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I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.
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I really feel like I have the potential - and I'm not even kidding about it - I have the potential to be the best player in the league.
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At some points, I wanted to quit. There were surgeries after surgeries, and I didn't really believe in myself. I didn't feel good about my body.
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One night, I went out with my teammates. I don't drink alcohol, so I wasn't drinking. This girl walked up to me; she was talking to me. She was like, 'Why aren't you drinking?' I was like, 'I just don't drink. Alcohol is nasty.' She said, 'I might have something for you.' She went and got a Shirley Temple. Then I was like, 'Ohhh, OK.'
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When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.
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I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.
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I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.
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When I play '2K,' I'll play in GM mode. And I choose different teams. But I always trade for myself because I'm unstoppable. Literally there's no way to stop me in '2K.'
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I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.
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I always thought that the U.S. was just amazing, and it was just a dream. I thought it was Heaven. Coming here a couple years ago, you know, the U.S. is still nice, but it's not like what I thought it was going to be.
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My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.
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Chinese fans are just passionate about the game. The love they have is just insane.
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I found social media was a way for me to open up and show the world who I was and also keep my name out there.
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All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.
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I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.
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I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.
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When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.
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I love when people tell me that I was gonna be a bust. I enjoy when people tell me, 'You suck. You can't dribble. You can't shoot,' because it's like, gotta go to the gym.
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I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.
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I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.
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Whatever happens happens. If something happens, something happens. But I believe in God, and I pray every day.
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I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don't think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it's reacting.
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I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.
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If I feel great and my body feels great and my knee is fine, I should play 30 minutes or more. I definitely have my opinion on that.
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Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.
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If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.
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One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.
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I'm just going to do my job, what coach wants me to do, be a defensive piece, and when needed to be a scorer, I'm going to be that.
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I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.
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Every time I'm on the court, every time a fan cheers for me, I just want to go out and make a play for them to cheer even more.
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I want to be the Defensive Player of the Year and, if I have the chance, be MVP.
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