I am back here after 4 years first time I watched this. I think still one of the most educating sportsman interview for me. Others might be more "motivating" interviews, but what James Worthy shared here, is life wisdom.

What an absolutely incredible person. I was a Laker's fan during the Show-Time heyday, and knew he was a rock to be depended upon, but had no idea who he really was a completely whole person.

Michael Jordan: Two parents. James Worthy: Two parents. Having two parents to guide and mentor you, makes a huge difference.

First time I saw James Worthy played was on 1984 when Lakers played the Celtics , I found this man was incredible player, I saw him played ever since, I am definitely a huge huge fan of him. Kudos to James..... great speaker great motivator.

James worthy is definitely a class act..great man!

Such a great interview and interviewer!!! So interesting. Worthy was awesome. He’s pure class too.

Very articulate and smart with great sense of humur. Still in the shape seems he can play better than any of ccurrent lakers.

Larry Bird story @30:18 It’s amazing how many Lakers players (& Coaches!) were in awe of Larry Bird. Of the top of my head: Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, & Pat Riley. Also Jerry West. Ive heard Shaq too. So many greats of his era sing his praises. And rightly so. He’s MY TRUE GOAT 🐐

,the secrets of the Lakers successes. First class act...big game james

He’s so well spoken.

Seemingly to me, he's comfortable expressing gratitude for all he has in the present moment.

Smart Man. Listened and learned and was victorious. His comment on he thought Larry Bird was arrogant until he learned he could back it up gave me a good laugh. In the 80's I was a huge Lakers fan.

Great interview from one of the Gaston House's Great Basketball Players ever to play the game, and I had the opportunity to play against me and with him, What an honor to do so James!

Admit mistakes is the best part.... great guy.

Amazing interview Pat!! learned a lot from James!

Big game James, he is worthy

Now I know why Jordan's starting 5 includes Big James Worthy, instead of other well known hall of famers. Not only James Worthy were Jordan's senior in the same college, but James beat Jordan in 1 on 1 game. Might be it was Jordan in college era, but hey... how many people can actually beat Jordan in a 1 on 1 game? Even during his college era. When Jordan picked James Worthy as his starting 5, Jordan acknowledged and respected James Worthy's skill. Worthy was not a much more dominating player than he did in LA, because Worthy realized that it was Magic's team and he needs to fit in in order to make a dynasty.

He had a lot in common with Michael Jordan. From the same state, similar cultural background, same college same team,...I always saw a bit of Worthy's game in MJ's game. I'm sure coming from the same state they knew of each other and had similar life experiences growing up. I always looked at James as Mike's older respected brother.

James has the ability to translate his passion and apply it to other jobs and tasks to achieve The Best result. A True Champion.

Much love to Mr. James 'Big Game' Worthy. A great player and a great man.

Big Game James!!!

From another guy from Gastonia NC James is so right and I still have his autograph from when I went to Grier Jr High the same school James went!

Big Game James..."unbelievable"...he was phenomenal in ncaa finals against Georgetown to win championship

Great interview. Awesome questions and answers by Patrick and James. Two things that just jumped out at me was when James is talking about CHARACTER and HARD work. I also noticed the whole interview ended right under one hour. Perfect job I'd like to congratulate everybody. Awesome job well done and I can't wait to see more from PHP.

Worthy sheds great light on the benefits of team leaders on the forefront and behind the scenes to make a winning organization. But, damn, he did not throw anyone under the bus (but himself as a lone wolf) with a juicy story. He picked the under dog Indiana due to their work effort, defense and cohesive style. Yet, he didn't consider the intangibles of the best player(Bron) and the clutch scrambling ability of vets like Allen to be a stabilizing winning factor in hectic play. He hedged his bet by saying it was Miami's to lose.😊

What a great motivational speaker is James Worthy!

Newsflash...7 years on you now have both Lebron and Carmelo.

Great interview 👍🏿👍🏿

James should be giving speeches to Young athletes in high school and college he learned at a young age to get his head on straight and he's always been one of my favorite players but it's good to hear that he's actually a very smart person

amazing i happy to say im glad to have you as my ceo Patrick bet david

Yes, that was the best thing that ever happened to you. That was because school was important and always will be.

Should have been on the dream team

What a motivational speaker

Gotta love big game James!

He's the real King James

James Worthy 🏀🏀🏀🏆🏆🏆

I was 6 feet tall at 9 years old, 6'2" at 13 and never grew another inch and I WAS PISSED ! I thought i was going to be 6'7" or better ! I was groomed as A center and in my Sophomore year changed to Wrestling. God has a sense of humor sometimes, all the kids I towered over at 9 caught up at 18.

That's why JDub is my Boy!!!!!

recognize distractions and then stay away from them teamwork is everything ■■to build a brand its all about teamwork■■■ to build a good team during conficts have clear communication how to win 1be prepared 2work hard 3close well

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Big Game James

A Unity Committee! 5-6 years before Nebraska had it! Wow! Before Jack Stark! James was a junior. MJ was a freshman. Still, at UNC, the freshmen carry the bags. There WAS a pecking order!

Magic had all ncaa first team all americans on these Lakers team: bob mcadoo, jamaal wilkes, kareem jabbar,james worthy,

One thing bothers me about the Celtics and Lakers of Worthy's era. People go on and on about him and Kevin McHale, which is fine, but they tend to forget Jamal Wilkes and Cedric Maxwell.

What does he say about 0 for 6 against Larry and 1 for 4 in regular season

Jdub: there's always somebody better than you. Wilt: Hold my 580 lbs ...

I think James misspoke and meant MJ was a better baseball player than basketball player coming out of HIGH SCHOOL not college. MJ was a great college basketball player, he led them to an NCAA title and was the 3rd overall pick behind Hakeem and Sam Bowie (lol). He was never highly regarded as a baseball player.

JWB