Patrick Beverley says working out with Kawhi Leonard changed his life

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00:00Patrick Beverly is one of the hardest working players in the NBA.

00:05He's a player who has a chip on his shoulder unlike many others in the NBA do.

00:10He was drafted by the Lakers in 2009.

00:13He was traded to the Heat, and he was cut literally right after.

00:17It took him four years to get back into the NBA after being stuck in Europe.

00:21And in 2013, he had that shot again.

00:24And even with that background, even with that history,

00:28Beverly says that Kawhi Leonard, working out with him, changed his whole life.

00:35In an interview with JJ Redick on his podcast,

00:37Beverly mentioned that he worked out with Kawhi Leonard for three weeks during quarantine.

00:42And Beverly knows he's a hard worker, but when he worked out with Kawhi,

00:46it redefined what being a hard worker really is.

00:50He said it changed his life, it changed the way he views hard work,

00:54and it was simply just the repetition.

00:57And Kawhi is somebody who's borrowed largely off of players like Kobe Bryant.

01:02And players like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are who they are because of their work ethic.

01:07It kind of goes back to a statement Michael Jordan said where basketball wasn't a God-given gift

01:13and something he worked for every single day of his life.

01:16The Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants, the Kawhi Leonards don't have this natural uncanny ability.

01:23Granted, there is some natural ability, but it's the repetition.

01:27It's the ridiculous amount of work ethic.

01:30And Patrick Beverly got a taste of that with Kawhi Leonard and it changed everything for him.