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" 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. "
David Robinson
Mistakes
Three
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" 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.' "
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" I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve. "
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" Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million. "
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" Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. "
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" It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay. "
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" 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. "
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" A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart. "
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" 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. "
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