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" It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay. "

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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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" Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. "

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" 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. "

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" My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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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