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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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David Robinson

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Feel

Care

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough. "

" Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is the only finished, branded product from the East African country to be sold directly in the U.S. "

" 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. "

David Robinson

Men

Think

" 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. "

" You are overboard in deep open water without a PFD (personal floatation device), or at least that's what your instructor is yelling. Sink or swim, plebe. "

" Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him. "

" 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. "

" I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve. "

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

" 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. "

" A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart. "

" 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. "

" That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit. "

" 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. "

David Robinson

Now

Differently

" When all else fails, trust God. "

" 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. "

" We went through a nice stretch of big guys. But soon, everyone is going to realize that there's only one Steph Curry. "

" 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. "

" Yes, I played in '92 with the original Dream Team, and then again in '96 with what they labeled 'Dream Team III.' "

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

" If you forget your history, you forget who you are. "

" 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. "

David Robinson

Believe

Poor

" Preparation is everything. "

David Robinson

Everything

Preparation

" 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. "

" 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. "

" USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides. "

" 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. "