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" Preparation is everything. "

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" I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen. "

" When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that. "

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" When all else fails, trust God. "

When All Else Fails

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Popovich is always talking about team. "

" 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. "

" 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 played for a long time, and there's not many guys I would say, 'O.K., take any shot you want.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The individual stats, that stuff is fun, but it doesn't last. Somebody else is gonna come along and break your records. But the memories that you take are forever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "