[You've played basketball for 10 years, with more and more games, travels, failures, victories, everything entangling and consuming you.
What I want to say is, after playing for 8 years, basketball started having some negative effects on me, especially after you play a lot of games, you will start to feel it.
You continue to play, but you realize that you no longer have passion and desire for basketball, and at the same time, you become more critical of everything around you.
Being all-in on basketball for the entire season, like when you were younger, may no longer be possible for teammates, coaches, management, media.
Your spirits fluctuate, and everything around you seems to be a distraction.
That year, I took a break and didn't watch any basketball games.
I played tennis and golf, and for the first time in 10 years, I acted on my own schedule.
My knees had problems, I was no longer the player I used to be, I couldn't dominate the game.
