Eric: i just asked uhhh the exact same question but im curious do you view this season as a failure

Giannis: Oh my god uhh ok you asked me the same question last year Eric do you get the promotion every year in your job no right so every year you work is a failure? Yes or No? No every year you work you work towards something to a goal which is to get a promotion to be able to uh take care of your family to be able i dont know umm to provide a house for them or take care of your parents you work towards a goal its not a failure its steps to success and you know if you’ve never… i dont want to make it personal so there’s always steps to it you know umm Michael Jordan played fifteen Years won 6 championship the other nine years was a failure? Thats what your telling me no im asking you a question yes or no?
Eric: i mean obviously no

Giannis: ok so why you ask me that question its a wrong question theres no failure in sports you know theres good days bad days somedays you are uh able to be successful somedays your not somedays its your turn somedays its not your turn and thats what sports about you dont always win some other people gonna win and this year somebody else gonna win simple as that we’re gonna come back next year try to be better try to build good habits try to uhmmm play better not have uhh 10 day stretch playing bad basketball you know and hopefully we can win a championship fifty years from 1971 to 2021 that we didnt win a championship it was 50 years of failures? No it was not there was steps to it and you know we’re able to win one hopefully we can win another one you know sorry i didnt want to make it personal because you ask me the same question last year and last year i wasnt in the uhh uhmm right mind space to answer that question back but i remember it