For most NBA players of a certain level, being treated like a celebrity in public is part of life. For Klay Thompson, it's something that "will inspire you to keep going."
His mundane and earnest account of the hero's welcomes he has received in the Bay Area had Steph Curry and Draymond Green cracking up on Monday morning. Warriors players were being interviewed by play-by-play announcer Bob Fitzgerald on a small stage before beginning their championship parade down San Francisco's Market Street.
It was a bizarre, controlled setting. But that didn't stop Klay from being Klay.