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"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
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"Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away."
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"Make It Fun. Have you ever been publicly acknowledged or called upon in a room filled with people? Depending on your personality type, it can be either exhilarating or mortifying. It certainly does grab your attention, as well as everyone else's!"
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"You don't care for anybody... you just do it for attention, isn't it true?"
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"We've all been in the middle of a conversation and the person with whom we are speaking breaks eye contact, appears distracted, glazes over, or looks elsewhere. Their simple eye movement can quickly break down communications by making us feel ignored, dismissed, or rejected. For some, it may be accidental and unintentional, while for others, avoiding eye contact is on purpose."
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"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."
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"Everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while."
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"They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves."
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"When you are "off somewhere else" people notice. Have you found yourself in conversations in which you're so concerned about what you are going to say next, that you don't even hear what the other person is saying? Guilty as charged, right?"
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"I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know."
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"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."
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"When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions."
Talent
"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
Attention
"I always keep a ball in the car. You never know."
Car
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
Basketball
"My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players."
Skill
"Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me."
Home
"All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?"
Man
"I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home."
Home
"When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa."
People
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