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" 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. "
David Robinson
Grandfather
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Obviously, I'm not working out the way I was when I was playing. I do yoga. I swim a lot. I'm drinking a lot of good, healthy mixes. I got myself a Vitamix. "
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" My dad was enlisted in the Navy; my mother was a nurse. It just was never a thought process. It was just go to the best school you can go to, do the best you possibly can do, and be the best person you can possibly be, and I think our faith had a lot to do with that. "
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" When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million. "
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" If you forget your history, you forget who you are. "
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" 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. "
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" Preparation is everything. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We went through a nice stretch of big guys. But soon, everyone is going to realize that there's only one Steph Curry. "
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" I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen. "
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" You have to raise your game, you have to be ready to compete, and you've just got to give Hakeem credit. He was great. He really was great. "
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" 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. "
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" You give a team a month - three weeks - to get together, and you're going to make mistakes. You're just not going to be as sharp. "
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" I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are. "
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" 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. "
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" This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.' "
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