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I'm just trying to be the best basketball player I can be, you know, move the ball.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Best
You
Know
Ball
Ball Player
Trying
Move
Just
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
I want to be an all-around basketball player.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
All-Around
Want
Player
Basketball
Basketball Player
That's the style of basketball I love, playing on the open court.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Love
Style
Open
Court
Playing
Basketball
Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Family
Tougher
Leading
Lot
Than
Your
Basketball
The Bucks and John Hammond chose me in the draft, got me in the NBA, kept me in the team with a role from my very first season, and they are my basketball family.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Family
Me
First
John
Bucks
Got
Very
Role
Team
NBA
Chose
Season
Draft
Kept
Basketball
I just stay home all the time. But the things I have learned outside of basketball is you got to take care of your body.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Time
Home
You
Care
Stay
Take
Outside
Take Care
Learned
Got
Just
Body
Your
Your Body
Things
Basketball
I can't take my mind off basketball.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Mind
Take
Off
Basketball
In third grade, I played basketball with the boys every day at lunch. I had braces that were yellow and purple, and I wore full Laker uniforms to school.
Gigi Hadid
Day
Every Day
School
Every
Lunch
Purple
Had
Boy
Braces
Were
Yellow
Grade
Wore
Uniforms
Full
Played
Third
Basketball
Since I was small, my dad and I have always been friends. He was never really hard on me. He never really pushed me to basketball.
Gilbert Arenas
Me
Small
Never
Pushed
He
Since
Always
Been
Friends
Really
Hard
Dad
Basketball
I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.
Gilbert Arenas
Game
People
Rare
Think
Cares
Out
About
Still
Who
Basketball
Basketball is basketball. I don't think people realize that. No matter what city, overseas, D-league, park league - I just want to play.
Gilbert Arenas
People
Matter
Think
City
Park
League
Overseas
Just
Want
Realize
Play
Basketball
'Beyond the Lights' took incredible fight to get made. Four years of writing and two years of overcoming 'no.' Every studio balked. Twice. But I kept fighting. What gave me the courage was 'Love & Basketball.' Every studio turned down that film, too. But I never gave up because I believed in it with my whole heart and soul.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Love
Me
Soul
Heart
Fight
Courage
Writing
Made
Fighting
Down
Every
Too
Gave
Incredible
Took
Never
Studio
Lights
Beyond
Overcoming
Because
Years
Heart And Soul
Up
Get
Turned
Whole
Film
Believed
Twice
Four
Kept
Two
Basketball
With 'Love And Basketball,' every studio turned it down.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Love
Down
Every
Studio
Turned
Basketball
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
Grace Jones
Champion
Mother
Three
Athletic
Brothers
Been
Very
Players
Basketball
I've done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I've had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season.
Grant Hill
Time
Myself
Game
Everyday
Gym
Drills
Physically
Mentally
Had
Stuff
Been
Lot
Off
Done
Getting
Just
Working
Whole
Prepared
Season
Basically
Competitive
Basketball
I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.
Grant Hill
Me
Tried
Having
Point
Consume
Outside
Make
Box
Doing
Things
Basketball
My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play at the highest level for the best coach in basketball.
Grant Hill
Best
Together
Black
Black And White
Band
White
Teammates
Brothers
Highest
Highest Level
Came
Were
Duke
Them
Coach
Who
Play
Level
Basketball
The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.
Grant Hill
You
Mind
College
TV
Constantly
See
More
Pros
Because
Duke
Accomplishments
Even
NBA
Season
Basketball
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.
Greg Oden
History
Bird
Big
Think
Everybody
Our
Indiana
About
General
Main
Part
Main Thing
Obviously
Huge
Very
Big Part
Just
Larry
Thing
Basketball
I just realized that basketball and going to the NBA was a possibility, and that's something that I want to use to better my family and possibly help the world if I can.
Greg Oden
Family
World
Better
Possibility
Possibly
Something
Going
Just
Want
Realized
Use
Help
NBA
Basketball
In the media, from the little bit that I have read... there's not a lot of pity. There are some people, usually older people who have been around or people who really know basketball. Other people in the media are usually like, 'Well, stop getting injured.' You know, like I can control it.
Greg Oden
You
People
Some People
Control
Older
Other
Bit
Some
Like
Know
Well
Read
Around
Been
Lot
Getting
Stop
Pity
Little
Little Bit
Really
Who
Media
Injured
Older People
Basketball
When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.
Greg Oden
You
Language
Guys
Know
Court
Us
Universal
Universal Language
Basketball
When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.
Hakeem Olajuwon
Me
Culture
People
Values
Blessed
System
Feel
Look
Around
Came
Just
Africa
Where
Them
Compare
Player
Here
Basketball
Basketball Player
Position
I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.
Hakeem Olajuwon
Love
Myself
Fashion
Great
Me
Joy
Own
Collection
Great Joy
My Own
Through
Much
Express
Designing
Basketball
I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
Hannibal Buress
Fall
Addition
Wear
Hats
About
Having
Points
Had
Make
Sure
Off
Scoring
Which
Sketch
Players
Basketball
I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.
Hannibal Buress
Enough
Kids
Pretty
About
Could
Feel
Like
Know
Effectively
Maybe
Where
Coach
Basketball
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