Apple TV+ has a new unscripted short series from renown director Gotham Chopra “Greatness Code.” This series is co-produced by Uninterrupted and Chopra’s production company Religion of Sports. The seven mini episodes feature untold stories from the greatest athletes in the world. The first season examines one pivotal moment that defined an athlete’s career.
Season one features four-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lebron James; six-time Super Bowl champion and four-time Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady; Olympic gold medalist and co-captain of the US women’s national soccer team Alex Morgan; world’s fastest man and eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt; five-time Olympic gold medalist and 15-time world champion swimmer Katie Ledecky; 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater.
EURweb correspondent Jill Munroe spoke with Chopra about making the series, what he learned about greatness from the legendary Kobe Bryant, the keys to greatness and if he noticed any differences in the path between the female and male athletes.
The two factors that all of his subjects had in common were discipline and passion. The way it manifests itself might be different, but the keys are the same.
“One of the things that athletes, we talk about ‘this moment in a playoff or high profile game’ but that moment is the product of all the hard work, all the repetition. The process, the blood, sweat and tears that goes into. What happens at the Super Bowl is the product of the repetitions in April or May on the practice field. That’s something we can all emulate in our own lives, which is the hard work, the discipline, the devotion. And hopefully it produces that moment, somewhere down the line. But the process is the part that is very admirable and very repeatable.”
On how working with Kobe inspired his idea to steady greatness:
Kobe was definitely the most and until this day, probably the most intense and intimate experience working with an athlete. It definitely did start with him. I’m a big Celtics fan, I remember the game where Kobe torched us. And that bonded us. We are around the same age… we had this shared experience with me as a die-hard Celtics fan and him a Laker great, who both grew up in the 80s watching these two teams battle it out.
Religion of Sports was co-founded by Chopra (son of Deepak Chopra,) Tom Brady and NFL Hall of Fame legend Michael Strahan. “Greatness Code” is available now on Apple TV+.
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