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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides.
- Great Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marc Gasol, he's more of a true center. There are guys who play that traditional center role, but the game is also played differently now.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
We went through a nice stretch of big guys. But soon, everyone is going to realize that there's only one Steph Curry.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see these college kids taking these crazy shots, and it's like, taking that shot is going to leave you without a job. You're not Steph Curry.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played for a long time, and there's not many guys I would say, 'O.K., take any shot you want.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.
- Playoffs
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to raise your game, you have to be ready to compete, and you've just got to give Hakeem credit. He was great. He really was great.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes time; you look at what happened with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. It took them a year or two to get their legs underneath them and figure things out, and even then, that run was relatively short.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your grandfather is and will always be your hero, your inspiration. He fought in World War II, came home to Little Rock, Arkansas, and worked for 50 years as a mailman in the segregated south. Not once did he get a job promotion in five decades. But he kept working all the same.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you forget your history, you forget who you are.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope the young guys who are playing today realize what they have been given and will take it upon themselves to give back in return.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.'
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a great reader, believe it or not. It's not the vocabulary - my father made me read the dictionary when I was little - but my attention span is poor. Takes me months to read one book.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
Popovich is always talking about team.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that.
- Lesson
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.
- Start
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.
- Few
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.
- Coffee
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is the only finished, branded product from the East African country to be sold directly in the U.S.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
The individual stats, that stuff is fun, but it doesn't last. Somebody else is gonna come along and break your records. But the memories that you take are forever.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the NBA, you're taking a bunch of different talents, and you're managing them. You have to give them a system; you have to give them a belief. That's why coaches like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are so great: because they gave the team confidence in the system and in their ability to execute night in and night out.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most proud moment: Winning the championship in 2003 with a great team, retiring, and going out in the perfect way. Had a great journey and knowing it was the right time to focus more on family and community activities.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep working and saving and striving for a better future for your children, and for their children, even if you won't be around to see it pay off.
- Preparation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Preparation is everything.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When all else fails, trust God.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everything works in cycles. I was fortunate enough to come along in the golden age for big men. There were guys like Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Largely in the beginning, I did a lot of extra work because I was lighter than all the other guys. I was at a massive disadvantage, so I had to put on weight. I started with eating. I had to really focus on my diet.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, I'm not working out the way I was when I was playing. I do yoga. I swim a lot. I'm drinking a lot of good, healthy mixes. I got myself a Vitamix.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020