Wednesday, July 1st 2026

Stephen Curry: I was undersized and failed the eye test but mindset made me an NBA great.


Stephen Curry: I was undersized and failed the eye test but mindset made me an NBA great.
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The 35-year-old has flourished as one of the most recognisable figures in professional basketball over the last decade or so, holding the highest career free-throw percentage in NBA history (91.0%) and the NBA record for three-pointers made in a regular season with 402 in 2016, beating his own previous record of 286.

"It's really cool to talk about the origins of my basketball career," he said. "Basketball is in my blood. My dad [Dell Curry] played in the NBA for 16 years, and so there was a little internal conflict on having basketball be a part of the family business.

"When I was coming up through the ranks playing organised basketball when I was nine years old, I was undersized and didn't really pass the eye test.

"Every gym I walked into or team I played on, I was always the smallest kid on the team.


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