“I almost look at like a football season like you’re going away on deployment for the military,” he explained. “And it’s like, ‘Man, here I go again.'”
“The reality is you can really only be authentic to yourself, right?” continued the superstar. “Whatever you may say — ‘Ah, man, I want to make sure I spend a little more time doing this during the season’ — the reality is, is when it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over and as much as you want to have this playful balance with the work balance … you’re going to end up doing exactly what you’ve always done, which is why you are who you are.”