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"If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot."
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"When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player."
"The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that."
"It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race."
"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
"I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school."
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
"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."
"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."
"You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk."
"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."
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"Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community."
"I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you."
"It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams."
"Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years."
"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
"And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one."
"So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way."
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