# @playerstribune on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHZgrPFSV2H
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27523647-playerstribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-03-19T23:02:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) — https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune

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“𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”⁠
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@stephencurry30 never allowed labels to define him. In 2019, he shared what “underrated” truly means: “I’ve noticed something.⁠
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It’s how people assume that, once you’ve started to have a certain amount of success….. ‘feeling underrated’ starts going away. And that, once you’ve finally reached any sort of ultimate goal…. it starts going away forever.⁠
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But from my own experience? In your head, honestly — it never goes away.⁠
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In mine, it’s never even diminished.⁠
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Not in 2010, trying to make five teams regret their draft decisions. Not in 2011, trying to show I’d have more value as a player than as a trade chip. Not in 2012, trying to fight through ankle problems and Ls. Not in 2013, trying to live up to a contract extension that a lot of people didn’t think I deserved. Not in 2014, trying to prove these experts wrong who felt that Curry’s style of play just won’t work in the playoffs. Not in 2015, trying to prove these experts wrong who felt that Curry’s style of play just won’t work in the Finals. Not in 2016, trying to break the Bulls’ 72 wins record. Not in 2017, trying to figure out how tHE WarRIOrs BLeW a 3—1 SErIes LeaD. Not in 2018, trying to overcome a mess of injuries and a good-as-hell Rockets team and whatever else got thrown our way. And not even in 2019 ... trying to hop out of the grave while people bury our historic run alive.⁠
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That chip on my shoulder has never gone anywhere.⁠
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If anything, it’s only become more and more a part of me.⁠
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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?⁠
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It can become a feeling that you impose on the world.” (Link in bio) • 🎨: @lydiahopevictor/The Players’ Tribune

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Players' Tribune | @PlayersTribune | https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune | Media Company |
| Lydia Victor | @lydiahopevictor | https://gondola.cc/lydiahopevictor | Designer |

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