In 2001, 13-year-old Stephen Curry's AAU basketball team lost a big game. "We lost badly, and I played worse," he writes data-test=”Pullquote”>Anytime I've needed it — anytime I've been snubbed, or underrated, or even flat-out disrespected — I've just remembered those words, and I've persevered.Steph Curry
Today, the Golden State Warriors star has three NBA championships and two MVP awards under his belt.
Despite his success, "that chip on my shoulder has never gone anywhere," writes Curry. "If anything, it's only become more and more a part of me.
"And I think that's one of the biggest things I've really come to understand about myself over the last 17 years: The way that 'underrated' might start off as just some feeling the world imposes on you. But if you figure out how to harness it? It can become a feeling that you impose on the world."
