Stephen Curry and his family are made of basketball. Everyone in the family is involved in the sport. Young Curry must?ve understood pretty early what his profession would be in life. Stephen Curry?s younger brother is also in the NBA and his father was a legend for the Charlotte Hornets. To cultivate so many superstars in a family is no easy feat. One woman was heavily involved in the process, Sonya Curry. Sonya is the mother of the basketball superstars and once spoke of her struggles raising future NBA superstars.
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The loving mother of Stephen Curry opened up in 2016, about her struggles to just be a mother to her children. The world of sports needed so much discipline that she was unable to just be their mother.
Sonya Curry on Stephen Curry
The Curry family is immersed in the world of basketball. Dell Curry, the father of the brothers was a legend himself. He obviously understood the quality needed to be on the top of the NBA, leading to hard work from an early age. Sonya, Dell Curry?s wife, kept the family together as the couple raised their children to excel at the sport.
Back in 2016, the mother talked to the media about Stephen Curry and his performances. While talking, Sonya opened her heart out as she disclosed what she really missed when raising her superstar children.
?I really didn?t have an opportunity to just be mom. It was kind of hard because I also had to be that support for them, the strength for them, I was the disciplinarian as well. So I kinda carried a lot of that, so that Dell could focus on his (Stephen) career.? Sonya Curry mentioned.
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The mother?s words have some disappointment laced in them as she preferred to have a different demeanour towards her kids. The pressure of leading them to the NBA didn?t let her be just a mother.
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She also spoke on recruitment days as she felt that whatever she put in the kids was not in the recruiters? interest. Implying that the personality and mindset of her children were not on the lookout, but only the skills.
Curry brothers
It?s seldom heard that two brothers have made a name for themselves in any sport. Stephen Curry and Seth Curry have managed to achieve that. The four-time NBA champion’s accomplishments need not be told and his younger brother has also done great for himself.
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