James: I was born to not like being late. I think being late is disrespectful to others time⏰

Basketball     10:51pm, 26 June 2025

Today, the second season of Lakers forward James' podcast program "The Brain of the Field" was updated in the latest episode. James talked about many topics with the guest host Nash. The theme of this issue is the NBA draft and potential changes in NBA rules.

Nash: "One thing Grant Hill told me was that he was impressed by your voice and leadership last summer. He also said that you were the first to attend the team meeting and the first to board the team bus. I don't want you to sound like a pretentious person, but from the coach's perspective, when the best players in your team, the most famous players, and the most recognized players set the code of conduct every day, it will infect others to pay attention to and value me. What we do. Can you talk about where your desire to be early comes from? "

James: "I don't know, I think I'm born like this for some strange reason. I don't like being late in anything, I think it's disrespectful to people. If I'm late, my stomach will hurt a little, and I will feel more and more anxious. This happened even when I was in elementary school, and if the ringtone rang, I haven't sat in my seat, my heart all day long Love will be screwed up. When I start practicing sports, I always want to train in advance. "

Nash: "Is that from your mom? Is it born?" "

James: "I don't think I am inherited from my mom in this regard. I think I'm just born like this. That kind of anxiety, when I'm late, I can't do things normally. I've been like this, and I'm 40 now. But when I start participating in organized sports competitions, I'm with me It's like a match made by heaven. Because if you don't go to training on time, you'll have to be punished to run. I started playing rugby for a while, and if you don't run, you'll have to be punished to run or something. I never--I don't have other means of transportation, my mom didn't have a car when I was a kid, and if I was late because someone picked me up late, even if I was still anxious about it, that's something I couldn't control.

"I always have these characteristics when I heard what Grant said. I think especially when you are in the sports industry, you have a lot of people around you, and as you get older, you play from small leagues to high school leagues, and next you may play college games or professional games. No matter what the game, I always regard being late as a colleague who disrespects you. You are late to disrespect other people's time, and I have always felt bad about it. What others do is someone else’s business, but personally, arriving on time is always equivalent to being late. Therefore, being able to arrive at various occasions early, I don’t know if this will set the tone for the rest of the team, no matter what stage it was at, but I think it would be like a late arrival on time. I want to be there early in advance and coach the coach. Last summer, our Olympic team coaches always arrived a little earlier and they would discuss how to deal with the opponent tonight or the training schedule for the day. I will watch the video when I arrive in advance, or communicate with the coaches to understand the situation, and then my teammates will arrive one after another. But I have always been like this. ”

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