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“First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. It let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people, and I realize that.”

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Author:Kevin Durant

“[When] I was young and I listened to everything - I took everything to heart. I didn't really realize how much people want to talk badly about you when you're down, or kick you when you're down. As basketball players, people think everybody's ultra-confident. But that's not the case.”

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Author:Blake Griffin

“It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA!”

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Author:Chris Bosh

“People got to realize that the owners who been paying me are a lot richer than I am. It's not like I was born rich; I had to play basketball to make this type of money.”

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Author:Moses Malone

“It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.”

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Author:Bobby Jones

“Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“At a really young age you just play ball and you have fun and you don't see basketball as something as a career, it just drives you crazy. But as the years went by and the goals got bigger for myself you realize that without almost being obsessed you won't reach those goals. So the older I get I think the more I realize that it's almost necessary to get to that level.”

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Author:Kristaps Porzingis

“Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.”

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Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.”

“It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.”

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Book:Awaken The Giant Within

Source: Awaken The Giant Within

“Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achieve your individual goals without the support of your colleagues.”

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Book:Reach for the Summit

Source: Reach for the Summit

“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 just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.”

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Author:Charles Barkley