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Journalist Sarah Lyall is at the NBA Rookie Transition Program, which is a series of seminars run by the players' union that aims to teach young NBA players how to adjust to life as a professional athlete.
She's live-tweeting bits of life advice from the conference, and it's hilarious. The advice the NBA players' association is giving out is a mix of platitudes, mundane observations, and actually helpful life tips. By all accounts the transition program is a great thing that helps rookies avoid the off-the-court problems of their predecessors. But it's also a relentless advice-dump.
Here are the best pieces of life advice (Follow Lyall here):
Hydration is the difference between steak and beef jerky.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
You can buy nice sneakers at a store in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 6, 2014
if you don't say something when someone's pants are sagging, that person might be the person who ends up robbing and killing you.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 6, 2014
If you can't articulate how you want your clothes to look, cut a picture out of a magazine.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 6, 2014
"Sometimes you have to clap for yourself." #nbaRookieAdvice
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
People decide everything about you based on the first 10 words you say.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
In business, you have to fit in and you have to stand out.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
If people live in your house and use your credit cards and drive your car, you should know their last names.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
Many guys think you don't have to introduce yourself, but that's not true.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
If you don't know anybody at an event, talk to the person standing alone.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 7, 2014
After a game, sign the damn autograph. You never know whose kid is who.
- Sarah Lyall (@sarahlyall) August 6, 2014