C. J. McCollum Quotes

C. J. McCollum

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 19, 1991

I accept who I am. Rapping is not my forte.

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It's important that we take care of our future generations and expose them to some new things.

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You get better by playing, honestly. That's where you develop as a player is to play through mistakes in game action.

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As a kid growing up in Canton, Ohio, you never see yourself in a position to play in the NBA, much less have somebody pay you to wear shoes.

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For me personally, I like a smooth pinot noir with a lot of cherry fruit flavor. In the proper mood, I like a little earth and a little spice as well.

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I think, in moderation, taunting is a part of life.

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There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always been listening to, even in college. Going from that struggle to stardom, that rise to stardom, 'Dolla and a Dream,' all that stuff - I've listened to all his classics, all the old J. Cole stuff.

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I was 5-6, a little chubby, spot-up 3-point shooter. So I couldn't blame the schools for not recruiting me. But then my junior year, I was 5-11, hit a little growth spurt.

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I think I'm the first player in NBA history to average 20 points a game and shoot two free throws per game.

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I think that's the biggest thing in this sport is when you prepare, you have extra confidence.

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When you're watching from the bench, you can pick up on everything - where guys like to shoot the ball from, how teams defend the pick-and-roll, which big men are good at hedging the screen and so on.

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I've been playing basketball since I was five.

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I'm a fan of Stance socks.

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Other fans get antsy when their team's offense struggles to score for a few possessions. Blazers fans give us standing ovations, like they're trying to will their energy into us.

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We don't have those bougie, not-into-it, wouldn't-be-caught-dead-in-the-free-t-shirt hoops fans in Portland. We've got those pinwheel-tattooed, bleeding-red-and-black, still-rocking-that-Walton-jersey, ride-or-die, realer-than-real hoops fans in Portland. The love is real. The support is real.

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When I think about defending Kyrie, I think about respect. His shooting percentages were close to 50/40/90 as a 19-year-old rookie. When you come into this league with numbers like that, defenders have to respect your jumper.

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I've won league championships, and I helped pull off a massive NCAA tournament upset - our 15-versus-2 win over Duke in 2012.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world.

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I graduated from Lehigh with a degree in journalism.

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It's crazy, I almost quit basketball when I was younger.

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