基德表示失败并不是什么坏事：当你与全世界最顶尖的球员打完82场比赛后，会飞速成长，这不再是高中联赛，也不是大学赛场。你会输掉远远不止四场比赛，但每场失利都是宝贵的经验。这并不会阻碍你成为总冠军或世界级球员。关键在于调整心态，明白失败是常态，并从每一次站上赛场的失利中汲取教训。
“I think you learn really fast when you play 82 games with the best players in the world,” Kidd said. “It’s not high school. And it’s not college. And so you’re going to lose more than four games. But they’re all lessons to be learned.
“That doesn’t keep you from becoming a champion or one of the best players in the world. So you have to adjust and understand that you’re going to lose, but you learn from losing each time you take the floor.”
