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" All this stuff doesn't happen to you for your own sake. It doesn't happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people. "
You
Positive
Own
" A lot of these teams really forget that part of success comes with having veteran leadership. You see a lot of teams forget that and start letting go of these old veterans. They don't realize how important it is to have a veteran voice in your locker room or on the bench. It's important to have guys who have been there before. "
Voice
Leadership
Start
" A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart. "
Been
Heart
Education
" Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. "
Believe
Able
Swim
" Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal. "
Service
Experience
Great
" If you forget your history, you forget who you are. "
Forget
Who
You
" If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things. "
Me
Better
Care
" I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy. "
Games
Without
Only
" I hope the young guys who are playing today realize what they have been given and will take it upon themselves to give back in return. "
Back
Today
Will
" I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue. "
Work
Hope
Children
" I'm not a great reader, believe it or not. It's not the vocabulary - my father made me read the dictionary when I was little - but my attention span is poor. Takes me months to read one book. "
Believe
Poor
Me
" In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him. "
Think
Achieve
Heights
" In the NBA, you're taking a bunch of different talents, and you're managing them. You have to give them a system; you have to give them a belief. That's why coaches like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are so great: because they gave the team confidence in the system and in their ability to execute night in and night out. "
Team
Confidence
Great
" I played for a long time, and there's not many guys I would say, 'O.K., take any shot you want.' "
Long Time
Long
Say
" I see these college kids taking these crazy shots, and it's like, taking that shot is going to leave you without a job. You're not Steph Curry. "
Leave
College
Crazy
" I think everything works in cycles. I was fortunate enough to come along in the golden age for big men. There were guys like Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing. "
Like
Men
Think
" It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct. "
Help
Learning
People
" It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay. "
Okay
Room
Playoffs
" It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough. "
Africa
Few
Very
" It takes time; you look at what happened with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. It took them a year or two to get their legs underneath them and figure things out, and even then, that run was relatively short. "
Look
You
Year
" It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong. "
Brain
Always
Athlete
" I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper. "
Grandfather
Grit
Integrity
" I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve. "
Curious
Things
Learn
" I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen. "
Saw
Happen
Naive
" Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success. "
Home
Success
Service
" Keep working and saving and striving for a better future for your children, and for their children, even if you won't be around to see it pay off. "
Children
Future
Striving
" Largely in the beginning, I did a lot of extra work because I was lighter than all the other guys. I was at a massive disadvantage, so I had to put on weight. I started with eating. I had to really focus on my diet. "
Beginning
Diet
Eating
" Marc Gasol, he's more of a true center. There are guys who play that traditional center role, but the game is also played differently now. "
More
Now
Differently
" Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well and was relentless in his attacking. And there are a few guys who have that mentality. I think Kobe Bryant has that type of mentality, and LeBron has that type of mentality. "
Assassin
Me
Relentless
" Most proud moment: Winning the championship in 2003 with a great team, retiring, and going out in the perfect way. Had a great journey and knowing it was the right time to focus more on family and community activities. "
Family
Community
Time
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