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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. "
David Robinson
Nice
Through
Realize
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" Yes, I played in '92 with the original Dream Team, and then again in '96 with what they labeled 'Dream Team III.' "
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Dream
Team
Then
" Popovich is always talking about team. "
David Robinson
Team
Talking
Always
" 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. "
David Robinson
Fear
You
Team
" 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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Back
Today
Will
" A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart. "
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Been
Heart
Education
" When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that. "
David Robinson
Floor
Everybody
Best
" It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay. "
David Robinson
Okay
Room
Playoffs
" 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
Me
" 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. "
David Robinson
Voice
Leadership
Start
" 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
Grit
Integrity
" 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. "
David Robinson
Sports
Boat
Competition
" 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
More
Now
Differently
" My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count. "
David Robinson
Count
Fast
Learned
" Your grandfather is and will always be your hero, your inspiration. He fought in World War II, came home to Little Rock, Arkansas, and worked for 50 years as a mailman in the segregated south. Not once did he get a job promotion in five decades. But he kept working all the same. "
David Robinson
War
World
Hero
" 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. "
David Robinson
Help
Learning
People
" You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking. "
David Robinson
Learn
Lesson
Need
" Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him. "
David Robinson
Great
Mean
Foot
" 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. "
David Robinson
Memories
You
Last
" If you forget your history, you forget who you are. "
David Robinson
Forget
Who
You
" 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. "
David Robinson
Team
Confidence
Great
" What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive. "
David Robinson
Job
Build
Family
" 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. "
David Robinson
Think
Achieve
Heights
" I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue. "
David Robinson
Work
Hope
Children
" 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. "
David Robinson
Look
You
Year
" When all else fails, trust God. "
David Robinson
God
Trust
When All Else Fails
" Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. "
David Robinson
Believe
Able
Swim
" 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. "
David Robinson
Swim
Way
Good
" Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success. "
David Robinson
Home
Success
Service
" I played for a long time, and there's not many guys I would say, 'O.K., take any shot you want.' "
David Robinson
Long Time
Long
Say
" 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. "
David Robinson
Assassin
Me
Relentless