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If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
I didn't take constructive criticism the way I should have. When I finally caught up to that, that's when I went to being the MVP.
If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.
The key to success is to find things that you have a passion for and would enjoy doing, even if you weren't getting paid to do it.
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.
At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player. I am a better person because of my failures and disgraces.
I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are.
I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.
Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them.
I'm a confident player, I know I can score. I don't think anyone can guard me consistently off the dribble. But I'm a team player.
Yeah Ernie, its called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.
If somebody attacks me with words, I'm always like, Do you know me? Do you know me that well? Let's have a beer and talk about it.
I'm used to practicing. I'm used to the schedule. That's kind of what I was born to do. That's what I've been doing my whole life.
I love music. In a lot of my downtime, I spend time listening to other people's music or other people's rhymes and writing my own.
It's a different story because guess what, the kid is only 28 years old, 28. He's not his dad, not his grandpa. He's 28 years old.
That's one thing I pride myself on is working hard in the weight room, working hard in practice, trying to become a better player.
There is only a relationship between music and sports because all athletes want to be rappers and all rappers want to be athletes.
Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.
I think the big thing with O.J. - I've known him since he was in high school - and he's a great kid, loves the game of basketball.
I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers.
To have harmony on a team, you need a coach who can get inside the head of every player and get them all pulling in one direction.
The passion to win games, the incredible, focused energy and also the camaraderie of the team were all things that I really loved.
Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.
I've learned what it feels like to lose, believe me. But I think, in the end, that is just going to make winning that much better.
I want to show people who I really am, especially aspiring basketball players who want to be at this level. That's what I'm about.
My dream was to become a rec league coach. That's what I wanted to do. I wanted to stay home and help the kids out and be a coach.
'Grease' is an awesome movie. I wish they'd make a new one, more for our time. The graphics are terrible when you look back on it.
I don't leave home without my Skullcandy Crushers. I don't leave home without my Bible, without my phone, and without my computer.
I feel bad saying this but, I can't eat that because I'm on a diet. So, if I'm eating breakfast tacos, I'm not going to play well.
There are so many kids in Africa who adore these athletes in the NBA and see themselves in them, even though we're so far removed.
Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
What I miss the most is the locker room, the dinners after the games. The preparation, the sense of going out there and be a team.
Whenever there's something that that needs to be done for my team, I kind of come alive and get turned on and want to get it done.
When you invest in something for so long and you stop and have nothing to fill that space, it can be more of a crisis of identity.
I enjoyed practices at college. That is where you really get down and dirty and really get some development and see what you have.
Sometimes it's good to be ready for the unpredictable. I'm glad that I can go through unpredictable situations. It's a good thing.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
I wanted to become one of the best guards in the NBA. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the intensity of my workouts.
Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.
I am a confident player, and a lot of people might look at it like, 'Oh, another cocky attitude,' but I don't look at it that way.
Sometimes when general managers get a new job, they clean house and start over and rebuild and get the players they want in there.
I thought if I could play 10 years in the league, it would be a great career more than I could ever hope for in my wildest dreams.
That's what I do. I get in and get under people's skin and all that stuff. But you will remember me - and that's all that matters.
It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.
My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends forever.
My choice was either Chicago or Milwaukee. Milwaukee is going with a young team and Chicago is in need of a big guy, so that's it.