Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has been in pretty much every imaginable situation on the basketball court. He comes out on top more often than not too, and his three NBA championships serve as a testament to this fact.
Despite the wealth of experience under his belt, however, the Warriors point guard recently admitted that there's still one thing that gets to him during games. According to Curry, he still gets nervous on the free-throw line from time to time:
“It’s tough, because like if I’m at the free throw line, and you know it’s deathly quiet after 19,000 fans have been going crazy, and then it goes to a hush. Like that would mess with me a little bit,” Curry said, via Jessica Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Curry is a career 90.7-percent shooter from the charity stripe, so quite frankly, it doesn't seem like he gets the nerves whenever he shoots free throws.
The Warriors star made his admission while talking about his second favorite sport — golf. Curry also went on to say that while he may get nervous during basketball games, he's actually much more anxious when he's on the golf course:
“But for these guys, like you said, the atmosphere when you walk out on the first tee, and you’re hearing all the fans go crazy,” Curry said. “They’re giving you the sounds that you do your practice swing, and then it goes down. I can’t imagine what that adrenaline rush is like, and you gotta pipe one down the fairway on that tee shot is probably got to be a great memory for all those guys.”
Apparently, even the great Stephen Curry feels pressure every now and again. It doesn't really show, though, so is clear that the Warriors icon knows how to deal with it well.
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