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315 Basketball player Quotes

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

Always Been Each Had
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I make impact plays. I make game-changing plays.
Impact Make Plays
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You know, I'm just 6'9

Basketball Game Good Happen
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It's always a struggle growing up in Akron.

Always Growing GrowingUp Struggle
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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!

Bad Games Going Heartbeat
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Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

Basketball Contact Everything Family
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My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to.

Above Ahead Ball Before
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I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates.

Ability Always Been Court
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As a professional athlete a lot is going to be said about you - but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.

About Achieve Athlete Forward
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Once you get on the playing field it's not about whether you're liked or not liked. All that matters is to play at a high level and do whatever it takes to help your team win. That's what it's about.

About Field Get Help
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I love showcasing my talents - not only to my hometown fans and my own team but to the world.
Fans Hometown ILove Love
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There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly who they are and what they mean.

Exactly Know Logos Matter
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Don't give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.

Give-up Friend People Work-hard
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.

Either Have Great Bad
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People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
People Stop Eating Drinking
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

Competent Self-confident Incapable Jealousy
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure - like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

Love Business Helping Urban-communities
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Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I'm at work until 8-9 o'clock at night.

People Healthy Live Trust
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.

Want Successful Have Willing
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

Looks.stares Giggles Show Everybody
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You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you.
Have Magic Special Already
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
Life Stop Something Happens
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Playing Basketball Kill Me
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
Even Fierce Competitor Try
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.

Hate Lose Make Sure
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.

Playground Picked Guy Best-players
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
We Have Play Team
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

Want Someone Mentor Better
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If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

Around Dreams Hanging-out Corner
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.

Able Many People Business
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.

Secret Burden Keep Probably
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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Championship Team Publicity Champion
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

Guy Maintain Positive Attitude
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If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

Competitive Person Stays Stop
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

Community Happy Support Business
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

Peace Myself People Dictate
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.

Able Wanted See Opportunity
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When I'm under the gun and I've got pressure on me, I don't panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.

Under Gun Pressure Panic
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I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.
Believer Dreaming Dream Become
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You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
Can Make Difference Whatever
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I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

I Grew-up Poor Dream
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

Talent Enough Few Exception
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

Life Winning Losing Happen
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.

Things Life Beach Relaxing
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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

Hire People Motivate Working
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My work ethic is from sports.

Work Ethic Sports
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I love putting people to work of color.
Love Putting People Work
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.

Woman Always.remembers
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People see me high-fivin' and smiling on the court, and they don't think that's me. But it is. I just want to go out and be myself.

People Smiling Court Think
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

Long Time Work Magic
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