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Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.
It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
I try to watch film with teammates and help them as well, so that's just part of the game, part of playing.
An NBA star is a role player. Your role is to score a lot of points; your role is to get a lot of rebounds.
You continue to compete against the very best every day, and you will get better, or you'll be embarrassed.
I will never forget where I come from, and my journey to becoming an NBA Champion has been hard to believe.
Of course they remember. But it's not gonna be about revenge; it's gonna be about the Big Ten championship.
Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.
I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.
I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.
I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.
Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.
It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.
People probably assume I sleep in my uniform. Then I get up and go to the mall or the market in my uniform.
I really subscribe to the 'look good, feel good' mantra in terms of playing, in terms of getting out there.
If I have my kids, I drive something with four doors. If I don't have my kids, I can drive whatever I want.
My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.
Every year I will stock my locker up with body wash, different lotions, different oils and different creams.
We've always got to fight to the end and never give up no matter what the score is or how much time is left.
KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves - what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.
When we get comfortable, we start relaxing, taking bad shots, especially me I take bad shots when I'm tired.
I know from watching other players that they have great games by getting to the line and getting to the rim.
Boston was a good situation for me, but I think it was over time they were able to understand what they had.
I think, overall, the NBA and its players are really conscious about our role and what we do as role models.
This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.
At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.
I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.
A lot of times people say, 'You act like a grandmother, you're just totally laid back, nothing bothers you.'
My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.
Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.
I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.
There's a wealth of information and knowledge you can gain from sitting down with people who are successful.
I want an Ohio State degree, and not all of their classes are online, so it might have to be after I retire.
I want my media to be raw and uncut, and I want to articulate it in a spectacular, vernacular Detroit style.
I just appreciate the support that I've gotten, and do what I can to garner support, is kind of my attitude.
I try to anticipate exactly where my teammates are going to be. Sometimes I look good. Sometimes I look bad.
If someone has my number that I don't know and texts me a considerable amount I would just block the number.
When you have guards that are versatile, it just makes it a lot easier in terms of who you put on the court.
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches.
I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.
Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us.
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't?
People tell me that I'm always smilin' on the court. I don't think about it. I just get emotional out there.
Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.
Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.