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" Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to. "

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" The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed. "

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" I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport. "

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" I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody. "

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" When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance. "

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" That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on. "

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