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- Nov 07, 2020
Big Guys Quotes
Proving size isn't the whole story.
Big guys quotes flip expectations in interesting ways, with one speaker admitting to loving the fight against bigger opponents despite being small themselves. Another challenges typecasting directly, asking why a seven-foot guy can't play ordinary roles like teacher or cab driver. For related themes, see our Competition quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Forward, always moving forward, from the time I can remember - a kid. I was short, and the big guys would take advantage; I had to turn myself into a body puncher. By that time I was in reform school, they'd have a boxing match every week; they'd bring guys in from outside to fight me.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why can't a seven-foot guy play a doctor? Why can't I be a teacher? Why can't I be a football coach? Why can't I be a cab driver? Anything. Anything else than that. I can cry. I can do those things that they think the big guys can't do. So just give us a chance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of big guys who can play-make. We put labels like, 'Oh, he's a point guard, he's a center.' But sometimes your center can play-make for you and not just be the center, boxing out for rebounds and playing in the post.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big guys choose who they want to fight and they think about history: 'how many times I defended my title.' They try to break a record: 'how long I was there.' But if you look at the pedigree, who they fought, ain't nobody gonna give them credit for it because they fought a lot of people with no experience.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The game is definitely evolving. It's becoming more guard-oriented. But, at the same time, we've got a lot of big guys who still kick butt. We'll never be extinct.
- Anticipating
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- Nov 07, 2020
The game has gotten a lot faster. I was anticipating changes as far back as when I first came into the league, when the spacing was changing, and big guys were playing in different spaces on the floor. But when that change actually happens, and it happens so quickly, it's just amazing.
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- Nov 07, 2020