Stephen Curry is a generational talent. When he came into the league back in 2008, no one thought that he'd eventually become a two-time MVP and a three-time champion. Moreover, nobody expected that the Golden State Warriors guard will be responsible for one of the biggest evolutions in the game of basketball.

Ever since Curry and the Warriors started making 3-pointers as the focal point of their offense, the rest of the league followed. Since 2014, the NBA has set records for shots attempted from beyond the arc. The All-Star guard's style of play is also being copied by today's younger generation, and for Steph, seeing kids mimicking his game is a great thing to see.

In an interview with Uproxx's Bill Difilippo, Curry said that he usually thinks about his impact in the game of basketball and the children who want to be like him. For him, it's a cool experience to see how everything is shaping up from his first year in the league up to this point.

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“Yeah, I think about it, especially as of late where you have those kind of run-ins with parents or kids or coaches who are developing the next generation of talent. They kind of have some of the same sentiments around what kids are interested in in the game of basketball, and what they see on TV and what they try to mimic and stuff like that. So it’s kind of a cool experience. I always talk about the work that goes into — everybody sees the finished product these days on social media whenever you see the glitz and glam and what happens out there on the floor, but hopefully they understand and appreciate the countless hours that go into pretty much anybody on this level that is putting on an NBA jersey and the hard work that goes into it.”

Curry hopes that he will also be able to inspire and motivate the future stars in the league by making them understand that being great is not just about talent, but also hard work.

“So hopefully they’re inspired and motivated that they can feel like they can do some of the stuff that I do or that anybody else does in this league. Like Draymond said, you don’t just wake up and accidentally or coincidentally be great at something. You got to put the time in.”