing, and with that opportunity, I had no choice. I’d do it a hundred times over.” (Via ESPN MMA )

Red Corner MMA

105,755 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Dave Chappelle says he walked away from $50,000,000 and didn’t even notice he was making $8M in a single year “I thought my career was over. I believed that for a few more years. So I went through the whole process of mourning the narrative I had in my head of being a big star. And at that time I was just back in Yellow Springs. Welcome back, superstar. I was like, oh man…” “Took me four years to get over it. But man, imagine how liberating that is, to believe that it’s over. And I got over it, and I just went back to work. I still needed money, and I could still fill rooms up, ’cause people liked the show. So I started back in comedy clubs” “One time somebody called me saying, Congratulations, you just made the Forbes list. And I’m like what? And I looked, because I don’t just count the money as it comes in. I looked, and that year… I’d made $8,000,000” “And I was tenth in the top ten. And then I looked at the other nine names, and I’m like, maybe I should come back”
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Dave Chappelle says he walked away from $50,000,000 and didn’t even notice he was making $8M in a single year “I thought my career was over. I believed that for a few more years. So I went through the whole process of mourning the narrative I had in my head of being a big star. And at that time I was just back in Yellow Springs. Welcome back, superstar. I was like, oh man…” “Took me four years to get over it. But man, imagine how liberating that is, to believe that it’s over. And I got over it, and I just went back to work. I still needed money, and I could still fill rooms up, ’cause people liked the show. So I started back in comedy clubs” “One time somebody called me saying, Congratulations, you just made the Forbes list. And I’m like what? And I looked, because I don’t just count the money as it comes in. I looked, and that year… I’d made $8,000,000” “And I was tenth in the top ten. And then I looked at the other nine names, and I’m like, maybe I should come back”

katsu

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I remember when I was young, around 10-11 years old. My parents were both asleep as was my brother. I heard a knock on the back door which was weird because who uses the back door at a stranger’s house? The kitchen window was close by so I take a look. It looked like a teenager but hard to tell because they had a hoodie with the hood up. I didn’t open the door but I did crack the window and asked them what they wanted. They replied they were lost and wanted to come in to warm up and use the phone. Even when it’s daylight I know never to let anybody in period that I didn’t know, but a stranger after midnight was weird enough. I said no because I didn’t know them. Then they said that hey knew my dad and that’s why he came by. I said that’s fine and all but I’m not letting you use our phone. This was before cellphones were widely used, we had a landline like most people. The person wouldn’t take no for an answer and I could sense he was getting angry. I went and woke up my dad, I told him there was somebody at the back door and that he said they knew him. He walked to the door and looked out and said he didn’t know him. But he did talk through the door and told him that he was calling the police and that he should just leave. The person just stood there until the police finally came and even they asked him what he was doing knocking on the door at that hour. He told them he was lost and thought this was a house of a family friend. The police told him my dad didn’t know him and made him leave. So was this a case of wrong house or was he up to something. It makes me still wonder to this day but I’m still glad I never opened the door.
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I remember when I was young, around 10-11 years old. My parents were both asleep as was my brother. I heard a knock on the back door which was weird because who uses the back door at a stranger’s house? The kitchen window was close by so I take a look. It looked like a teenager but hard to tell because they had a hoodie with the hood up. I didn’t open the door but I did crack the window and asked them what they wanted. They replied they were lost and wanted to come in to warm up and use the phone. Even when it’s daylight I know never to let anybody in period that I didn’t know, but a stranger after midnight was weird enough. I said no because I didn’t know them. Then they said that hey knew my dad and that’s why he came by. I said that’s fine and all but I’m not letting you use our phone. This was before cellphones were widely used, we had a landline like most people. The person wouldn’t take no for an answer and I could sense he was getting angry. I went and woke up my dad, I told him there was somebody at the back door and that he said they knew him. He walked to the door and looked out and said he didn’t know him. But he did talk through the door and told him that he was calling the police and that he should just leave. The person just stood there until the police finally came and even they asked him what he was doing knocking on the door at that hour. He told them he was lost and thought this was a house of a family friend. The police told him my dad didn’t know him and made him leave. So was this a case of wrong house or was he up to something. It makes me still wonder to this day but I’m still glad I never opened the door.

SonnyBoy🇺🇸

117,986 просмотров • 28 дней назад