“No One Believed I Was His Dad” – Neymar and Stephen Curry Discussed Fatherhood on Derek Jeter’s Media Platform Back in 2018

Being an athlete is very tiring and handling personal and professional life can be hard not only for the star athletes but for their families as well. This story is coming from four years ago when two of the most loved athletes in the USA came together to talk about their experiences and how they tackle being a father. They both shared hilarious stories from their homes and about being a father. The stars are soccer extraordinaire Neymar and the golden boy of the NBA, Stephen Curry.

Two of the most known stars appeared in Derek Jeter’s show The Players’ Tribune. They talked about sports, obviously with soccer involved, and had to talk about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. They also talked about what greatness is, and how to define great.

Stephen Curry and Neymar talked about Fatherhood

While talking about their families and being a father, Stephen Curry talked about how his eldest daughter looks at him differently when he plays basketball. He tells Neymar, “I tell you as dads you have probably countless stories. Every day there is something funny. The funniest story I guess that’s the most consistent even to this day with my oldest daughter Riley. She is six now. She had a thing where, when she saw me in regular clothes, she called me daddy… but, when I put the jersey on, I was always Stephen Curry, number 30.“

To this story, Neymar added one of his own hilarious stories. He said, “my son was at school with his friends and a tv ad was going on. If I’m not mistaken, it was an ad for Brazil’s match and then I was on TV. SO, my son said, ‘that’s my dad’. And then one of his friend said ‘no, that’s not your dad…’ And my son, ‘yes, he is my dad’ …. So, a little argument started between them, and it was taken to the teacher and the teacher talked to them. My son was a bit sad because no one believed I was his dad.“

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This exchange shows how much these stars appreciate being family men and fathers. Apart from that, they also discussed soccer and arguably the biggest debate in sports history.

Talking about the GOATS of the game

Stephen Curry lead the talk about the great player he had become by watching, learning, and playing against another great player. He was talking about LeBron James, arguably in every top 5 list of the greatest NBA players. Curry himself has revolutionized the game and became the leading 3-point scorer in NBA history.

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Neymar has a lot of experience in playing against and with the GOATs of the game. He has played a major chunk of his career with the Argentinian legend Lionel Messi. Neymar talked about how Messi is his idol and how he had learned a lot from him. He also talked about how playing against Cristiano Ronaldo made him play at a higher level and improve his game.