On this episode of Circuit of Success, host Brett Gilliland interviews former NBA player Larry Hughes. Hughes shares his journey of hard work and perseverance, his relationship with his godson Jason Tatum, and the lessons he learned from LeBron James. He also discusses the importance of attitude and gratitude, as well as his passion for basketball and his academy for young people. Tune in to learn more about Hughes' insights on success and leadership.



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Speaker Brett Gilliland: Welcome to the Circuit of Success, and thank you for joining me. You know, it's been said that success comes to those who wait, but believe the opposite. I believe that it's earned with the right attitude, a great belief system, an action every single day. When you mix that in with faith, courage, Gilliland, and most importantly a vision, that's when greatness happens. Now let's dive right in to this week's guest. Speaker Larry Hughes: Welcome to the Circuit of Success. I'm your host, Brett Gilliland. And today, Speaker Brett Gilliland: I mean, I'm fired up because Speaker Larry Hughes: I love basketball. I'm excited to be here with Mr. Larry Hughes. How you doing? Speaker 3: I'm good. Thanks for having me. Speaker Larry Hughes: Thanks for being here. We got our friend, our friend Ryan Luxafell over here. Speaker 3: Do Speaker Larry Hughes: we even talk about the quote that we just heard my friend, Mike, who you just met? Speaker 3: You know what? I hear it all the time. That's his, that's his go to. Speaker Larry Hughes: So Ryan likes to say he's, he outscored you college, but the the context is there. How many years did it take Ryan to do that? Right? Speaker 3: Yeah. It took him, what, four or five. No. T took him four. It took me one. That's right. But yeah. No. Those are good times. Definitely good times in my life. Well, we'll Speaker Larry Hughes: talk more about that stuff. But for those people that may not know who Larry Hughes is, why don't you give us a little background about yourself, where you grew up, what made you the man you are today? Speaker 3: Larry Hughes, thirty nine years old, from Saint Louis, Missouri, Downtown, Saint Louis. Born and raised, a bleed Saint Louis, bleed three one four. And that's really what's made me the person am today. My community, my surroundings, my environment, being raised by my mother who was a single parent, just still, you know, just values of working hard, you know, pushing through, never give up. You know, and that's carried me, through my life and just, to, keep pushing. You always have adversity, and St. Louis is built around, you know, adversity and fighting through the struggle. So Really, that's that's what shaped me, you know, and that's that's what I carry with me, through the many places I've played in the NBA, the many places that I've traveled. You know, there's no problems. There's only solutions. Speaker Larry Hughes: Yeah. Yeah. Especially if you can be the, be the solution, right, come with the solution instead of having a problem and complain about it. We always talk about that here at work. Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, that's, that's huge. I mean, you know, I obviously run run a run a business and, and, you know, have employees that work for me as well. And, you know, there's always things that come up you know, there's always things you have to deal with on a daily basis, but, you know, I'm I'm being gonna come to me with the solution to the problem that you thought you had as opposed to giving me a problem that you know -- So Speaker Larry Hughes: you gotta fix. Speaker Brett Gilliland: -- Speaker 3: that I have to fix. Exactly. Exactly right. Speaker Larry Hughes: So we gotta talk about it. You were on the, the Gilliland Wingo show yesterday. Now you gotta, you know, come hang out with this guy. Yeah. Which is kinda funny for me. Yeah. But, or cool for me. But, anyway, godfather Jason Tatum. Play with LeBron. Mhmm. We're just talking about the game. What are your thoughts on what Jason's doing for the Boston Celtics right now and being from Saint Louis? Speaker 3: Well, I'm I'm more I'm excited for him. I'm following them keeping up with them on my phone, you know, in television, you know, we've gone to a few games. But me and Jason's dad are are closed Justin. We grew up together that's like my brother. So, yes, that's my godson, and that's, you know, that's the title. But he's really like my nephew because me and Justin are, are our brothers. We, like I said, we've grown together. I call his mom, you know, my mom, his little, his little sister is my sister. So it's a, it's a family Gilliland, I'm just happy to see him successful. You dropped into a great situation being in Boston, with the great coach, great history, from an organizational standpoint. So I'm I'm happy. I'm glad that's where he he ended up at. Speaker Larry Hughes: It's phenomenal to see. And so I think what do you think? So right now, when you think about when you played or the mindset verbatim, I mean, some people get on that show and it's the big light, right? And they don't they don't do what he's doing. Yeah. Speaker 3: So what Speaker Larry Hughes: do you think he's doing mentally that's different than what a lot of other people maybe didn't rise on the occasion with? Speaker 3: I think he's been been prepped, you know, for the situation. I think he's, you know, had a goal in mind from a young kid. I think, everyone around him, you know, supported his goals. To to help him get to to where he wanted to be. And I think he's been prepped for it, playing a lot of basketball, doing a lot of skill development work, a lot of communication, going to a good high school, all that stuff plays into, you know, what he's doing now. I mean, it's his foundation, and that's what's he's able to show, you know, once the lights come on? Speaker Larry Hughes: Yep. Yeah. So let's talk about also then about LeBron James. You play with LeBron. Saw you were the second leading scorer behind LeBron James, the year you guys went to the NBA finals. And so, what'd you learn from LeBron or maybe what did you even teach LeBron? Speaker 3: Because you Speaker Larry Hughes: played with him when he was young mean, what was it like playing with a guy that now is, you know, arguably one of the top two or three greatest players in the ever to play? Speaker 3: Well, like I said, all those things that I learned you know, growing up, you know, as far as adversity, you know, never give up. I always fight through. I always push through. You know, those are the conversations that I was having with Braun. I mean, as as a young kid, you know, coming into the lead, you know, if it was a match up, if it was a tough match up, maybe it's, say, Carmelo Anthony, A lot of times I had that matchup early on. Yeah. You know, but now you see Braun taking that matchup. It's because that's what we talked about. Right. If you that's what you want. You have to take on that matchup. You have to take on that challenge and you have to push through. So think I had a, you know, a little hand in. You know, it's kind of this early, thought process as far as to what, you know, he wanted to be in the league. Speaker Larry Hughes: So talk to us about success. What? How do you define success for your life and, and for others? Speaker 3: Success is, it's a journey. It's opportunity. And success is being prepared, to sacrifice. And I think you don't get to to be successful if you don't, sacrifice. Sacrificing time, that's sacrificing family, that's sacrificing excitement. So being successful for me is, just having the opportunity to to help others, at the same time, do right by yourself. Yeah. Speaker Larry Hughes: So, obviously, you, you know, sports guy, all that kind of stuff, but now being the business and we talked about that just a second ago. But why is the fundamentals? And I know it's big in the Larry Hughes Basketball Academy, but but the fundamentals and the basics apply that to the business Gilliland for our listeners, the business leaders that are out there listening. Why are fundamentals in doing the basics so important? Speaker 3: I think it's the foundation. Know, I think it's it's building the legs to the table. From a business standpoint, I mean, obviously having the right system in place of, you know, your your numbers and your performance, but, you know, hiring the right people, you know, and having the right people involved with with what your mission is and where you're pushing to is you know, it's the biggest factor in business. You know, but that's how you lay your foundation. That's how you build your culture of, you know, how you're gonna operate as a business. And You know, it's it's a learning process, and and people have done it for years and years and years, so there's books and there's information out there. But until you're in it, it it looks different you know, all the time. Yeah. Speaker Larry Hughes: And I think it's hard too. Don't I mean, I assume you would agree with this, but, you know, when you have been successful and you've done something for a long time to still commit to the basis Right? And so I remember I went to Cardinal Spring training a few years back. And I was just fascinated by the fact that they were, you know, practicing how to bunt and practicing how to the the the pitcher to go cover first base on a bunt and catch the ball, right? Those little things that As you probably see kids today and I know my kids and Ryan's kids, it's like for them to focus on those simple tasks, kids don't want to do it. Speaker 3: Now, and and and we're results driven. So they see that, and they think that that just kind of happened. Right? They just see that. Yeah. They're maybe that they're older. So they they just gain that sort of knowledge. Speaker Larry Hughes: Yeah. Speaker 3: You know, from the little kids. But, you know, if they continue to build in that way in that in, in that format,

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