KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS: How I Survived the Hardest Year of My Life

**Jay Shetty** (0:01)
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**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:08)
This espresso is extremely hot and we're going to fight. We're fighting.

**Jay Shetty** (2:12)
Don't burn your tongue, don't burn your tongue. Take a bit, yeah, do not burn your tongue.

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:16)
If the alcohol ain't do it, it's not going to do it this way. I can tell you that.

**Jay Shetty** (2:21)
Hey, it's Jay. I don't know what your day's been like, but I was just thinking about you for a minute. And I hope you're being a little patient with yourself, because you deserve it. And yeah, I'll talk to you soon.
Karl-Anthony Towns, welcome to On Purpose.

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:46)
What's up, man, what's up?

**Jay Shetty** (2:47)
Huge congratulations. Everyone in the world is talking about this moment. I feel like even my friends back in England, people are messaging me, I love it over there too. Oh my god, New York looks crazy. I was at game four.

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:57)
Oh, okay.

**Jay Shetty** (2:58)
MSG, 29 points down. How do you remember that night?

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (3:03)
Well, I appreciate you staying in your seat, because it was a tough game. But I remember that night just, I remember looking at Jordan, my fiance, and just telling her before the game, I felt really good about tonight. And I had a really good energy about it. I felt really good about our team. You know, we lost game three in a heartbreaking fashion. I felt really good about us responding. Saw the shoot around, we looked very focused, prepared.
You know, I felt really good going into game four. Obviously, it did not look good until half time. I remember looking at Jordan, I was like, maybe I was wrong in the game. And, you know, at half time, just rallying the troops, telling them, you know, we've done this before. Experience teaches you a lot in life. And, you know, a lot of times when you're young, you always see people who are older than you, your elders, and who have had experiences. And you say, well, that was yours, that's not mine. You know, you realize we're all a lot alike. And I was just leaning on that experience of last year against Boston, coming back multiple times by 20 at their house. I was telling our guys, like, think about it, we've been in this situation before at an opponent's house. We got our fans behind us, and we have a chance to still swing for the fences.
And trust our experience, and we found a way to get the job done. I'll never forget OG tipping the ball back in, because right hand to God, man.

**Jay Shetty** (4:20)
Was it a relief seeing him do that? Or was that like, no, it sounds like you-