 Welcome to another edition of yes we're here today I get to chat with a good friend and a basketball legend who also happens to be a New Yorker and is rocking really appropriate gear today. Sue Byrd in the building! Oh yeah! I didn't even know you had any Brooklyn in yeah your guy Kyrie. Very nice. Well actually this is like a perfect way to to start because at some point I wanted to ask you about your relationship with Kyrie given that hey we're the gas network the home of the Nets so but you just made it real easy for us to get into it so I mean how did you and Kyrie connect and develop the friendship that you guys have? It was at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Our teams hang out a lot we're together a lot and right away you know I met him like on the first day that we got together and right away we just hit it off just were able to talk about you name it you know life in general basketball stuff all of the above everything I can't really you know it's hard to remember back then to be honest but I just remember hitting it off having a great time and we've had a good friendship ever since. What you know for obviously we've gotten to see Kyrie more up and close this year on yes but he obviously dealt with a lot of injuries as well so people still getting to know him for people who are Sue you know what are some of the traits that stand out most to you about his personality first and foremost? I think the thing I really enjoyed just getting to know Kyrie and talking to him it's like I think as a basketball player as an athlete you just kind of fall into these different like in stereotypes not the right word it's almost like a mold you just kind of do what the person before you did or you do the workout that you know oh I saw John Staley do this workout so I'm gonna do it where it's Kyrie he's just like always kind of like looking at it from a different angle questioning things and that goes for on the court and off the court so whether you're talking hoops or you're talking like life he just has like a different way of looking at things because he's always trying to learn more he's trying to like better himself so it's really cool to have conversations with him you know what I found with Kyrie and I think I really started to appreciate this his first year in Boston is you know when you do NBA games right or you play or whatever it is there's just like there's some people right you see up close and you're just like wow like that's just different you know and I can remember feeling that one of the first times I broadcasted a game Carmelo Anthony was in where I was like well now I get it like I get the power and the finesse and the combination and and I feel it with certain guys and Kyrie is one of those dudes who like when you watch him up close right you're just like oh my gosh the things he can do it's just so unique what he can do with his talent yeah it's wild I mean everything from like his commercial shoots you know where he's just like out there ball handling that that one with God who is he with the dude from the roots drawn a blank anyways where he was love yes I was thinking so love I don't know why quest love thank you he was just on the drums and Kyrie was doing his thing whether it's something like that or it's like I mean he ended up missing the shot but it was that one against I'm not gonna remember where he literally like tumbled over himself somehow yeah he missed it but just like it's like jaw dropping and I always say there's only a few basketball players in my mind where you really are like I would pay to see them I would pay like significant money to be in the building to watch what they do and Kyrie is number one on that list it's just the stuff he does is so unique so different but that in a way that's him right like like I was before like his workouts are gonna be that way he's gonna work on things that you have never seen before because that's what he likes to do he likes to kind of push the envelope in that way you know speaking of Kyrie these puppies right here are Kyrie fives but they are not just Kyrie shoe they are and people are gonna read this backwards but they keep sue freshes this is your collaboration with Kyrie sue first of all it's such a sick shoe like every time I wear them people are like yo who's kicks is sick just like that but it's only 65 year old former smokers apparently who are a complimenting me on the shoe but but they they really are how did like I mean how did the collaboration happen with you and Kyrie on these on these kicks yeah well as I mentioned meeting him in Rio one of the first things we kind of started just like you know talking trash about was sneakers and he kind of said he's like oh hey he's like you have a pair at the time it was the twos that were out he's like oh you got a pair of green and yellow ones yellow storm colors and I was like yeah he's like yeah I don't even have those and I was like oh I have a pair you don't have what do you know yeah we kind of so yeah so and I was I had already been wearing his shoe for like two years or so and he knew that and yeah through our friendship fast forward a couple years the five comes out and I actually had no idea so I showed up sadly I was injured but last year it was our ring ceremony game we won 2018 so the first game of the season 2019 and our Nike rep like gives me this box and she's like hey I know you can't play in these but this is like what we wanted to present to you for this game I open them up and I'm like what you know like what do you mean this happened yeah and as it turns out Kyrie was just like in a Nike meeting one day probably like months prior to that maybe even a year or so and was just like yeah like and he had always told Nike hey whatever Sue wants like with Kyrie's you give to her like if she asked give it to her which is amazing and then I guess in one meeting he was just like yeah you know like I want to do something for Sue blah blah blah like best point guard how come he's like I just want to keep Sue fresh and it was born I actually have another pair of those different color what yeah yeah I do oh so you got to break those out whenever you get back on the floor I know I know I know well see your sneaker game is legendary to the point that on Instagram there's actually like the Sue check-in Chiron graphic it's amazing if people can find and people check in with their kicks now I know how ridiculous your closet of sneakers is in Seattle you have been quarantined though quarantined in Connecticut it's a man I mean it's been a month you know like but do you do you have like do you have a any like special pairs that are still with you in Connecticut yeah I actually I mean I don't have a lot it's sad I wish I was in Seattle I could show you that keeps you fresh other colorway yeah I have a couple yeah there's a pair or two so I got some so these are just Kyrie's it's it's nothing like these aren't like special but I I the minute I open the box I saw these I was like oh my god I cannot wait yeah just think the pink with the those are the sixes yeah yeah yeah you're super comfortable I guess they are I wear I have a like three pairs of them I love them yeah yeah yeah super comfortable so these I randomly had my closet and it's something that Nike did for us going into the Rio Olympics yeah just a pair of Air Force ones and they but they what they do is they as Nike does actually on the keeps you freshes if you really look it has like a lot of my accomplishments like meshed into like what looks like madness yeah yeah like there's it's funny the one that stands out is always the Jones Cup yeah this random tournament yeah I see Jones Cup is like right there yeah and Jones Cup stands out it's so funny yeah really look there's like all stars in there so like that so this was like it had a real vibe to it and then what they did is they took they took a quote it's one that I've used and just says tough times don't last but tough people do I don't know it looks oh I love that yeah that's sick yeah so and the story there is just and then it says Rio the story here is just when I was in high school a really good friend of mine got in a car accident and he was paralyzed from like the chest down and we remain really close and that was like his quote and I always felt like man if this kid who like literally is going through I mean the toughest thing you can imagine to be honest or one of the toughest things if that's his attitude like that needs to be like that kind of puts things in perspective what a great attitude to have and I've literally been saying tough times don't last tough people do since since that moment and so they put that on a shoe for me which is pretty dope I think I've got like something special for that yeah yeah I just happen to have these in my closet that's that's awesome that's a good fine that's a good pull for Connecticut never been warm still got like I like that so yeah these are like keepsakes for sure well you know a lot of these these relationship stories go back to the Olympics and obviously you were being you know you were getting ready to play in what was going to be your fifth Olympics you have four gold medals and you were going for you know what is just I mean it should I sometimes even like the other day I was texting you like and it's pretty cool like that four gold medals you know but to go I mean you were gonna in 2016 you talked about this maybe the last one and get here you were about to go for another but it gets pushed out a year how do you view the 2021 Olympics now and Sue Bird's involvement in them yeah well I mean the goal is still there so it's still like within reach for me the way I look at it like it's still motivating me in my workouts it's kind of like in the back of my head now whereas before it was in the front a little bit but still there and you know Ryan we've talked about this it's just ever since Rio to be honest anytime I've been asked this question my answer kind of stays the same and I and it's not like I'm not trying to like skirt it you know I'm not trying to get around it or kind of give some like PC thing it's like really how I feel it's like if I if I do the right things take care of myself if I'm playing an elite level like obviously I've proven I can be on the Olympic team so if I do those things and they you know and they view me as being somebody who can help them when a gold medal like I'm not gonna say no to that so I'm just kind of you know plugging along keeping that you know in the back of my mind and we'll see what happens in a year you know a lot can happen in a year I'm totally aware of that especially at 39 but you know TBD so how about like for people who want sort of good at-home workout tips I'm not gonna make you take them through sets and reps but like what would be your key for staying fit while staying at home right now if you don't have let's say a fully equipped gym yeah alright so right out the gate I would say try to find some videos because like I have a Pilates person that you can like you know tap into and buy like some sort of subscription and you can do Pilates videos they're super easy you don't need a lot of space and that's one good way so and any whatever video speaks to you like hey listen some people like insanity I did insanity like 10 years ago yeah it's not easy so that was more your you know your thing by all means that's not my thing anymore but insanity is no joke and again you don't need a lot of space the other thing I think I would say that's pretty easy at home is to get a TRX like you can do so much with a TRX you don't again and not a lot of space you just need like a door and you can make it make it work and get a lot of work done but yeah so try to find videos that work for you and then if you had to get equipment I think a TRX would be the one thing to invest in I know you're a foodie what is what's something that like you are jones and four and you're like as soon as life's back to normal I am eating that or I ain't going there going there yeah you know I haven't had sushi in a while oh yeah yeah I haven't had sushi we you know we haven't done a lot of takeout we've only gotten takeout like a couple time just because we're trying I think it's because like you know maybe the alcohol intake has gone up maybe so maybe we're trying to like control the food a little more so we are cooking a lot and it's like something to do to be honest yeah yeah but yeah but with that we haven't ordered takeout a lot I really miss sushi I miss a lot maybe we should order that I know yeah that might be we may have just planted the seed for what's to come today have you now like fix the background to are you doing enough zoom videos that it's like okay because this looks very nice behind you yeah exactly like you know what's funny is when we were starting I was about to do this you're gonna see in the back of my peloton and then I'm like no this is better this is where it needs to be make you look you know it's just like a nice because it looks like you have a very you know very nice little it's just worked out that way these things are here all the time I when we were on that MBA live I would have preferred to be here but Megan was doing alive so you were being the incredibly partner that you are and let her get the primetime seat yeah the best part is I guess you know because we're chatting right you know it's me we're just we're getting into it I started getting loud about some things and then I heard like I was being too hot for her life that's phenomenal well are you and Megan gonna be doing your show again Saturday night at 9 Eastern I need so Saturday night at 9 Eastern everyone could check out Sue and Megan on you guys are show is calling the show a touch more yeah touch more okay sounds good so it's hilarious and you guys are singing and stuff it's great it's wonderful yeah exactly and there may be you know there's imbibing it's just it's you just never know what'll take but Sue thank you for hanging out with us here we appreciate it thank you and we do want to let our audience know like obviously you guys are here and what Sue's up to what I'm up to you've heard a lot of us here with yes we're here we want you to tweet at us at yes network on Twitter or you can go to our Instagram page 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