Keita Bates-Diop on Destigmatizing Mental Health and Doing What You Love | These Things Have No Power Over You

Jun 15, 2022

Keita Bates-Diop, a pro basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs, shares his journey of resilience from college to the NBA. He discusses the importance of mental health and breaking the stigma surrounding it, highlighting how therapy has improved his quality of life. The conversation dives into navigating ego, personal growth, and the shift from stardom to supporting roles within a team. Bates-Diop emphasizes doing what you love for passion rather than money, reflecting on the lessons learned from his setbacks and experiences with coach Gregg Popovich.

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Shifting Status

Athletes often experience a shift in status throughout their careers.
They go from being the best to having to readjust and acclimate to new levels of competition.

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Team Dynamics

In team settings, individual confidence must be balanced with the understanding of team roles.
Players need to be willing to sacrifice for the team's success.

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Accepting Roles

Accepting a lesser role requires both humility and confidence.
It involves being secure in one's identity while contributing to the team.

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Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to NBA Spurs basketball player Kieta Bates-Diop about his journey getting into the NBA, what he’s learned playing for coach Gregg Popovich, doing what you do you because you love it not for money, and more.

Keita Bates-Diop is a pro basketball player for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. He played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Despite several setbacks and challenges throughout his career, Keita has been able to excel because of his relentless work ethic and mindset. He was a bench player as a freshman at OSU in the 2014–15 season. As a sophomore, he expanded his role on the team, but as a junior, he suffered a stress fracture in his left leg, sitting out all but the first nine games, while the Buckeyes limped to a 17–15 record without him. He was granted a medical redshirt and came into his redshirt junior campaign one of the top options for new coach Chris Holtmann. Keita went on to finish his college career being named a multi-time Big Ten Player of the Week and player of the year for Ohio State. At the beginning of his professional career, Keita experienced another set-back due to illness and started in the NBA G League, but in 2018 he came back and was drafted by the Timberwolves.

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