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I just wanted to get to the NBA. I never thought I would have a career that I've had now. Robert Horry

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After I got to the NBA, I had one goal: stay in the league for a while. Robert Horry

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An NBA star is a role player. Your role is to score a lot of points; your role is to get a lot of rebounds. Robert Horry

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If you want to make films, you'll watch Kurosawa. If you want to play a violin, you listen to Seghetti. Same with somebody who has the ambition to play in the NBA. I watch a basketball game; I enjoy it. Somebody who really wants to learn to play is studying whatever is most magnificent that's going on out there. Robert Pinsky

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The midpoint of the NBA season comes a little after the turn of the calendar year. As we settle into the new promises we've made to ourselves, basketball teams are busy evaluating how the promises they made to themselves over the summer are going. Rowan Ricardo Phillips

In 1979, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird entered the league. I remember that. Soon after this, the story began to be repeated ad nauseam: the NBA, a tottering mess in the seventies, was saved in the eighties by these two. Rowan Ricardo Phillips

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL? Ryan Lochte

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The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality. Scott Brooks

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I always dreamed of playing the NBA, but along the way, the road got a little cloudy. Scottie Pippen

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I went through ups and downs as a young player dealing with criticism and things of that nature. To finally win that first NBA championship, it was definitely a relief of a lot of pressure and frustration we dealt with as a team. It was great to bring a championship to the city of Chicago. Scottie Pippen

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If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers. Scottie Pippen

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Some guys get into the NBA, get the big money, and are satisfied with themselves. Scottie Pippen

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I want to get into the NBA and make a name for myself. Scottie Pippen

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The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt I could make it to the NBA; it was as if I had foreseen my future, and I knew I would make it. Scottie Pippen

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It takes locking in on the task at hand and honing in on what you need to do in order to be successful in the NBA postseason. Scottie Pippen

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As a player, NBA All-Star Weekend contains a lot of joy and a lot of excitement. Even with all the hype built into the game, it's really a special honor to be selected among many great players. Scottie Pippen

I want to do the best I can in the NBA. After three or four years, I want people to know who Scottie Pippen is. Scottie Pippen

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When I was growing up, I never thought I would play in the NBA. Scottie Pippen

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The key about playing internationally is the confidence that you gain. Not only do you train with some of the best players in the NBA, but you compete against some of the best players in the world. Scottie Pippen

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My mentality's always the same, whether it's summer league, D-League, NBA, wherever it is. Seth Curry

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I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates. Shabazz Muhammad

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In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn. Shabazz Muhammad

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I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants to work in an atmosphere where everybody's pulling in the same direction. Stan Van Gundy

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As NBA coach, people get on you. But politics, maybe even more so at the local level, is nasty on a very personal level. I have a thick skin, but I don't want to deal with it. Stan Van Gundy

When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general assignment to beats on St. Joe's and Temple, to backup writer, to NBA writer, to NBA columnist, to, ultimately, in 2003, to general sports columns. Stephen A. Smith

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