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The blood, sweat and cheers that made Stephen Curry the player he is today

Just when you thought you knew everything about Stephen Curry, he sits down for a conversation with Brazilian soccer deity Neymar and reveals the blood, sweat and cheers that set him on the path to be a transcendent NBA figure.

The Players Tribune was on hand at a YMCA in France — said to house the oldest basketball court in the world — in September when the two stars met. The first question was simple: What was the exact moment when you realized you wanted to do this for a living?

“That moment for me, when I knew basketball was going to be my life … I was 6 years old playing in a rec league in North Carolina, where I grew up,” Curry said.