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" 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. "

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" 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

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking. "

" 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. "

" I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Popovich is always talking about team. "

" Largely in the beginning, I did a lot of extra work because I was lighter than all the other guys. I was at a massive disadvantage, so I had to put on weight. I started with eating. I had to really focus on my diet. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "