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You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.
I said before, I want to be a starter, I want to be an all-star - not a borderline all-star.
I'm thinking of putting together an all-star band. I definitely have a bit of a rock fantasy.
It's one thing to make the big leagues, but it's another thing to make it to an all-star game.
I like horse racing but I'm not an All-Star in horse racing. I'm an All-Star fan in horse racing.
I can't imagine being in an All-Star Game, knowing that you're among some of the best of the best.
For me, definitely, to make the All-Star team, that's something that I'm always going to remember.
Just looking down the bench and when you're on the court, you start to realize, 'I'm an All-Star.'
I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game.
I've never made an All-Star Game, but I've always had my peers' and coaches' respect around the league.
I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.
It's my first All-Star experience. It's pretty dope seeing all the super stars and all the big-time names.
As a player, you look where I've come from, averaging 'X' amount of points, to where I am now, an All-Star.
Unfortunately I couldn't play as much as I wanted in Los Angeles, because I was playing behind an All-Star.
What good is it if you are a 15-, 16-time All-Star and you never won nothing? A ring supersedes all of that.
I was the 10th pick, people were thinking could be an All-Star, but I turned out to be a pretty damn good pro.
I want to be on the All-Defensive team, be rookie of the year, make the All-Star team, all that type of stuff.
As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
I've always put the work in to not only get be an All-Star, but be an All-Star for a long time. That's my goal.
I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.
It was never about trying to make the All-Star Game. It's about being back at that high level to help a team win.
All-star lay downs are all about reading your opponents, trusting your instincts, and then making the right move.
You want to win a championship, but you want to be considered one of the best of all time. All-Star. Hall of Fame.
I don't want to get in trouble here, but the All-Star Game shouldn't count for anything. It should just be for fun.
I'm an athletic junkie - I play in all the celebrity all-star games, and I've become buddies with a bunch of athletes.
I would have never thought that I'd be an All-Star in this league, so to finally have my name called, it's really cool.
Anytime you go to the All-Star Game, you recognize that it's special. It's an experience that you don't want to pass up.
People get recruited from sketch groups and put on 'Mad TV' and 'SNL,' but those aren't ensembles, they're all-star teams.
I don't know if a lot of players can actually say they played in the All-Star Game in their actual city, their team's city.
You know I've watched the All-Star game as a little boy... and to have the opportunity now to play in it is so overwhelming.
I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.
Any player that says they don't want to go to an All-Star Game is lying to you. It's something everyone wants to be a part of.
It definitely would be an honor to be an All-Star. But I have no say in it. It's not up to me. It's up to the fans and coaches.
Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean, that is everybody's goal.
It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in All-Star Games ever since.
We knew James Harden was good. You don't get named to All-Star games and win Olympic gold medals when you play like Darko Milicic.
I feel like if I have a ring, that's far better than being an All-Star. As an individual accolade, for sure, 100%, I want to be one.
All-Star is something that's exciting for the fans: it's a way for the fans to see their favourite players all play at the same time.
I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.
I want to have a long career in the NBA. First, I want to be an All-Star, and hopefully one day I can win a ring with the New York Knicks.
In 1949, I saw a World War II veteran named Lou Brissie, who had nearly lost a lower leg in combat, pitch in the All-Star Game in Brooklyn.
The thing I really want to do is make the All-Star team and have an All-Star season. If I do that, then I know my team is going to be winning.
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.
It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.
I played three seasons when I was in MLS before I went to Europe, and every year, I was able to be selected for the All-Star, which was an honor.
I'm not in this league to be an All-Star. I'm not in this league to make the Hall of Fame. I'm not in this league to make the all-defensive team.
I know I'm not an All-Star or star player, but I want to be remembered as a great role player who won a lot of games and leave my mark in the league.
I love being an All-Star and continue to want to be an All-Star because that just shows you my talent and who I am. But I've always been a team player.
I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.'
When I look back at the tapes, your first everything, your first All-Star Game, your first playoff experience, it just seems like it went by really fast.