Kawhi Leonard Quotes
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I was good. I probably could have gone to the NFL. I just hated practice.
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Everybody plays back-to-backs.
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I like being the underdog so they don't expect what's going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I'm not doing better.
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I'll never try to win an award. I'm out there just playing for my team.
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The Spurs are a great organization.
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Coming in, I wanted to be a great player, and right now at the beginning of my career, I'm showing some slight sunshine that I can be the player I want.
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I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted to put them on the map and show everyone that you don't need to go to a top school to make it in the NBA.
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I want the kids to know that it's not a myth that somebody from their city plays and wins in the NBA. I just want to influence them to work hard and do whatever they want to do in life, whether it's to be a basketball player or scientist... if they believe in themselves, they can do anything.
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I'm just playing basketball. I just want to be a great player. That's it. That's all I'm thinking about. If the other stuff comes, it comes, but I'm just fortunate to play in the NBA Finals and just to play basketball, period.
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My motivation wasn't really to get a $95 million contract, you know?
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Winning is motivation.
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I played basketball when I was little because it was fun for me. It still is now. I just love it. I have a passion for it.
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You definitely see a difference in some guys' games when they do get paid. I'm trying to make sure I'm not that player.
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I rarely eat breakfast because of our schedule, actually. If I do, though, I'll try to do an egg-white omelet with some bell peppers and mushrooms. Maybe a side of a bunch of different fruits.
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People always want to compare their hands to mine. Pretty much everywhere I go.
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Everything outside doesn't matter when I'm on the court; it's just me and nothing else. Family problems, school, what happened to my father, all the stress goes away.
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I just have to move forward and keep working on my game and getting better.
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I'm just going out there to do my role, the same role - defense first - and then see how the ball turns out on the offensive end.
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Playing football helped me a lot. Just reading the quarterback's eyes and reading receivers, figuring out what they want to do.
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I like the old-school muscle cars.
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I don't care about winning an MVP - the MVP doesn't mean you're the best player in the league.
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My hands make me a little longer, and that's always a good thing.
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At the end of the day, we all know what the Jordan logo means, and you can't take anything away from that. But it's pretty cool to have my own logo on a Jordan shoe.
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I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face.