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David Robinson
David Robinson
American Athlete
Born: Aug 6, 1965
Get Great Me Think You Your
Related authors: Arthur Ashe Jackie Robinson LeBron James Michael Jordan Mike Tyson Muhammad Ali Tom Brady Yogi Berra
Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions. David Robinson
Character You Respect Integrity Will Peers Possessions Your
That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit. David Robinson
Life Good Yourself People Good People Good Friends About Pushing Limit Questioning Friends Challenging Enjoying University
All this stuff doesn't happen to you for your own sake. It doesn't happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people. David Robinson
Positive You People Own Other Positive Influence Pockets Cash Trophies Stuff Shelves Line Sake Encourage Influence Happen Happens Your Fill
The biggest challenge was becoming a leader and taking our team to the highest level. Feeling the personal responsibility to take the team to the next level. Overcoming fear of inadequacy and never getting down on yourself or doubting who you are. David Robinson
You Yourself Fear Challenge Responsibility Leader Feeling Doubting Down Our Take Never Highest Highest Level Taking Overcoming Becoming Personal Getting Biggest Biggest Challenge Personal Responsibility Inadequacy Next Next Level Team Who Level
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. David Robinson
War Home World Hero Will Job Once Promotion Segregated Inspiration He Arkansas Rock Always Came Years South Five Decades Get Did Same Little Grandfather Worked Working Your Little Rock Fought Kept World War World War II
Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. David Robinson
Believe Able Requires Swim Navy Actually
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. David Robinson
Me Few Think Type Extremely Those Relentless Guys Mentality Attacking Bryant He Well Himself Kobe Kobe Bryant LeBron His Michael Assassin Who Prepared
I was always curious. I wanted to learn a little about a lot of things, and I really had to get pushed to achieve. David Robinson
Achieve About Pushed Had Learn Always Lot Curious Get Wanted Little Really Things
I'm not a great reader, believe it or not. It's not the vocabulary - my father made me read the dictionary when I was little - but my attention span is poor. Takes me months to read one book. David Robinson
Great Me Attention Span Book Father Made Believe Months One Book Vocabulary Takes Attention Read Reader Dictionary Span Little Poor
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. David Robinson
You Memories Somebody Else Records Individual Take Stuff Along Come Forever Break Gonna Your Fun Last
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. David Robinson
Future You Better Pay Saving Striving See Better Future Around Off Children Working Your Even Keep
This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets. David Robinson
Good Nature You Game Sports Competition Win Losing Lose Too Hung Part Miss Like Up Get Gets Boat Then Why Away Play
Yes, I played in '92 with the original Dream Team, and then again in '96 with what they labeled 'Dream Team III.' David Robinson
Dream Labeled Yes Again Then Team Original Played
Just being raised in a home where my mother, from as early as I can remember, always taught me to be thinking about other people first, basically that our service was going to be the measure of our success. David Robinson
Success Service Home Me People Remember Mother First Thinking Other Our About Always Going Just Taught Being Where Measure Early Raised Basically
My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service. David Robinson
Service Commitment Strong Navy Dad Raised
USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides. David Robinson
Great School Discipline Accountability Engineering Benefit Would Had Knew Provides Which Interests Navy
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. David Robinson
Game Guys More He True Also Traditional Role Center Who Now Marc Play Differently Played
Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him. David Robinson
Great Physical Pounds Foot Like Him Anybody Mean Specimen
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. David Robinson
Great Family Job Build Franchise Great Job Still Continuing Very Done Coach Whole Competitive
My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count. David Robinson
Count Make Learned Real Them Used Fast
Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.' David Robinson
You Sometimes Care Somebody Think Way Say Take Take Care Feel Like Look Yeah Hitting They Say
If you're a better scorer than me, I'll put you down on the block; you score. I don't care. I can do other things. David Robinson
Me You Better Care Down Other Put Block Score Scorer Than dont Care Things
Popovich is always talking about team. David Robinson
About Talking Always Team
When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that. David Robinson
Best You Think Everybody Does Got Get Floor Player
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. David Robinson
Coffee Finished Country Year Sweet Unity Sold East About Only Directly Pounds Sells Branded African Product Chains Starbucks Million
I was probably a naive youth, but I saw that I could make things happen. David Robinson
Youth Saw Could Naive Make Happen Things Things Happen

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