Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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