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“I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.”

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Author:Jim Valvano

“I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.”

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Author:Dwyane Wade

“I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”

Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

“I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?”

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Author:Red Auerbach

“I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we're just talking about clothes.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.”

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Author:LeBron James

“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.”

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Author:Larry Bird

“This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.”

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Author:Tim Duncan

“I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.”

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Author:Tim Duncan