"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."
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"Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress."
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"It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up."
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"A lion never roars after a kill."
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"Because there are no fours."
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"There’s no reason to hold yourself back and say you can’t do something in life unless you go for it and try to do it."
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"It's unfair because the people booing, I believe, wouldn't want to have their child booed. Fans don't understand our lives and what we go through. They don't look at us as humans. We love the fans because they support and love the game, but at the same time it hurts when they turn their back on us."
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"In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution."
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"I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing."
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"You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you"
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"Play the game with a smile."
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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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"God loves me, and that he has the perfect plan for me. His plan will take me through a lots of ups and downs, but if I stay faithful to him that in the end he will work everything for my good. Now when I play basketball, I don't play for anyone else, I only play for God. That's the type of purpose that he gave me, and once he gave me that purpose, is when I found my peace, and once I got my peace, that's when I got my joy."
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"I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself."
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"You just stay patient, that's all."
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"After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up."
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"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
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"Basketball isn't easy. All my life I've been striving to make myself better. It's a full time commitment. To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you've reached your limit, it's only the beginning, that's when the time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more, because if you've got the drive, the discipline, and the resolve to do what it takes to make yourself great, then the rewards are endless."
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"Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out"
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"There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does"
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