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	I like criticism. It makes you strong.   
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	I'm a pretty funny guy, and I would love to do a comedy with a bunch of funny guys - movie-star guys, where they could help me through it.   
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	When you work out or you're doing anything active, it's more fun as a group. You may lose track of the time, and the next thing you know, you're working out for two hours because you're having fun.   
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	You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.   
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	Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.   
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	Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.   
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	I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.   
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	I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.   
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	I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.   
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	My father wasn't around when I was a kid, and I used to always say, 'Why me? Why don't I have a father? Why isn't he around? Why did he leave my mother?' But as I got older I looked deeper and thought, 'I don't know what my father was going through, but if he was around all the time, would I be who I am today?'   
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	There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.   
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	I'm just a little kid from Akron.   
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	I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.   
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	When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.   
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	But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.   
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	Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.   
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	Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.   
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	In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.   
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	But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.   
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	I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.   
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	I hate letting my teammates down. I know I'm not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don't feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.   
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	I hear my friends and my mom tell me I'm special, but honestly, I still don't get it.   
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	I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!   
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	You have to be able to accept failure to get better.   
