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" But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out. "

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" I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. "

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" I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it. "

" Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn't. "

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