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"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
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"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"We've got to play better basketball."
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"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
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"I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger."
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"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball."
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"I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that."
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"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
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"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
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"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."
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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
"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
"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."
Attention
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
Basketball
"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
"I always keep a ball in the car. You never know."
Car
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