To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

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Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

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You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

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There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

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The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

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Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

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It's not about the shoes, it's what you do in them.

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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

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