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Jimmy Butler
American
Athlete
Born:
Sep 14
,
1989
Game
Love
Me
People
Think
You
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I built a fort when I was little, with pillows and blankets.
Jimmy Butler
Blankets
Built
Pillows
Little
Fort
My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible.
Jimmy Butler
Life
Mom
Me
People
School
Too
Enough
Possible
High
High School
Know
Because
Did
Short
Anything
Anything Is Possible
Story
Doubted
Whole
Fast
Play
Play Basketball
Basketball
We say it every year: we are confident; we think we can win a championship, yadda, yadda, yadda. You have all heard it before. But we have to go out there and do it.
Jimmy Butler
You
Win
Year
Before
Every
Think
Say
Out
Go
Heard
Confident
Championship
I've learned enough times in life that saying something is completely different than acting upon it.
Jimmy Butler
Life
Saying
Enough
Something
Learned
Times
Than
Different
Acting
If you think you can sing, you can sing; that's all that matters.
Jimmy Butler
You
Matters
Think
Sing
Everybody's so scared to be honest with one another. If you didn't like the way I handled myself in practice, one of the players, come up to me. Somebody say something - anybody. I'm not gonna take it as offense; it's not personal.
Jimmy Butler
Myself
Me
You
Somebody
Practice
To Be Honest
Everybody
Way
Say
Scared
Something
Take
Come
Like
Another
Up
Offense
Handled
Personal
Anybody
Gonna
Players
Honest
I knew that to be successful, I had to be more than a scorer. I had to become a leader. It's not about scoring. It's about doing what my team needs me to do.
Jimmy Butler
Needs
Me
Leader
Become
About
More
Had
Knew
Doing
Scorer
Scoring
Than
Successful
Team
If your No. 1 priority isn't winning, and people can tell? That's the battle. Now there's a problem between people, because that guy's No. 1 priority is winning, and that guy's isn't.
Jimmy Butler
Battle
People
Problem
Tell
Guy
Winning
Between
Because
Priority
Your
Now
I'm a competitor; I'm in here talking - come at me. If you score on me, I'm gonna tap you on your butt. You got the best of me - but you got to do it every time.
Jimmy Butler
Time
Best
Me
You
Every
Competitor
Every Time
Come
Talking
Got
Tap
Score
Gonna
Your
Butt
Here
It's the heart that I play with on every single possession. And that's all that it is.
Jimmy Butler
Heart
Single
Every
Possession
Play
I play dominoes all the way until I got Bible study. And then I do Bible study. I go to the game. After the game, come home. Dinner. Dominoes until I go to sleep. I'm. Not. Joking.
Jimmy Butler
Home
Game
Bible
Dinner
Way
Joking
Study
Come
Until
Got
Go
After
Then
Play
Sleep
I'm country at heart. I love doing normal stuff, like back in my rookie year when nobody knew who I was, and I could grab dinner and have normal conversations.
Jimmy Butler
Love
Heart
Dinner
Country
Year
Back
Could
Knew
Nobody
Stuff
Like
Doing
Normal
Grab
Conversations
Rookie
Who
You get traded. It happens. It's part of the business.
Jimmy Butler
You
Business
Part
Traded
Get
Happens
My job is to go out there and play. I mean, I guess you could guess who I would rather play for. We're not going to sit here and say that that's a huge secret. I mean, whoever they decided to bring in, my job was to help them win to the best of my ability.
Jimmy Butler
Best
You
Win
Job
Sit
Guess
Secret
Say
Out
Would
Ability
Rather
Could
Go
Huge
Going
Decided
Mean
Them
Help
Who
Whoever
Play
Bring
Here
I just want to ball. I just want a chance to win a championship. I just want to win. I wake up every day smiling. Why? Because I've got my people around me. I really don't give a damn what anybody thinks about me or what I say or what I do.
Jimmy Butler
Day
Me
Every Day
People
Win
Wake Up
Every
Damn
Say
About
Give
Smiling
Because
Around
Ball
Got
Wake
Up
Just
Anybody
Want
Really
Why
Championship
Thinks
Chance
A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others. I wish I could say I want everybody to play defense as hard as I do. It's not a reality.
Jimmy Butler
Good
Reality
Wish
Defense
Everybody
Others
Minded
Say
Bad
Some
Guys
Could
Points
Lot
Lots
Offensive
Times
Want
Which
Hard
Play
I don't like the phrase 'face of the franchise.' I just want to be a part of it. I think we have a really good team. When we start winning games, it looks a lot better.
Jimmy Butler
Good
Better
Face
Think
Franchise
Phrase
Winning
Part
Like
Looks
Lot
Just
Want
Really
Games
Team
Start
I've become a much better player, so I feel like my voice is heard and taken for what it's worth a little bit more.
Jimmy Butler
Worth
Better
Become
Bit
More
Voice
Better Player
Taken
Feel
Like
Heard
Little
Little Bit
Much
Player
I don't change the way that I play. I love the game of basketball, man. I ride with these guys in this locker room. They know that. If I've got something to say to them, I will say it. You may not like the way that it comes across. That's fine. But that's who I am.
Jimmy Butler
Love
You
Game
Man
Change
Ride
Will
Way
Say
Locker
Locker Room
Fine
Something
Guys
Like
Know
Got
Am
May
Room
Them
Across
Who
Play
Basketball
I love the game, and I don't do it for any other reason except to compete and go up against the best and try to prove I can hang. All my emotion came out at one time.
Jimmy Butler
Love
Time
Best
Game
Try
Other
Out
One Time
Except
Emotion
Prove
Came
Go
Up
Hang
Any
Against
Reason
Compete
Im from Tomball: Tomball, Texas. Its a small town on the northwest side of Houston. I dont think it's as country as people make it seem. It's actually growing. But don't go there without me, man, because they'll take your shoes and all of that.
Jimmy Butler
Me
Man
People
Country
Shoes
Think
Side
Seem
Small
Take
Small Town
Town
Make
Because
Without
Houston
Go
Texas
Northwest
Your
Growing
Actually
I just like country because a lot of those guys are from towns that I'm maybe from, for one. But also, I like how humble they are, and they're genuine people, I think. I'm not saying that rappers or rock and roll, those people, aren't. But I just feel like I get along with those guys because they're from small town.
Jimmy Butler
Saying
Humble
People
Country
Think
Those
Rappers
Guys
Small
Small Town
Feel
Along
Town
Like
Towns
Also
Because
Genuine
Rock
Rock And Roll
How
Lot
Get
Roll
Maybe
Just
Guys that are young in the league. Guys that you get to teach them your way. It's not a bad thing. It's actually a good thing. It's working for them. Teach them that way, and I guarantee they aren't as stubborn and hard-headed as I was, which sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. But like I always say, I'm not going to change who I am.
Jimmy Butler
Good
You
Change
Sometimes
Young
Way
Say
Bad
Guys
Stubborn
Good Thing
Bad Thing
League
Like
Always
Am
Get
Going
Which
Them
Working
Teach
Your
Who
Actually
Thing
Guarantee
The hardest people to play in front of are my brothers and friends from childhood, because I can never take them seriously. I know when they're sitting in the stands; it's constant jokes. They're just waiting on me to shoot an air ball or dribble the ball off my foot so they can laugh.
Jimmy Butler
Me
Jokes
Waiting
People
Seriously
Air
Laugh
Constant
Brothers
Dribble
Take
Foot
Never
Never Take
Know
Because
Ball
Off
Friends
Shoot
Sitting
Front
Childhood
Just
Them
Stands
Play
Hardest
As a player, you look where I've come from, averaging 'X' amount of points, to where I am now, an All-Star.
Jimmy Butler
You
All-Star
Points
Come
Look
Am
Where
Now
Amount
Player
If I get a chance, high pick and roll more. I want some triple doubles. I've got to get my handle right so I can pass and get it to guys where they can make shots.
Jimmy Butler
High
Some
Triple
Guys
More
Pick
Make
Pass
Got
Handle
Get
Roll
Where
Want
Doubles
Shots
Right
Chance
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