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"I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo."
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"I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go."
Progress

"I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz."
Music

"I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA."
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"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American."
People

"Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak."
Work

"As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit."
Success

"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."
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"I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream."
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"When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly."
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"You can't win if you don't play as a unit."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
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"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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"Expectations create and shape reality."
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"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
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"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
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"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
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"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
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"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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