Basketball star Stephen Curry said this week that he and former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama warns of a 'decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering' in call to look at down-ballot races Quinnipiac polls show Trump leading Biden in Texas, deadlocked race in Ohio Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE have talked about the "challenges" of being a public figure and learning to live in the public eye.

"[Obama] was talking about the challenges of before he was in office," Curry said in a "Good Morning America" interview set to air Thursday and Friday.

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"And I'm not comparing what I do to what he does, but he dropped a line. He said before he got into office, he didn't value his anonymity as he was going through life," Curry added. "He can't just go walk down the street and be in his own world and just unplug, if you will, from all the commotion, the attention, the people grabbing at you."