“There Is No Failure In Sports” - Giannis Addresses Comments On “Failure”

I just asked Bud the exact same question, but I'm curious for you. Do you view this season as a failure? Uh, okay, because I'm not. You asked me the same question last year, Eric. Okay. Do you get, do you get a promotion every year on your job? No, right? So every year you work as a failure. Yes or no? No. Every, every year you work, you work towards something, towards a goal, right? Which is to get a promotion, be able to take care of your family, to be able, I don't know, provide the house for them or take care of your parents. You work towards a goal. It's not a failure. It's steps to success. You know, and if you've never, I don't know, I don't want, I don't want to make it personal. So there's always steps to it. You know, Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships. The other nine years was a failure. That's what you're telling me. I'm asking you a question. Yes or no? Okay, exactly. So why are you asking me that question? It's a wrong question. There's no failure in sports. You know, there's good days, bad days. Some days, some days you are able to be successful. Some days you're not. Some days it's your turn. Some days it's not your turn. And that's what sport is about. You don't always win. Some other, other people's going to win. And this year, somebody else is going to win. Simple as that. We're going to come back next year, try to be better, try to build good habits, try to play better, not have a 10-day stretch without playing bad basketball, you know, and hopefully we can win a championship. So 50 years from 1971 to 2021 that we didn't win a championship, it was 50 years of failure. No, it was not. It was steps to it, you know, and we were able to win one. Hopefully we can win another one. You know, I'm sorry that I didn't want to make it personal, because you asked me the same question last year, and last year I was in the right mind space to answer the question, but I remember.