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It's just about working on everything, perfecting everything, like my 3-point shot or ball handling.
Joel Embiid
Everything
About
Perfecting
Like
Ball
Handling
Just
Shot
Working
I think the concept of minute restrictions is kind of complicated. I don't think there should ever be minute restrictions. I think it should always be about how my body feels and how it's reacting.
Joel Embiid
Complicated
Think
Kind
Minute
About
Restrictions
Feels
Concept
Reacting
Always
How
Should
Body
Ever
I love when guys come at the beginning of the game and start talking trash. It gets me going.
Joel Embiid
Love
Me
Game
Beginning
Guys
Come
Talking
Gets
Going
Trash
Start
I like playing on the road and quieting the crowd. I love it.
Joel Embiid
Love
Crowd
Road
Like
Playing
My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.
Joel Embiid
Home
Me
Man
Black
Slow
First
Looking
Own
Everything
Slow Motion
Guy
He
Almost
Over
Know
Tickets
Got
Motion
His
Very
Quit
Going
Senior
Plane
Kansas
Hard
Grown
Rebound
Grown Man
When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than just shoes, bigger than just basketball.
Joel Embiid
First
Shoes
Down
About
Armour
Talked
First Things
How
Than
Just
Bigger
Sat
Things
Basketball
I'm starting to figure it out - figure out my spots, where I should be on the court, where I'm most effective, and how I handle double teams - and it's paying off.
Joel Embiid
Out
Most
Court
Spots
How
Off
Effective
Handle
Where
Double
Should
Paying
Figure
Teams
Starting
I want to win.
Joel Embiid
Win
Want
I like playing in front of the crowd and get them into it.
Joel Embiid
Crowd
Like
Get
Front
Them
Playing
If I'm not making plays, I can't get the crowd going. When I'm making plays, that's where I can feel a vibe and can get into it with the crowd.
Joel Embiid
Crowd
Feel
Making
Get
Going
Vibe
Where
Plays
One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.
Joel Embiid
Good
Great
Fans
Made
Slow
Took
Everything
Has-Been
One Thing
Foot
Missed
Sure
Understand
Got
Been
Years
Really
Thing
Two
If they're going to foul me, I'm going to step to the line and make some free throws.
Joel Embiid
Me
Free
Some
Throws
Step
Make
Line
Going
Foul
Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.
Joel Embiid
Good
Year
Back
Kind
Also
Because
Started
Playing
Shy
Basketball
I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.
Joel Embiid
Life
Me
Life Is A
My Life
Late
League
Make
Said
Always
Very
Movie
Fast
Started
Playing
Basketball
Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.
Joel Embiid
God
Sometimes
Lost
Believe
Feel
Like
Said
Always
A lot of people just think I'm a big man, but I'm a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do - from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.
Joel Embiid
Man
People
Post
Leader
Big
Think
Everything
Able
Ball
Ball Player
Am
Passing
Lot
Scoring
Just
Being
Being A Leader
Presence
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
In a season, you're going to go through slumps.
Joel Embiid
You
Slump
Through
Go
Going
Season
I want to be in Philly for the rest of my life.
Joel Embiid
Life
Rest
My Life
Philly
Want
I'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.
Joel Embiid
Took
Had
Like
Years
Just
Really
Injury
Player
Two
When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.
Joel Embiid
Good
Visit
Visiting
See
Knew
Schools
Got
Go
Wanted
After
Kansas
Basketball has given me everything, but it has to be bigger than basketball. That was the first thing that I said to Under Armour, and they were behind it 100 percent. This isn't about a shoe deal.
Joel Embiid
Me
First
Everything
About
Percent
Given
Armour
First Thing
Deal
Said
Were
Than
Shoe
Behind
The First Thing
Bigger
Thing
Basketball
I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.
Joel Embiid
Love
Free
Physical
Attacking
Throw
Contact
Feel
League
Like
Most
Line
Going
Players
I always think about myself as, like, a regular person. I want to be able to enjoy everything.
Joel Embiid
Myself
Enjoy
Think
Everything
Able
About
Like
Always
Person
Want
Regular
Regular Person
My coaches sometimes say I'm a little bit too competitive. But I want to win, and I feel like we should win every game.
Joel Embiid
Game
Win
Sometimes
Every
Too
Say
Bit
Feel
Like
Want
Little
Little Bit
Should
Coaches
Competitive
All of the great big men went to college at least two or three years. I think it's a big factor. I don't know if it will always work, but I think it's the best choice.
Joel Embiid
Work
Best
Great
Will
College
Men
Three
Big
Think
Factor
Know
Always
Least
Years
Choice
Two
I love being physical.
Joel Embiid
Love
Physical
Being
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