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July 22, 2026

Introducing KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS: How I Survived the Hardest Year of My Life from On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Follow the show: On Purpose with Jay Shetty Karl-Anthony Towns has spent his life chasing championships, but his greatest lessons came far from the basketball court.
Speakers: Jay Shetty, Karl-Anthony Towns
**Jay Shetty** (0:01)
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**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:09)
This expresso is extremely hot, and we're gonna fight. We're fighting.

**Jay Shetty** (2:13)
Don't bend your tongue. Don't bend your tongue. Take a bit, yeah. Do not bend your tongue.

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:17)
If the alcohol ain't do it, it's not gonna do it this way. I can tell you that.

**Jay Shetty** (2:22)
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** (2:47)
What's up, man, what's up?

**Jay Shetty** (2:48)
Huge congratulations. Everyone in the world is talking about this moment. I feel like even my friends back in England, people are messaging me, going, Oh my god, New York looks crazy. I was at game four.

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (2:58)
Oh, okay.

**Jay Shetty** (2:59)
MSG, 29 points down. Yes. How do you remember that night?

**Karl-Anthony Towns** (3:04)
Well, I appreciate you staying I hope you're. staying in your seat, because it was a tough game. But I remember that night just, I remember looking at Jordan and my fiancee and just telling her before the game, I feel really good about tonight. And I had 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. I 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 halftime. I remember looking at Jordan, I was like, maybe I was wrong in the game. And, you know, at halftime, 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 the right hand of God, man.

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