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>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN AMERICAN YOU MIGHT KNOW FROM HIS RECENT
TRIP TO PARIS. >> CURRY, OVER THE DOUBLE-TEAM.
OH! >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK
TO "THE LATE SHOW," FOUR-TIME NBA CHAMPION AND NOW
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, STEPH CURRY!
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>> Steph: OH! >> Stephen: IS GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, STEPH. >> Steph: IT'S NICE TO BE
BACK. >> Stephen: REALLY ENJOYED THE
LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE. I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING.
TONIGHT'S SHOW 1,542. YOU WERE LAST YEAR ON SHOW 10.
>> Steph: TEN YEARS AGO. STILL WE WERE WAITING TO INVITE
YOU BACK UNTIL YOU ACHIEVE SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY DOES. KETANJI BROWN JACKSON DIDN'T
COME ON UNTIL SHE WAS A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
YOU GOT THE GOLD MEDAL, MAN, CONGRATULATIONS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Steph: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I LOVE IT. IT NEVER GETS OLD.
>> USA! USA!
USA! >> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO ASK,
THAT'S VERY PRECIOUS. WHERE DO YOU KEEP IT?
>> Steph: IT'S BEEN A COUPLE WEEKS AND I DON'T THINK IT'S
BEEN OUTSIDE OF ARM'S LENGTH. I DEFINITELY BROUGHT IT,
OBVIOUSLY. >> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
MAY I? >> Steph: ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOT SOME HAVE TO IT.
>> Steph: IT'S GOT SOME WEIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOT A PIECE OF THE OLD EIFFEL TOWER.
>> Steph: THE HEXAGON IN THE MIDDLE, I GUESS THEY RENOVATED
THE EIFFEL TOWER. >> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
YOU HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS, MVPs, HARDWARE, NOW YOU'VE GOT THE
GOLD MEDAL. HOW WOULD YOU RATE THEM?
WHERE DOES IT STACK UP? >> Steph: NBA CHAMPIONSHIP,
NINE-MONTH JOURNEY. THE PLAYOFFS, SUCH A BIG BUILD
UP BUT IT'S TOUGH CHOICE. THIS IS DEFINITELY FIFTH ON THE
TITLE BUT IT HAS A DIFFERENT EMOTION.
I CAN COME IN ANY BUILDING AND YOU ARE GOING TO YELL "USA."
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WARRIOR FANS IN HERE.
THIS IS DEFINITELY. >> Stephen: NO SECRET YOU
HADN'T BEEN PLAYING UP TO YOUR STANDARDS UP TO THE LAST TWO
GAMES. WHAT'D YOU DO TO FLIP THE
SWITCH? DID YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND
SAY HEY, YOU'RE STEPH CURRY. OH, RIGHT, I FORGOT.
I'M STEPH CURRY FOR THEN YOU WENT AND STARTED DRAINING THREES
THREES. >> Steph: WERE YOU IN MY ROOM?
>> Stephen: WHAT YOU DO TO GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME IF YOU'RE
NOT FIRING ON ALL THE CYLINDERS QUESTIONING >> Steph: IT'S
POSITIVE SELF-TALK. WE WERE WINNING AND I WAS DOING
MY PART. I WAS SETTINGS GREENS, TRYING TO
PLAY HARD. I KNEW AT SOME POINT I'M GOING
TO NEED TO MAKE SOME SHOTS. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I ACTUALLY REMEMBER AFTER WE PLAYED PUERTO RICO IN THE POOL
PLAYING AROUND, DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE GUYS
FROM THE AREA AND IS HE WAS TALKING, ASKING THE SAME
QUESTION, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SHOT?
ARE YOU WORRY ABOUT IT? YADA YADA.
POSITIVE SELF-TALK CAME OUT. WE ARE WINNING.
I KNOW A FLURRY IS COMING AND AS SOON AS I SAID THAT LeBRON
WALKS BEHIND ME ME WAS LIKE "DAMN RIGHT IT IS."
WITH HIS BARITONE VOICE. IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.
I HAD TO GET USED TILL LIKING THAT GUY BECAUSE OF ALL OF OUR
BATTLES. IT WAS DEFINITELY CONFIDENCE
BOOST. IT CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THAT CAMARADERIE IS GOING TO GET IN
THE WAY WITH THE REGULAR SEASON STARTS?
>> Steph: NOT AT ALL. >> Stephen: YOU DID SOMETHING,
WELL, YOU PISSED OFF THE FRENCH BECAUSE HE BEAT THEM IN THE
JAFFE JOB SO MUCH THAT McDONALD'S FRIENDS PUT UP THIS
AD AND IT SAYS, IN ENGLISH, IT READS "FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, WE
ARE CONSIDERING REMOVING THIS, THE CURRY SAUCE."
WITH THE CAPTION "FOUR YEARS MINIMUM."
FRENCH ANNOUNCERS CALLED TO THE DEVIL.
>> Steph: THEY DID, THEY REALLY DID.
>> Stephen: YOUR THOUGHTS? >> Steph: I WATCHED A LOT OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE FRENCH BROADCASTERS WERE
HILARIOUS. THE DEVIL CURRY.
THE DEVIL CURRY DOES IT AGAIN. I WILL NOT BE ADOPTING THAT
NICKNAME. >> Steph: YOUR NIGHT-NIGHT HAS
BECOME ICONIC. HERE YOU ARE IN A SPECIAL HOODIE
THAT WAS MADE FOR YOU AFTER -- IT SAYS "NUIT-NUIT."
ARE YOU GOING TO PATENT THIS? GOING TO COPYRIGHT NOW?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Steph: IT'S A NICE TOUCH.
NICE TOUCH. >> Stephen: YOUR INSTAGRAM BIO
SAYS PHILIPPIANS 4:13. I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT VERSE IS,
FROM THE LETTERS OF ST. PAUL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU.
>> Steph: THAT'S MY SOURCE OF STRENGTH.
AND DETERMINATION AND MY PURPOSE REALLY.
ANYTHING THAT YOU DO IN LIFE IS GOING TO REQUIRE THE UNDYING
FAITH IN YOURSELF AND THE BELIEF THAT YOU CAN CONQUER ANYTHING.
FOR ME THROUGH I GET MY STRENGTH AND I CAN DO ALL THE THINGS.
WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE AT DAVIDSON IN NORTH CAROLINA,
MOM TEXTED ME BEFORE MY FIRST PRACTICE AND SHE GAVE ME A BUNCH
OF WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. HER FAVORITE VERSES ROMANS 8:20.
YOU NEED TO PICK A VERSE YOU CAN GO TO IN TIMES OF NEED AND GIVE
YOU THAT INSPIRATION. SO PHILIPPIANS 4:13, I WRITE IT
ON EVERY PAIR OF SHOES. "I CAN DO ALL THINGS."
IT'S A GREAT REMINDER. YOU'RE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR
PURPOSE WHILE YOU'RE HERE AND FOR ME THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: A LOT OF ATHLETES WHO HAVE DEEP FAITH SOMETIMES
WILL GIVE THEIR VICTORIES UP TO THE LORD AND SAVIOR
JESUS CHRIST. DO YOU THINK PICKS WINNERS AND
GAMES? [LAUGHTER]
I'M JUST ASKING. LISTEN, I AM A CHRISTIAN I LIKE
A BIBLE BUT I'M NOT SURE JESUS IS COVERING THE SPREAD.
>> Steph: HE MIGHT DO A COUPLE PARLAYS.
YOU NEVER KNOW. [LAUGHTER]
>> Stephen: SIDE BETS. PETER SOMEBODY MADE A JOKE WHEN
I CAN BACK FROM PARIS, YOU ARE GOD'S FAVORITE BASCO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THAT BUT IF I CAN LEAD YOU TO HIM
THROUGH SHOOTING HOOPS, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
STILL WILL BE BACK WITH MORE STEPH CURRY.
STICK AROUND.