- [Commentator] The third quarter
And for the game, he's got 24 points and 14 rebounds.
(crowd cheers)
- [Crowd] Defense!
- [Commentator] (indistinct)
- Into the saw, the saw flips it up.
(indistinct)
Odom cuts in for the finish.
Lamar Odom does it again.
Odom with the Statue of Liberty.
Odom. Oh!
(crowd cheers)
- [Commentator] Oh. Gets the side! Oh!
(indistinct)
(sound diminishes)
(slow instrumental music)
- [Lamar] Basketball.
Basketball's took me to so many different places
that I never would even thought to go,
if it wasn't for basketball.
- [Commentator] Drive to Odom.
Odom. Oh!
Throws him down, and a foul.
(crowd cheers)
- [Lamar] You know, my grandma used to tell me something.
"When you stop learning, you stop living."
And life is worth living.
So hopefully you don't stop learning.
I mean, shit, I'm 40
and with all this athletic success I had,
like, I'm still,
like, in search of, uh,
who I am and what's my purpose.
If I just take, you know, my story and just think, like,
think about what I've been through.
I know it's, like, not the end.
I have 12 strokes and six heart attacks.
- [911 Operator] 9-1-1. Where is your emergency?
- [Caller] Hurry please 'cause he's got
uh, blood coming out his nose.
He's, like, almost not breathing.
- [Newscaster] The two-time NBA champion, Lamar Odom,
now on life support in this Las Vegas hospital.
(slow somber music)
- [Lamar] In life, um, you should be focused
because decision making is pivotal.
The decision that we make now be pivotal
10, 15 years from now.
Like, I did never think that, you know,
watching porn and,
you know, doing drugs was gonna have me
one day talking to you,
but I'm here now.
And I think that's what drugs and, and porn did that to me;
it took me away from being present.
And you always wanna be present in your loved one's life.
(slow somber music)
You know, me and my girlfriend been, only been together
for a couple of months and it almost killed our love.
And we have a really strong connection,
but, I mean, it just takes out the intimacy.
- Heh-
(Lamar laughs quietly)
- I- I'm laughing to myself 'cause
I'm just thinking to myself, like,
it makes you a selfish lover.
You know what I'm saying?
You probably say shit that you would never say
if you didn't watch porn, or do things you would never do.
I'm having sex with a woman, just like almost ashamed
about some of the things I've done while having sex.
'Cause with porn it takes you mentally.
(quiet instrumental music)
But at the end of the day, I just feel like I'm just,
it's time to get better for my family,
for the woman that's in my life,
or whoever's gonna be in my life.
My children.
The relationship I'm in now,
um, she holds me accountable.
With that being said,
there's just some things that she's not gonna take.
You know what I mean?
And so I know that, you know, losing her is, is
be a lot more hurtful than
switching my ways, or being open to switch my ways.
And that's just this cycle that I'm trying to
break now, with my son and my kids.
Is why I'm trying to be there for them.
Let them know everything I'm going through,
how I'm feeling,
or be transparent with them as possible.
Being transparent, it brings honesty and truth
to every situation,
to every which way you're living your life.
And you know, if the truth comes out
the sun is shining, everything gets better.
We'll be living better as people.
(joyful instrumental music)