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Baron Davis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 13, 1979

So, a flop is basically tricking the referee into thinking somebody fouled you or maybe elbowed you in the face.

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I can pretty much tell which way a meeting's gonna go in the first three or four minutes. Because if someone's not taking me seriously, I'm definitely not taking them seriously.

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One thing I am is a leader and if I'm not allowed to lead, then I have to follow. So then I want to be the best follower that I can.

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I'm the king of L.A.

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Any time you go into a new environment, you have to learn a new system, there are adjustments you have to make.

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Sometimes the Knicks just need to be the Knicks. And not the New York Knicks. What I mean by that is that they're New York's team and everybody is going to be focused on that. But they should learn to pace themselves, set goals and be patient with what they're doing.

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I'm a huge fan of Clyde Frazier and Earl Monroe.

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I think purple is a great color.

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I could see myself coaching at the high school level, but I'd really love to coach at UCLA. That would be a dream for me.

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Where there's love, there's hate; where there's positivity, there's ignorance.

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As a parent, you worry about kids' safety and the world they're living in.

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'E.T.' and 'Star Wars' were cult movies then and opened up a brand new world of adventure and mystery. But as much as I would have loved to be friends with E.T., I realized that following in the footsteps of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan was more realistic.

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Nothing will ever outshine, for me, the countless children whose eyes and imaginations I've seen light up when meeting Black Santa and understanding that there's a character of pure good out there that represents them.

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Basketball saved my life.

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I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.

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I played a lot at the school across the street from my house. That's how I started, really. Playing street basketball and challenging the guys out on the court who were older than me.

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I think basketball becomes an outlet for it, an opportunity to get that frustration out and forget about all the problems and things you have going on in your life outside.

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Man, to make the Hall would be incredible. I'd cry for, like, five weeks straight.

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I have thick skin.

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Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.

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