The Daily Stoic2 Mai 2020

Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and NBA Legend Pau Gasol Talk Books, Basketball, and Stoicism

In today’s episode, Ryan talks with NBA All-Star, Laker legend and humanitarian Pau Gasol. They discuss everything from Pau's reading habit to his advocacy for female coaches in basketball and more.

1:51 - Intro

6:22 - Being a big reader—and how that was encouraged by Phil Jackson

8:22 - What Pau gets out of fiction

10:32 - Phil Jackson recommendations

11:52 - Stoicism and reading

16:02 - The Meditations and marginalia

18:28 - Why do athletes always like quotes/aphorisms?

21:52 - The importance of reminders

24:42 - The importance of female coaches in basketball, and why discrimination is so harmful, and how hardship makes us stronger

37:25 - COVID-19 economic consequences: how did Pau process his experience with the Trailblazers, and how is that informing his decisions now?

Books mentioned:

The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Sun, by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis de Bernieres
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
2666, by Roberto Bolaño

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