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"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
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"In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!"
"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
"That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on."
"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
"The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season."
"For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being."
"I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot."
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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."
"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
"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."
"My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players."
"I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second 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."
"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?"
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