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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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[Coaching] is a difficult job which everyone who owns a TV thinks they can do better at.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
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A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
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I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
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I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.
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Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.
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I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
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I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
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Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
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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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I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
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I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
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It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
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When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.
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I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves.
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I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
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What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.
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With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.
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We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
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I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.
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I want to do as little as possible when I finish playing ball - just spend a lot more time with my family.
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The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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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.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.
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Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.
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The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
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Today's youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldn't take that attitude forward with them.
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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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