David Robinson Quotes

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David Robinson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 6, 1965

If you forget your history, you forget who you are.

David Robinson

All this stuff doesn't happen to you for your own sake. It doesn't happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people.

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Your peers will respect you for your integrity and character, not your possessions.

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You need to learn a practical lesson. Grit alone is not going to save you from sinking.

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In some ways, you have to fail some. You have to figure that stuff out, because if I didn't have an Hakeem Olajuwon, would I have been able to achieve the heights that I did achieve? I don't think so. He pushed me, and I pushed him.

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When all else fails, trust God.

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I want you to think about your grandfather's integrity and grit when you're staring at the ceiling of your barracks room, but I also want you to think a little deeper.

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It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.

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Yes, I played in '92 with the original Dream Team, and then again in '96 with what they labeled 'Dream Team III.'

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Michael, to me, he was an assassin. He was one of those guys that prepared himself extremely well and was relentless in his attacking. And there are a few guys who have that mentality. I think Kobe Bryant has that type of mentality, and LeBron has that type of mentality.

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Shaq was a great physical specimen. I mean, 7 foot, 350 pounds. There wasn't anybody like him.

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When you get on the floor, you've got to think you're the best player. Everybody does that.

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My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count.

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That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.

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What's great is what Coach Popovich and R.C. Buford and the whole family have done a great job in continuing to build the franchise and still be very, very competitive.

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I'm not a great reader, believe it or not. It's not the vocabulary - my father made me read the dictionary when I was little - but my attention span is poor. Takes me months to read one book.

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It takes time; you look at what happened with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. It took them a year or two to get their legs underneath them and figure things out, and even then, that run was relatively short.

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Obviously, I'm not working out the way I was when I was playing. I do yoga. I swim a lot. I'm drinking a lot of good, healthy mixes. I got myself a Vitamix.

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Tanzania sells about 50 million pounds of coffee a year to coffee-shop chains such as Starbucks and Peet's. But Sweet Unity is the only finished, branded product from the East African country to be sold directly in the U.S.

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A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.

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