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" A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be. "
Perception
People
I Am
" At the end of the day, everything I've been through on and off the court, I'm the only common denominator. "
End Of The Day
Everything
End
" By the time my brother was 8, he was cooking breakfast and dinner for us. And I was 5. "
Us
Time
Cooking
" Growing up, I ate a lot of candy. If you were my dentist, you would know that, you know, but I eat a lot of candy, so from eight to probably, like, 15, you wouldn't see me without a pack of Skittles. "
Know
You
See
" Honestly, I feel like pressure is only applied when you feel pressure. "
Pressure
Like
Feel
" I can be a friend from a million miles away. I can play basketball in China. The only thing I can't do is be a father. I missed my kids' first basketball game. I missed birthdays. I can talk to you from a million miles away, but I was missing the dad part of life. "
Life
Basketball
Game
" I didn't get paid to go to Kansas State. "
Kansas
Get
Go
" I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball. "
Basketball
Man
Stop
" I don't watch TV. I don't watch anybody else's saga but my own. "
TV
Anybody
Watch
" I feel like an '8 Mile' Eminem compared to 'My Name is.' Whenever my name is brought up, it's in a 'Slim Shady' way, and it's funny, and I'm lighthearted, but at the same time, every once in a while, I like to take it seriously. "
Seriously
Feel
Funny
" I feel like dads should come more into their feminine side. "
Feel
I Feel Like
Like
" I feel like I was counted out, you know, my first two seasons in the NBA. They might not have been perfect, but I'm proud of them. "
Proud
Perfect
You
" If the team needs to score, I'm going to score. If the team needs me to rebound, I'm going to rebound. Play defense, I play defense. "
Team
Score
Defense
" If you can't be honest with yourself, then you can't be honest with anybody. "
Yourself
Honest
Anybody
" If you're only using 10 percent of your brain, you don't even know that you're using 10 percent of your brain. If you're only using 10 percent of something, that means you don't know the rest of the 90! "
Brain
Your
You
" I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball. "
Respect
Play
Past
" I know what people think I am. People think I'm dumb. People think I party all the time. People think I'm ignorant. "
People
Dumb
I Am
" I love the fact that tomorrow never comes. You can never wake up and say, 'It's tomorrow.' It's always today. "
Love
You
Wake Up
" I'm all about my love for the game. "
Love
Game
About
" I'm a real laid-back person. "
Person
Real
" I match up with the best guys in the world. I'm not being cocky; it's just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths. "
World
Trouble
Best
" I'm not a chocolate man. I'm Skittles, anything made by Wonka. You know, I like candy, not chocolate. "
Like
Man
You
" I'm your favorite player's favorite player. "
Your
Player
Favorite
" I take care of my kids every day. I drop them off at school and pick them up whenever my wife is too tired. "
Tired
School
Drop
" I tell people all the time like, man, when you a kid, you don't know you're in the hood, or you don't know you poor. You just accepting your environment when you a child, and that's when your friends are really your friends, wholeheartedly and nothing malicious. "
Man
People
Time
" I've always been the quiet, not-stand-up-for-myself kind of guy. "
Kind
Been
Always
" I've always done well with pressure, always done well with awkward situations. "
Well
Pressure
Awkward
" I've come to realize I'm a professional, no matter if I'm 38, no matter if I'm 19 or 20. I'm a professional. "
Professional
Realize
Come
" I've never wanted to be anybody else, and I never thought anybody else could be me more than me. "
Anybody
Thought
Than
" Look at my nine-year career: I've always been close to a point a minute. I've always been a walking bucket. "
Look
Point
Walking
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