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- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself not playing basketball. I don't see myself not around basketball.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up drumming but had to put it on the back burner because of basketball.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My focus is on comfort, so I tend to keep it simple and casual - both during and after the basketball season.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got to play better basketball.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a poet in Pittsburgh. When I lived in the South, I was a basketball player and primarily a jock. An English teacher essentially suggested that I send the poems that I'd been writing - really just for him - to a few programs, so that when I wound up in Pittsburgh, it's where I figured out that I could actually be a poet.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we're on television. It makes a difference. It's shows what's possible.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Michigan, so I played hockey, football and basketball. I played a little bit of lacrosse, too. My brother played more lacrosse and ran track.
- Father
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My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.
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Playing basketball at MSG is a lot of fun when you are winning, but when you are not, it's not fun.
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I hate women's basketball.
- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest thing is just routine. I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.
- First Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first love was basketball.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is basketball. It's All-Star and all that stuff. That's not what it's really about. It's about making a difference and impacting the kids and helping people in need. That's what it's about.
- General Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2013, the 76ers hired Sam Hinkie as general manager and president of basketball operations.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I run in the morning, lift weights in the afternoon, basketball training at night, and then lift weights again at night.
- Respect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.
- Management
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA's not going to happen.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I despised basketball for a long time.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother's sobriety - that's when I found the theater, that's when I moved from being a basketball player to being a musician, to being an actor, to then being a writer.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Guys like Alvin Adams, Sweet D Walter Davis, Larry Nance, and Kyle Macy became my basketball heroes.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just love playoff basketball.
- Nov 07, 2020
I tore my ACL playing basketball.
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Basketball is basketball.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball players aren't always the best dressers.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 'Little Ty,' 'Little Tyrone.' I always got this negative feedback from the game of basketball.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm too short to play basketball and too nervous to steal.
- Baseball
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.
- Hockey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always a hard working basketball player.
- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy watching basketball, yeah.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been yelled at by coaches since I was 12 years old playing AAU basketball.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was recruited at Alabama and at Auburn to play basketball.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always wanted to have some sort of academy or program that links education and basketball.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.
- Like
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