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What stands out most in Gordon’s already one-of-a-kind warehouse gym home are the celebrity icons from different genres. Many are no longer with us. Gordon chose each specifically for daily motivation. A young Obama smoking marijuana. Einstein. Athletes including Serena Williams, Muhammad Ali, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Tony Hawk, Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Pele, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Jackie Robinson. Dancer Josephine Baker. Actor and martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Musicians Billie Holliday, Prince, Lauryn Hill, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, Jimmy Hendrix, B.B. King, Notorious B.I.G., Nipsey Hussle, Michael Jackson and Mac Miller. Olympic activists John Carlos and Tommie Smith. Comedian Richard Pryor. Actor Heath Ledger. Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Civil rights activist and Muslim minister Malcolm X. Filmmaker Spike Lee. Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Antiapartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Legendary sports journalist Stuart Scott. Poet Maya Angelou. “I got everybody there from Muhammad Ali to Bruce Lee,” Aaron Gordon said. “You have greatness looking at you. You can’t be [joking around]. It makes you want to not bulls—.”

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Kyrie Irving would continue on about how difficult it was to lose Kobe Bryant because of how important he was to him and so many others before revealing that the main thing Bryant taught him was to not let basketball define him: “He was a genuine friend, a genuine big brother and to lose somebody like that was one of the hardest things to deal with, to grieve over it. As well as everybody else around the world, cuz he didn’t just mean something to me, he meant something to his family, people all over the world. And that’s how you know somebody did more than just play basketball, they were just universal. And Kobe isn’t the only one, he learned from, it could be Bruce Lee. It could be Bill Russell. It could be Malcolm X. It could be Martin Luther King. It could be a myriad of revolutionary people, Bob Marley. It could be revolutionary people that left the ideology for us to become better people and want us to make a positive impact on the world. I use the craft of basketball to get me into rooms, but it’s not defining me at all. And that’s what Kobe taught me. ‘Don’t let this sport define you bro.'”

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Nick DePaula: Caitlin Clark’s sneaker rotation to start her WNBA rookie season: • “Bruce Lee” Kobe 5 • “Italian Camo” Kobe 6 • “Grinch” Kobe 6 • “All Star” Kobe 6 pic.twitter.com/rqsOUmtaxA

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Nick DePaula: Caitlin Clark went with the “Bruce Lee” Kobe 5s today pic.twitter.com/Lnz4uNrlu2

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NBA star Steph Curry’s gameworn Bruce Lee-customised shoes have raised more than US$50,000 for the families of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings. Curry wore the shoes to show solidarity with the Asian community in the Golden State Warriors game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta on April 4, three weeks after the shootings on March 16 where eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were killed by a white gunman.

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Steph Curry will auction off a pair of custom-designed sneakers to raise money for the families of the victims of last month's Atlanta-area spa shootings. The Golden State Warriors star wore the yellow, white and black shoes in his side's defeat to the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday to show solidarity with the Asian community which has faced an increase of hate crimes over the past year.

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The shoes, designed in tandem with the Bruce Lee Foundation, included Bruce Lee's painted face alongside his famous quote which reads: "Under the heavens, there is but one family." "I think Stephen's gesture is a beautiful example of allyship and solidarity in action," said Shannon Lee, chairperson of the Bruce Lee Foundation board of directors. "I am honored he would choose my father and my family as the symbol for the idea that we are all one family, as my father said, and therefore must all stand for one another."

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Here is the full podcast between me and Bruce’s daughter - Shannon Lee - I had a great time tripping down memory lane and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did brucelee.com/podcast

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Today, Iconomy announces its newest division Iconomy Apparel, LLC which is launching the very first collaboration between iconic athletes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The collaboration between these two iconic athletes and advocates for social justice kicks off with the release of a limited edition t-shirt commemorating Bruce Lee’s 80th birthday.

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“We had an unlikely friendship – a 7’2” basketball player and a 5’8” martial artist – but we had a shared interest in music, the arts, philosophy, and improving the lives of people who looked like us,” said Kareem. “We believe that tackling systemic racism starts with making a friend who doesn’t look like you and creating empathy for others. That’s what we’re hoping to promote with our social justice champion/social justice warrior efforts.”

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“My father made martial arts an international phenomenon and made millions of friends who didn’t look like him along the way,” said Shannon Lee, Bruce’s daughter. “This partnership is a tribute to his legacy and the inspiration he – and Kareem – continue to be when it comes to uniting our global community.” “Iconomy, LLC is launching a ground-breaking partnership between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Lee’s Family Company,” said Deborah Morales, CEO of Iconomy. “A collaboration of this caliber – fusing sports, culture, and leadership – embodies the Iconomy mission of helping icons go from success to significance, and will open the door to more impactful partnerships.”

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Nick DePaula: Klay Thompson is the latest athlete to channel Bruce Lee for his sneaker line, with this themed ANTA KT6 releasing in Asia. 📷: weocia pic.twitter.com/rX4MJ3B21R

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar credits actor and martial artist Bruce Lee for helping him remain relatively injury-free during his 20-year NBA career. The basketball legend spoke about training with Lee during a Friday appearance on "SportsCenter." "Bruce always emphasized the effectiveness of stretching," Abdul-Jabbar told' ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. "So before we worked out, we stretched all the time. And that was it. I took that to another level by studying yoga and being able to advance as a yoga student, and that really was the best preventative maintenance that I could have been doing in the offseason."

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NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter and discusses his relationship with martial arts trailblazer Bruce Lee. Kareem reveals how he initially met Lee and how training with him for years allowed him to stay healthy throughout his NBA career.

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