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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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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" Preparation is everything. "

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" 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. "

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

" When all else fails, trust God. "

When All Else Fails

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong. "