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“Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.”

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“As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger bed and hope he plays basketball.”

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Author:Robert Altman

“As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.”

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Author:Miranda Kerr

“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.”

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Author:Magic Johnson

“If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League schools, or who will be tall enough to make the basketball team, then there is a danger that the life of the child will bear the burden of that expectation; and the risk of disappointment and the cost of disappointment will be even higher than they are now, and even now they can be considerable.”

“I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.”

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Author:Larry Bird

“We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.”

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Author:Jim Valvano

“As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“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.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.”

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Author:Red Auerbach

“I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar