David Robinson Quotes
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The individual stats, that stuff is fun, but it doesn't last. Somebody else is gonna come along and break your records. But the memories that you take are forever.
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That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.
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Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him.
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Obviously, I'm not working out the way I was when I was playing. I do yoga. I swim a lot. I'm drinking a lot of good, healthy mixes. I got myself a Vitamix.
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I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.
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I know I will leave my work unfinished. I just hope I planted enough seeds in my children and grandchildren that they will continue.
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If you forget your history, you forget who you are.
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Marc Gasol, he's more of a true center. There are guys who play that traditional center role, but the game is also played differently now.
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It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.
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Largely in the beginning, I did a lot of extra work because I was lighter than all the other guys. I was at a massive disadvantage, so I had to put on weight. I started with eating. I had to really focus on my diet.
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What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive.
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Keep working and saving and striving for a better future for your children, and for their children, even if you won't be around to see it pay off.
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Your grandfather is and will always be your hero, your inspiration. He fought in World War II, came home to Little Rock, Arkansas, and worked for 50 years as a mailman in the segregated south. Not once did he get a job promotion in five decades. But he kept working all the same.
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When all else fails, trust God.
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I have the unique distinction of being on the only Olympic team to lose without controversy, and the only Pan Am Games team to lose without controversy.
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When you get that signing bonus, don't start thinking about all the things you can do with $1 million.
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Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well and was relentless in his attacking. And there are a few guys who have that mentality. I think Kobe Bryant has that type of mentality, and LeBron has that type of mentality.
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In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.
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Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.
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It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.
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A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.
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Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is the only finished, branded product from the East African country to be sold directly in the U.S.
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Popovich is always talking about team.
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You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.