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If you're out there, and you can't do it, that makes you a bust. Well, I was never really out there. I was never Greg Oden in the NBA.
It's somewhat of a normal procedure sometimes when you have a knee drained... so long as it's not something you have to do every game.
I absolutely would not have liked playing in Spain or somewhere like that, so I was just gonna do it a year. Then I was gonna be done.
When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
I was overwhelmed meeting him. I didn't know what to say, I didn't know whether to call him 'Coach Russell,' 'Bill,' or 'Mr. Russell.'
Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out.
When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.
Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble.' So I've got to back off.
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
I majored in criminal justice. I like 'CSI,' all that, '24.' I watch those shows on A&E, if I watch TV. I don't really watch TV shows.
I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.
Eddie is the firehouse of this team. When he gets it going, he gets it going. He is definitely tough to stop when he gets in a groove.
The way I try to represent my family and coaches, I think all are characteristics the league aspires to portray. That's just who I am.
I'm going to set up a foundation for the world. I'm going to take the money and start building cities all over the world. I'm a comet.
You have good games, you have bad games. You have good years, you have bad years. I have always been kind of philosophical about that.
I feel as long as I'm playing productive minutes, I'll play. But if I'm sitting on the bench and not doing anything, then I'll retire.
I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.
Delaware is not like Hollywood. But Delaware is cool. All you really need is a gym and a couple good places to eat and a movie theater.
I want to be able to let people who aren't used to seeing a Santa of color say, 'Wow, there he is.' It's time for America to diversify.
When you're 20 and going to the draft, everybody is telling you what you should wear. I kind of succumbed to peer pressure on that one.
Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.
You give me enough shots, I'll average 20. You give me a particular system where I stick close to the basket, I'll average 10 rebounds.
We showed why road games have been tough for us throughout this year. That's where we've got to get better. It's a learning experience.
I was really excited about going to Miami because of coach Riley. And getting with him has been a change for me and really good for me.
I know most of the black players who preceded and followed me at Duke. They all contribute to our tradition of excellence on the court.
My music, you know I'm not lying about anything, and the way you can tell is how in-depth I can get about everything I'm talking about.
I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.
I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.
One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.
Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.
Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
If I come to work every day and do my job, work as hard as I can, be a great teammate, the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.
I’ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.
Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don't go back on it.
My whole life, I've been getting used to adapting. There are small differences, but culturally, the States and the U.K. are very close.
When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
I play the drums, I love to sing. I'll make a beat anywhere - on the wall, on the floor - and I can have fun doing just about anything.
That's where I got my passion for the game, watching the WNBA on TV. Cynthia Cooper, Raise the Roof, We Got Next, I was into all of it.
As beautiful as Oklahoma is, it doesn't have big lights and none of that. But that's fine... I'm a low-maintenance, low-key, chill guy.
When you got it going, you got it going. I just keep my focus down the stretch. Thats when I want the ball. Im just not afraid to fail.
There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.
In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.
When I retire, I'm going after his job. If I don't make sheriff, I'm going after his job. He's not that good. You can quote me on that.
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike.
Coming to Beijing, throughout all of what has happened and the success I have gained, I look at it as I was just fortunate and blessed.
I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.