"I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs."
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"I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game."
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"I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining."
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"I am competing with what I am capable of."
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"You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good money. They keep playing because of the money. I could care less about it. If I don't love the game, no check is going to keep me playing."
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"It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do."
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"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."
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"I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know."
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"I don't go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score."
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"Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park."
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"I want to play for years."
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"I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove."
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"I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail."
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"I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success."
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"I've never been afraid to fail."
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"In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money."
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"For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball."
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"Winning isn't always championships."
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"I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal."
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"I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet."
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