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- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like golf has brought me some peace.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
When things aren't going right, I can get out on the golf course, and when things are going really good on the court, I can go and enjoy the scenery, enjoy the weather. And when I'm too high, I can have golf humble me and beat me up a little bit.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a really good place for me to be, on the golf course.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the number one thing for a guy for a new coach coming in. You've really got to buy into the system and believe it's going to work because, if you don't, it's going to cause conflict, and you're not always going to be on the same page as the other guys on the team or with the coach.
- Fresh Air
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, there wasn't too much technology. There weren't so many channels that we were glued to on TV. We had to go outside and create our games. Kids had the habit of being active and exercising, just enjoying the fresh air.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
They make documentaries like 'Fast Food Nation.' The food our kids are eating in schools, the vending machines kids go to a lot, the portions of food that American restaurants are serving that are bigger than anywhere else in the world - it's kind of crazy.
- Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially as pro athletes, at the highest level, what we put into our bodies plays a huge part in our performance.
- Owe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I owe a lot to my teammates.
- Stars
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes fans, sometimes even players, they don't know the game sometimes, and they look at numbers, or they use smoke-and-mirrors as far as who's a top 15 player, who's a top 20 player.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, it's easy for us basketball players to adjust to our situation.
- Right Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got organizations out there that are consistently at a high level. They're known to play the right way at the right time.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Spurs, obviously - you look at an organization like that and say that's what you want to be consistent, because they've become consistent. That's what you start striving for night in and night out.
- Better Player
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing is becoming a better player and proving your doubters wrong.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just something I pride myself on as a basketball player, having that knowledge, being the guy who can go to any situation and make the situation better for that team.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's natural to me. I played point guard my whole life up until my senior year of high school. Most people don't know that. It's just in my game.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sixth man, the position, I don't have a problem with, but the award - it's not that it's not important, but being singled out, it's like affirmative action or something like that to me. So, it's like, whatever.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of sixth men have more responsibility, and they've made more of an impact sometimes than 80 percent of the rest of the guys on the team, so it's just a name.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get out of the classroom, go to a new environment and meet different people, it opens their eyes to new things, and they have fun learning.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I played, I just wanted to guard the best player, and I didn't want him to score. That was just it, just competing. Along the way, it just kept building that I could be a great defender.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I figured I'd get a few extra baskets by getting steals. I would just pressure up the ball.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be the best player, so I thought in order for me to be the best player, I had to guard the best player on the court.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of guys who average a lot of points, but they make the game hard for themselves, and they make the game hard for their teammates, and that's why you never really see them win or get deep in the playoffs.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Philly will always have a special place in my heart, and I will cherish the great memories with the city and my teammates there.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I keep working hard, the sky will be the limit.
- Basketball
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just really excited to play basketball in America and to be free and all that.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole life, I've felt like I can do anything on the basketball court, from playing point guard in high school to having to play center one year in high school, doing everything in college and going through different roles in Philadelphia.
- NBA
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- Nov 07, 2020
My game has really picked up in the NBA.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seattle was my favorite team growing up, so I know a little bit about Coach Karl and his history. He's one of the best coaches in the game, well-respected by much of his peers and much of his players.
- Be Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a guy who could score the ball as a kid, but everybody wanted to score. And I always wanted to be different in some type of way.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to dabble in things that interest you, and for me, I'm interested in the tech space that is here in Silicon Valley, fashion and golf.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The key to success is to find things that you have a passion for and would enjoy doing, even if you weren't getting paid to do it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't care what people call me. I don't like 'Iggy,' but I'm used to it now.
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guys on Team U.S.A. were calling me Iggy just to mess with me. I've been called that since I was a kid. I don't care.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to be PlayStation only, but Xbox 360 is really cool, so we play 'Live' and 'Tiger.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the exception of maybe Vegas or Miami once or twice, other than that, it's all the same to me. I can't hear anything in the club with the loud music, so you're in there, and you're like, 'I can't hear you because of the loud music.' I hate that, yelling back and forth. And I don't drink, so it's kind of pointless.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get to college, they're never teaching you how to start a credit line or get a loan on a car, things of that nature.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of NBA players' upbringing, there's not much financial education.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a lot of help... from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, venture capitalists. They've helped me out a ton.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
NBA players, we're directly involved in the tech world whether we know it or not. Media content and wearables directly influence us every day.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.
- Michael Jordan
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- Nov 07, 2020
Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the two guys with unstoppable moves.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my Nigerian heritage, Jumia's use of technology to deliver innovative online services to consumers and improve the quality of everyday life in Africa is very important to me. I'm thrilled to be a part of this unique enterprise that is shaping the future of digital Africa.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can get. So, the more rounds of golf, the better I play.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think I can coach.
- Behind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The tech titans and the tech guys who I most admire are the ones behind the scenes.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to let the people I do business with off the court know that I'm serious about my business off the court. So I try not to mix the two.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be a basketball player that's a businessman. I want to be a businessman that's a business.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to the Bay Area not just to play basketball but to explore business interests.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm wearing a blazer, like, all the time. That's my go-to - a blazer - and I can just figure out if I want to wear jeans or slacks. Turn it into a suit.
- Appreciation
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it is to win in the NBA.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Finals, you want to set a statement like, 'This is me. This is who I am.' You know everyone's watching.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play videogames all the time on the plane.
- Best Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge tennis fan, so the game I play the most is 'Top Spin.' You really have to know how to play tennis to get good at this game - whether you want to hit a forehand or a backhand, when's the best time to hit a slice - it's so real.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a drive to get more steals and improve my game and stats overall every year.
- Driving
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- Nov 07, 2020
One move nobody knows about, when I catch the ball on the wing and I'm driving, I'm looking at the defender's legs, and I'm yanking their legs back as I run by.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In golf, you're more competing with yourself.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Draymond's always talking trash, and he's really good at getting you off your game. He's one of the guys that he'll talk trash, even when you're playing golf. He will knock you off your game... But when you see his swing, you're like, 'How do you talk trash so well, and your swing's this bad?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't highly touted coming out of high school, so it wasn't like I was expecting to get a lot of minutes. For me, I didn't know how good a player I was, even though I think I did decent as a freshman.
- Demeanor
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- Nov 07, 2020
You always wonder how a coach's demeanor will be going from assistant to head coach. They can kind of change, the personality, and you don't know how that will affect the team or how they see him.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always happy for guys who are enjoying the game and maximizing their potential on and off the court.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tech stuff, I will always do. They've been good to me.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can play until I'm 40. But I won't.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, everybody wants to win.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yoga, meditation, and unplugging the phone at night to make sure I get enough hours of sleep. That's huge for athletes.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you shoot 60, now you're aiming for 59. Golf is something you can never master.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been blessed to be in the NBA.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing is to give it back. You want to leave the game in a better situation than you came in with it. That's really important to me, especially being an avid reader and just learning about how to build businesses, learning how to make the most of the business you're in, the ins and outs of the relationships that you build as well.
- Handling
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you first come in the NBA, you have a lot of conversations about saving your money, financially educating yourself, not just trusting whoever it is handling your money, not just having those meetings once a year, and not really putting the effort into learning the same way you learn your craft on the court.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
God is great.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you go out there, you're not just representing your country or the NBA: you're representing your beliefs. You want to play hard for Someone who died for you.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm out there playing basketball, it's just, 'Let me do me,' and everybody is going to benefit. I feel confident that whoever I'm out there with is going to win.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter to me who I'm playing with. I think I'm going to make anybody better.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm a smart guy who knows the game.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.
- Huge Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like stick deodorant. I'm not a huge fan of spritz.
- Nov 07, 2020
I try to get through a book every two weeks.
- Hot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a yoga mat, I do yoga twice a week. I do both regular and hot yoga. Lululemon has an extra large yoga mat, longer and wider, so it fits me.
- Designer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a collector of designer backpacks.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to present myself well and express my style with my clothes, as well as who I was as a basketball player.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020